Suit/Countersuit: The Billy G. - Kentucky Saga Continues
The little mess between former UK head coach Billy Gillispie and the University of Kentucky got even more interesting… and messy… today.
UK has answered Gillispie’s lawsuit with one of their own — countersuing Billy G. and claiming they don’t owe him a penny since he never signed a contract.
You may remember that while Gillispie never signed a contract, he was working under a “Memorandum of Understanding” that had the terms to be included in the seven year deal. But no official contract was ever signed.
While Gillispie accuses the University of “fraud and breach of contract” in his firing, the University counters by claiming that UK went to Gillispie with six different versions of a contract, which he never signed. UK states that Gillispie disagreed with language in the contract, including what would constitute grounds for dismissal without pay.
Seems like not signing a contract would come under those grounds, huh?
IN OTHER NEWS:
The NCAA Baseball Super Regionals get underway today with three SEC teams seeing action. Arkansas takes on Florida State at noon (ESPN), Ole Miss faces Virginia at 1 pm (ESPN2), and LSU battles Rice at 6 pm (ESPN). All times are Eastern. All games are also covered on XM Radio.
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