It has been almost three years since Arizona State acknowledged an NCAA investigation into possible recruiting violations, 18 months since the school revealed a multi-million-dollar buyout of former coach Herm Edwards and oneIf you’re tracking at home, it sure looks like the university agreed to a separation deal with Edwards when it could have fired him with cause.
The Sun Devils have danced to their own beat since hiring Edwards in the fall of 2017. But this, folks … this is next-level insanity. The two men with oversight of this dumpster fire were president Michael Crow and athletic director Ray Anderson. Why did Crow and Anderson agree to compensate an employee who broke the rules, knowingly and repeatedly? Every coaching contract in captivity includes sections on for-cause terminations.