Go, John!

 At last, someone is looking under the rug of the U of O athletic dept (subsidiary of Nike).

Canzano: Mike Bellotti's shameful payout should leave Oregon donors seething

By John Canzano, The Oregonian

April 01, 2010, 12:14PM

FileWhen it comes to Mike Bellotti, it's only fair to ask who is getting doused now?It's been suggested by the University of Oregon that state employees should walk into their bosses' offices today, announce they're leaving to take a better job and expect to be handed an envelope filled with a sum of cash amounting to several times over their annual salary.

Go on, try it.

Mike Bellotti did it and walked with a cool $2.3 million.

Nothing will be in writing and there will no money trail, so there will be no ability for anyone outside the room to determine what exactly the money represents. And if those in charge in your office are like the evasive ones at the supposedly public institution that is UO, when they're asked legitimate questions they'll have the staff attorney issue a statement, then hide out.

Bellotti remains unavailable to comment. University President Richard Lariviere is out of the country, unavailable. Former athletic director Pat Kilkenny won't talk. And UO general counsel Melinda Grier, who issued a letter of explanation for the windfall late Wednesday, sent out the letter and a timeline, and then hid out behind a mock trial she's apparently judging.

What we have here is mock transparency.

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