Apparently ESPN has decided to make an official defense of Kelvin Sampson

I think the original report said, according to sources, the decision had been made to fire Sampson.
Apparently, that decision has not yet been made, therefore that report was not entirely accurate...which is why Fox started backpedalling

 

Actually, I believe it was "numerous" sources.

 

I don't think any of these people who reported he was out yesterday had any real inside sources.

I think they decided to be first and go with what everyone assumed was going to happen. Their "sources" were people on the fringe making the same educated guess.

 

I'm with Ace on this one.

Indian will make some kind of announcement today, it seems.

 

oh, i agree there's a level of semantics at play; but when one reporter has a) fired and another has b) suspended with pay for the rest of the season and b) happens, reporter b is more accurate even if sampson is fired in three months.

 

nothing official yet.
katz just said suspended without pay.

 

Goodman now saying he will be suspended for the rest of the season. And here's his excuse for yesterday's inaccuracies:

Initially on Thursday, two sources told FOXSports.com that Sampson would be immediately terminated. However, one of the sources later backtracked, saying Sampson would either be fired or suspended. The second source steadfastly maintains that Sampson will be fired.

"He's not lasting past Friday," the source told FOXSports.com.

When asked to confirm whether Sampson is done at Indiana, Campbell told FOXSports.com, "I don't know that to be true."

 

Musberger's words at the end of the Hoosiers' last game were completely unforgivable. Something along the lines of, "We can only hope he's on the sideline Saturday." We??? WTF?
That should warrant discipline from ESPN right there. No, Brent shouldn't say, "We can only hope this huckster gets fired by Saturday." But neither should he say the opposite. I'm sure this is DB'ing from a Sampson thread, so apologies for that. Still couldn't believe what I was hearing when Brent dropped that line. Unreal.

 

I share your outrage.
However, I am forced to ask, how often have you watched television?

 

A fine point, FB. I realize this kind of stuff happens all the time. This just happened to be one instance where I was tuned in only to the game, with no other distractions at the moment, and heard the whole sentiment. I flew off the handle. Unbelievable, yet, as you rightly pointed out, totally believable in TV these days.