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What's Next for Sean Miller and Arizona? Why His Contract Language Could Play a Pivotal Role

Does it pay to break rules if you’re the head coach of the University of Arizona men’s basketball team?

Language in Sean Miller’s multi-year employment contract suggests that the answer might be yes.

Miller’s name has come under fire since Friday, when ESPN’s Mark Schlabach reported u200bdamming accusations concerning Miller. According to Schlabach, the FBI, as part of the on-going college basketball corruption investigation, the FBI intercepted phone conversations in which Miller allegedly arranged for a $100,000 payment to five-star recruit DeAndre Ayton. If the payment occurred, it would have obviously been designed to entice Ayton to select Arizona as his college.