I don't see anything wrong with it. Basketball is his life. Dude wants to watch the final four. He lives in Florida now right? Right in his back yard
Bernie wasn't only not convicted, he was never officially charged, so... Oh wait we are talking about the national media, who I gave up on long ago.This will create a media frenzy and make headlines all weekend. It's not like Bernie can go to Atlanta and not be recognized. Hell he probably leaked that he will be in Atlanta to the press. How else would they know? I would say it would be a distraction if this blows up into a media story nationwide, but with the "rules violation story" before the Tournament started all it did was motivate this team to go out and beat up on poor Montana and Cal.
So, who knows.
BUT, if this is the weekend that Bernie breaks his silence, wow...what a middle finger to Gross, Nancy, JB, and the team!
Bernie wasn't only not convicted, he was never officially charged, so... Oh wait we are talking about the national media, who I gave up on long ago.
Damn it Bernie. If you ever cared about the program you would stay away. The perception is that he is radioactive. It's not entirely his fault but even he must know where the media will go with this. Just let the weekend be about the players, JB, and good college basketball. Just when you think a broadcast team may finally leave it alone, it will be brought up and with high frequency. I hope I'm wrong, but I know I'm not. Even if his lawsuit against ESPN(has it been officially filed yet?) has some teeth, the classic "alleged/allegedly" will be tossed arounnd. This is publicity that isn't needed, even if the team is shielded from a distraction.
There's probably decent odds that in a crowd of 74,000 people there is another person by the name of Bernie Fine there. The thing is, nobody really cares about that Bernie Fine, and he isn't going to be a distraction to the team.What are the odds that with 74,000 people at the game, there is at least one at-large murderer in the crowd? Probably relatively high, like 10-15% chance range.
If you see him, greet him and maybe give a lets go orange. Let the man enjoy the weekend as we are all going to enjoy.
I believe the lawsuit was filed in November.
So Bernie just needs to crawl under a rock?
This should be a non-story, but it won't be.
Why do you think they call it the "Fine-al Four"?Not even sure what to think