Price believes SI only got his 'name right' ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ESPN.com
Mike Price is still not sure why he was fired at the University of Alabama.
Price, who left Washington State after last season to coach the Crimson Tide, was fired May 3 by Alabama president Robert Witt after allegations arose about his conduct at a golf outing in Florida.
He had a seven-year, $10 million contract on the table but didn't sign it before his termination.
Price addresses his firing and what happened at the golf outing in this week's Sunday Conversation, airing on ESPN during the 11 p.m. ET edition of SportsCenter.
"I just don't think I was handled correctly by the university. I think I was wronged by President Witt and I think I was wronged by SI and it's up to a judge and a jury to follow it up and get people on the stand that are -- that are witnesses that are under oath, you know," Price said.
Price has sued Alabama for $20 million, claiming due process was denied, his civil rights were violated, breach of contract, wrongful termination and fraud.
He has also sued Time Inc. for $20 million, stating he was defamed by a Sports Illustrated article about the strip club visit that led to his ouster.
Price said there were few things right in the SI article.
"They [SI] got my name right. That's about the only thing they got right in that story," Price said. "And it was, I told the author, the writer of the story on the phone where he was completely off base ... It was just ridiculous what was printed. There was no two, three women in my room. That didn't happen."
Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.
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