d by anyone.Knights last years as head coach at Indiana are filled with incidents with the media, his players, and the public. In 1998 he publicy suggests that referees with gambling interests purposely make bad calls in order to win bets. In 1999 after a win against Northwestern in which the opposing fans chant, Whos your daddy? at coach Knight, he points to the scoreboard and yells, Whos your daddy now? You guys are (expletive) losers! Shortly after this Knight and Northwestern coach Kevin ONeill get into a physical confrontation. This is the first of two physical confrontations in that year, the second came with a patron at a restaurant who accused Knight of making a racially offensive remark. Knight is accused of choking the man outside the restaurant, but no charges are ever filed. Later in the year Knight accidentally shoots a friend while hunting without a license, he then fails to report this incident as required by law. In the year 2000 a sports network airs a report in which Neil Reed, another former Indiana player, accuses coach Knight of choking him during practice in 1997. The same network later airs the practice videotape that appeared to show the event. Neil Reeds report also includes allegations of Knight waving soiled toilet paper at his players to illustrate the quality of their effort. He is also accused of kicking the university president out of his own gym during a practice! The university finally decides that they must do something about this and an investigation is launched. During this investigation, several more allegations begin to surface. One of the more damaging is a report that Knight physically intimidated and threw a vase at a 64-year-old secretary. A high-ranking official tells the Associated Press the trustees are considering asking Knight to resign. On May 15 Indiana president announces that Knight will be fined $30,000 and suspended for three games. He is also put on a zero-tolerance p...
