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Staying off the sidelines Knight, CBS can't come to terms on analyst job
Updated: Thursday November 09, 2000 5:39 PM
NEW YORK (AP) -- Bob Knight is not headed to a TV booth any time soon. Knight, fired in September after nearly 30 years as Indiana's coach, had talks with CBS Sports about a job as a college basketball commentator, but the sides did not come to an agreement. CBS did not make a contract offer. "It never got to that point. It wasn't going to work out," Knight's agent, Sandy Montag, said Thursday. "There never was an opportunity that made sense to both Bob Knight and CBS," CBS Sports spokeswoman LeslieAnne Wade said. CBS Sports president Sean McManus contacted Montag after Knight was fired by Indiana. McManus and Knight met. CBS has an opening for a college basketball analyst to work alongside veteran play-by-play announcer Dick Enberg. Enberg's previous partner, Al McGuire, stepped down shortly before the NCAA tournament last season because of illness. CBS has contacted other people about replacing McGuire. Wade would not identify any candidates. The network, which owns the TV rights to the NCAA tournament through 2013, broadcasts its first game of the new season Dec. 2, with Kentucky at North Carolina. There has been contact between Knight and other networks. But Montag said Knight is focusing his attention on speaking engagements and writing a book. "Broadcasting has never been a huge priority for Bob. Maybe down the road," Montag said. Knight, who coached Indiana to three national titles, certainly would attract both viewers and scrutiny if he were to go into broadcasting. Indiana president Myles Brand fired Knight on Sept. 10 for repeated misconduct. The coach was placed under a "zero-tolerance" behavior policy in May after an investigation into whether he choked a player during practice.
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