Just getting in. Can't believe KO left. Question: Did he quit, or was he fired?

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Poll question: Just getting in. Can't believe KO left. Question: Did he quit, or was he fired?

I'm just getting the news. I just watched his farewell. I don't know what to think. I hope he goes to CNN. I hope he doesn't just stop. But I gotta wonder. I know the timing with the NBC/Universal/Comcast thing suggests he was fired. But is that actually the case? What do you think? Am I missing important info? If so, please share.

[freeplessinseattle]

1. according to TMZ, he was fired, and given $14 mil.

the amount he would have made in the two years left in his contract.

(There's a thread around here somewhere citing that but I'm not into searching right now)

[lonestarnot]

2. Stuff has been reported, but I don't believe any of it. The Keith is his own man. They have pushed

him in the wrong direction. He didn't like it so he told them to FO and they "fired" him. Meh. They haven't silenced him.

[iamtechus]

3. Probably not really fired

What sometimes happens in situations like this is that the victim gets a warning that the axe man is coming and has a brief window in time where he can gracefully exit.

[Raine]

4. IMO he quit because he knew they were going to fire him.

:shrug:

[Syrinx]

5. he was fired

Nice severance package though.

[regnaD kciN]

6. I suspect that, when he was suspended in November...

...his return was pretty much agreed to at the time as a temporary, face-saving one for both parties until a buyout could be negotiated.

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8. And then a sudden announcement? Just doesn't make sense...nt

[B Calm]

7. Right-Wingers have been calling his advertisers.

[frazzled]

9. It has all the hallmarks of firing

If it is true he is being given the remainder of the $7 million dollars per year on his contract and that there is some kind of "non-compete" clause that will prevent him from being on television for that time, and given that he said essentially nothing, it sounds pretty much like a standard 'firing' deal.