The debate over Knight's credibility and timing are diversions from the obvious truth of his point. Knight's comments are laudable, if for no other reason than college basketball's talking heads need break the code of silence that protects shady coaches.
Bilas and
Vitale were Calipari apologists and most other ESPN commentators stayed slient. The only ESPN commentator I remember publicly questioning UK's hiring of Calipari was
Pat Forde. There's a lot of blame to go around (agents, shoe companies, coaches, schools, the NCAA), but ESPN certainly hasn't been part of the solution. Good for Knight.