Billy Gillispie has filed a lawsuit on Wednesday against the University of Kentucky Athletic Association, his employer the last two years while serving as the men’s basketball coach at the University of Kentucky.

The lawsuit says that the UKAA has yet to pay Gillispie the $6 million he says he is still owed.

Defendant has breached its written contract with Coach Gillispie by failing, without legal excuse to perform its contractual obligations.”

Now here is the funny part - Gillispie never signed the formal contract the school gave to him when he was hired in the spring of 2007. Instead, he was working under a memorandum of understanding.

In this March 12, 2009, file photo, Kentucky head coach Billy Gillispie questions a call during the first half of an NCAA men's college basketball game against Mississippi at the Southeastern Conference tournament.

Also in the lawsuit, Gillispie discusses how he was an up-and-coming coach at Texas A&M before going to Kentucky under false representations.

The school has released a statement about the lawsuit. Sounds like the administration is as surprised as you would expect. One has to wonder if UK really is trying to come to an agreement with Gillispie, why would he do this? To try to speed up the process, maybe. Or is he just looking to stick it to his former employer.

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