Houston Nutt's attorney has offered to settle the former coach's federal lawsuit against Ole Miss if the university apologizes for making inaccurate statements about him to the media and donates $500,000 to establish a state commission on sports ethics, sources with knowledge of the case told ESPN on Monday morning.
Last month, Nutt filed a lawsuit against Ole Miss and the university's board of trustees, alleging former coach Hugh Freeze, athletic director Ross Bjork and other athletic department officials violated a separation agreement with Nutt by making disparaging comments about him in off-the-record conversations with reporters.
Nutt's attorney, Thomas Mars of Little Rock, Arkansas, wouldn't confirm details of the proposed settlement, which he sent to Ole Miss officials on Friday.