Bret Winestine was pretty frank about his settlement with Evergreen State College. He was absolutely in the right and had the receipts. It would have taken five years and a huge bankroll to prove it in court.

He and his wife (a fellow professor) took the settlement because it was a good start on switching to another career. It should have been two or three times as much, but they were not going to get it soon enough to be relevant.

For the record, I think Bret is a douche. He immediately moved to Portland and then launched a Youtube career by making a bunch of stupid comments about the election. If you lie down with dogs, you get up with fleas.