re: John Chavis sues LSU and aTm

This will be very embarrassing for TAM. First, it does not matter about when he turned in his resignation, the fact is he accepted another job and starting working for a new employer. LSU attorneys will schedule tons of depositons that will embarrass A&M. Chavis will be asked under oath all the details of every conversation with A&M, what, when, where, who, etc. then Sumlin will be asked. Recruts who Chavis met with could be deposed, documents will be subpoenaed, hotel recipes, phone records, credit cards. Any evidence that proves Chavis had left LSU and was working for A&M will be uncoverd. This is not going to look good for A&M , especially the contact made before the bowl game.

from bits and pieces I have read there is no buyout in Chavis final year of his contract.supposedly his contract expired in Januarty,what day,not sure.Are details publicly available?

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from bits and pieces I have read there is no buyout in Chavis final year of his contract.supposedly his contract expired in Januarty,what day,not sure.Are details publicly available?

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The bits and pieces you've read should probably include the op of this thread that you're posting in. It's pretty clearly stated there.

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When you give notice, your employer can start interviewing your replacement immediately. However, in most circumstances you may not start your duties for your new employer until you have fulfilled your obligations to your now former employer.

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When you give notice on a contract, it usually means you are terminating the contract early. He wasn't signing an extension. Telling your employer that you don't intend to extend your contract is a normal thing in every profession. Is it LSU's claim that Chavis should have said nothing right up until Feb 1st?

I think this will be a quick defeat for LSU and we are lucky AtM isn't firing him over this or we could be on the hook for his next contract too.

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Not as much as is (likely) their claim that he began fulfilling his duties at a new place of employment prior to his 11th to last month of employment at LSU. 

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There weren't any responsibilities after the bowl game in December. Then after Aleva announced that Chavis owed them $400k on January 2nd, I think that pretty much severed all ties and obligations to LSU. We may find out in the court case, but I can believe that Chavis was relieved of all duties immediately after the bowl game, if he even coached the bowl game.

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what makes people think he quit before this date?

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this

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The man formally known as LSU's defensive coordinator John Chavis still has yet to be introduced as Texas A&M's defensive coordinator. But that doesn't mean the Chief hasn't hit the recruiting trail, trying to load up the Aggies Class of 2015.

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So he either quit before 2/4/14 or he recruited for A&M while being employed by LSU.

So if Chavis wasn't an A&M employee while recruiting, then he would fall under "representative of the institution's athletics interests."

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A "representative of the institution's athletics interests" is an individual, independent agency, corporate entity (e.g., apparel or equipment manufacturer) or other organization who is known (or who should have been known) by a member of the institution's executive or athletics administration to: (Revised: 2/16/00)

(a) Have participated in or to be a member of an agency or organization promoting the institution's intercollegiate athletics program;

(b) Have made financial contributions to the athletics department or to an athletics booster organization of that institution;

(c) Be assisting or to have been requested (by the athletics department staff) to assist in the recruitment of prospective student-athletes;

(d) Be assisting or to have assisted in providing benefits to enrolled student-athletes or their families; or

(e) Have been involved otherwise in promoting the institution's athletics program.

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Such a "representative of the institution's athletics interests" falls under this NCAA bylaw:

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All in-person, on- and off-campus recruiting contacts with a prospective student-athlete or the prospective student-athlete's relatives or legal guardians shall be made only by authorized institutional staff members. Such contact, as well as correspondence and telephone calls, by representatives of an institution's athletics interests is prohibited except as otherwise permitted in this section.

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All telephone calls made to a prospective student-athlete (or the prospective student-athlete's parents, legal guardians or coaches) must be made by the head coach or one or more of the assistant coaches who count toward the numerical limitations in Bylaw 11.7.6 (see Bylaw 11.7.2).

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If during discovery or deposition, attorneys find that Chavis made phone calls, the above might apply.

I don't think there are any applicable exceptions that would fall under the caveat "Except as otherwise permitted in this section."

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Took him 3 tries before he finally got through to his lawyer

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He better hope that his "defense" lawyer doesn't lost it for him at the end.