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re: Per Aggies beat writer
Posted on 8/14/11 at 11:24 pm to NaturalBeam
Posted on 8/14/11 at 11:24 pm to NaturalBeam
If there's a lawsuit, it won't be nearly as much about the viability of the case as it will be about the potential damages. Damages are everything to plaintiffs lawyers and a good lawyer will figure he can manufacture liability out of thin air if the damages are enough. Not saying there will be one, but I'm sure they want to watch their P's & Q's.
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Posted on 8/14/11 at 11:29 pm to kclsufan
I'm not saying anything you said is incorrect, but I simply think this weak "threat" of a lawsuit is in no way a significant reason for why A&M hasn't signed a deal. I think it's just being perpetuated by the SECede crowd. There's a lot more to it I believe, and I don't think the move is imminent. At all.
Just my .02, I have no inside info or anything. This is all just speculation until Slive writes a book about being commish in 15 years.
Just my .02, I have no inside info or anything. This is all just speculation until Slive writes a book about being commish in 15 years.
Posted on 8/15/11 at 1:21 am to hg
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Jeez the Aggies want in so fricking bad. Reading Texags is hilarious. What a joke.
That's ironic. We post links to OSU sites when we need laughter.
Posted on 8/15/11 at 1:22 am to AAM02
Also - I read an article today where the South Carolina President (or was it AD?) used the same phrase that the "ball was in (A&M's) court".
Posted on 8/15/11 at 10:26 am to NaturalBeam
This is different, though, isn't it? There is a difference between a company hiring someone who applied for a position and a company who went out and plucked someone from another job (with which that person had a contract to work).
Sure, it happens all the time, but most jobs aren't by contract.
Sure, it happens all the time, but most jobs aren't by contract.
Posted on 8/15/11 at 11:14 am to Lucky Pierre
Well this obviously isn't the same as an employment contract, I was just drawing a comparison - but how exactly does an employer "pluck" a guy who already has a job? Isn't that just saying that the employee considered a better offer and took it? Sort of the same thing going on here.
In any event, an ESPN article I read (can't link on my phone) said that Slive basically told A&M to get their own legal affairs in order (implying that A&M is the one who might face legal ramifications, not the SEC). Slive did say that he doesn't want the SEC to be the "agent of causing them to leave" - obviously, this is the CYA bit that another poster brought up, but this is more from a PR standpoint than it is a liability standpoint.
In any event, this ain't what's holding up the move. There's more to it than that. I don't doubt it will happen eventually, but just not real soon.
In any event, an ESPN article I read (can't link on my phone) said that Slive basically told A&M to get their own legal affairs in order (implying that A&M is the one who might face legal ramifications, not the SEC). Slive did say that he doesn't want the SEC to be the "agent of causing them to leave" - obviously, this is the CYA bit that another poster brought up, but this is more from a PR standpoint than it is a liability standpoint.
In any event, this ain't what's holding up the move. There's more to it than that. I don't doubt it will happen eventually, but just not real soon.
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