re: emery's attorney just on finebaum

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damn, could someone just post a fricking link around here?

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Emery's lawyer basically said the same thing per Brody Miller earlier today.

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Brody Miller
@BrodyAMiller
Emery's stepfather was hospitalized on a ventilator for much of 2020 due to COVID-19 complications, and his grandmother died.

Jackson: “It’s damn near immoral to punish a young man who is going through the difficulties he is going through."

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Advocate article elaborates further:
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The attorney representing John Emery Jr. intends to submit new information to the NCAA later this week in the hopes of restoring the junior running back’s academic eligibility by the time LSU plays Sept. 25 against Mississippi State.

Don Jackson, an Alabama-based attorney hired by Emery’s family, said Tuesday morning he will file a request for “reconsideration based upon ‘new information’” with the goal of having Emery reinstated before LSU’s first Southeastern Conference game.

“We're optimistic that when information is provided,” Jackson said, “we'll be able to get this decision reopened and hopefully have him on the field within the next two weeks.”

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Emery’s side believes extenuating circumstances over the past 18 months should result in a waiver, Jackson said. Within that time, Emery lost his grandmother to cancer, his step-father underwent a lengthy battle with COVID-19 that put him in the hospital on a ventilator and his mother tested positive for the virus. At the same time, classes moved online because of the pandemic.

“Our position,” Jackson said, “is that all of these factors would lean toward a waiver.”

Emery tried to regain sufficient academic standing this summer and was an honor student, Jackson said. LSU tried to get Emery a waiver because of his family's hardships. The NCAA denied the request.

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He was the Dean of Summer School, y'all.

Honestly, I'm a lot more empathetic after learning more of his story. Not sure the NCAA is gonna see it that way. Surely Emery wasn't the only player struggling with online classes and COVID trauma in their family.

But hey, maybe the NCAA fears Big Woke and BLM above all. This lawyer is a pro at getting the NCAA to come to the table.