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re: Herb Vincent tweets about ESPN
Posted on 7/21/11 at 8:52 am to geauxaddai
Posted on 7/21/11 at 8:52 am to geauxaddai
Since when has ESPN become a whistle blower for the NCAA?
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Posted on 7/21/11 at 8:57 am to Camp Randall
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Espn is not a reporting organization. They are entertainment.
they should stop using the term Sports Reporter then
Posted on 7/21/11 at 8:59 am to TXGunslinger10
A defamation lawsuit wouldn't be applicable.
LSU is a public institution. You can say pretty much anything you want about it. Beyond that, LSU would never be able to prove that ESPN had malicious intent to harm LSU by spreading false information. It's only ESPN's opinion that the tapes are worthless.
I think Herb Vincent is doing his job as the chief communications officer at LSU. He's got the experience and the years behind the job to call out ESPN if he thinks they did LSU wrong. He's no 22 year old intern tweeting the first thing that pops in his head. If there's one person you can trust at LSU to do the job right, it's Herb.
LSU is a public institution. You can say pretty much anything you want about it. Beyond that, LSU would never be able to prove that ESPN had malicious intent to harm LSU by spreading false information. It's only ESPN's opinion that the tapes are worthless.
I think Herb Vincent is doing his job as the chief communications officer at LSU. He's got the experience and the years behind the job to call out ESPN if he thinks they did LSU wrong. He's no 22 year old intern tweeting the first thing that pops in his head. If there's one person you can trust at LSU to do the job right, it's Herb.
Posted on 7/21/11 at 9:30 am to SpqrTiger
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A defamation lawsuit wouldn't be applicable.
OK maybe not in general, but do you think there would be anything in the agreements we have with ESPN that would hold water?
Posted on 7/21/11 at 9:33 am to TXGunslinger10
LSU will NOT get penalized because the "quality" of the videos was poor....
That sort of thinking is just idiotic at best!
That sort of thinking is just idiotic at best!
Posted on 7/21/11 at 9:52 am to TXGunslinger10
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OK maybe not in general, but do you think there would be anything in the agreements we have with ESPN that would hold water?
You are missing the point. Defamation requires that something false was published.
Judgement about video quality is an opinion, and it cannot be false.
Thus, there is no case.
And that isn't even getting into the public institution stuff, which the above poster already mentioned.
Posted on 7/21/11 at 9:57 am to TxTiger82
I'm just saying...somebody needs to bring those A-holes down!
Posted on 7/21/11 at 9:59 am to givemeabeer
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ESPNABC is a monopoly over sports now. Someone needs to take them on.
NBC/Universal/Comcast/Versus FTW
Posted on 7/21/11 at 10:01 am to geauxaddai
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@herbvin Herb Vincent
So now ESPN.com is evaluating the quality of the videos purchased by LSU. Wow. They need to report the news, not make the news.
ESPN HATES LSU!!
Can't believe it took three pages for someone to point that out. Posted on 7/21/11 at 10:23 am to DanglingFury
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Would Jeremy Foley or Pat Haden come out that publicly?
They are AD's....Herb is not.
Posted on 7/21/11 at 10:48 am to SpqrTiger
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Beyond that, LSU would never be able to prove that ESPN had malicious intent to harm LSU by spreading false information.
Boudreaux's Butt Paste. Plaintiff's exhibit 1.
Posted on 7/21/11 at 10:52 am to Hired Gun
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ell 'em herbie. why don't they hire some recruiting experts to appraise the value of the material lsu recieved so they can argue that we overpaid for it, that's what they are insinuating.
What they are insinuating is that we gave Lyles $6000 to bring Seastrunk and his mother on an unofficial visit to LSU and he gave us some worthless DVDs to cover the tracks.
Posted on 7/21/11 at 10:55 am to geauxaddai
Way to go Herb
...not to mention, of course some of the video quality is going to be low, we're talking about some low budget high schools. And there were 32 freaking DVDs, but no mention of how much of the footage out of the 32 DVDs was low quality. This is one of the most sensational articles I've seen ESPN put out there.
...not to mention, of course some of the video quality is going to be low, we're talking about some low budget high schools. And there were 32 freaking DVDs, but no mention of how much of the footage out of the 32 DVDs was low quality. This is one of the most sensational articles I've seen ESPN put out there.
Posted on 7/21/11 at 12:26 pm to skiboman1
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Stopped reading/viewing ESPN news years ago
+1
just tune in for the games since 09
Posted on 7/21/11 at 12:28 pm to Camp Randall
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Espn is not a reporting organization. They are entertainment.
I hear they are coming out with their own frozen food line too. Guess they are trying to diversify.
Posted on 7/21/11 at 12:30 pm to Sid in Lakeshore
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What the frick does ESPN know about quality video anyway?
BOOM!
Posted on 7/21/11 at 12:31 pm to Geaux Tahel
Does Rupert Murdoch own ESPN?
Posted on 7/21/11 at 12:31 pm to geauxaddai
GET EM HERB 
Posted on 7/21/11 at 12:51 pm to geauxaddai
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@herbvin Herb Vincent
So now ESPN.com is evaluating the quality of the videos purchased by LSU. Wow. They need to report the news, not make the news. ESPN hates LSU.
fixed it for him
Posted on 7/21/11 at 12:59 pm to LSUnKaty
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What they are insinuating is that we gave Lyles $6000 to bring Seastrunk and his mother on an unofficial visit to LSU and he gave us some worthless DVDs to cover the tracks.
Stop saying this shite in every thread. Lache was in an Oregon uniform when we paid Lyles. It had nothing to do with him.
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