re: Why is everyone so concerned over who is paying the attorneys, etc?

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Why is everyone so concerned over who is paying the attorneys, etc?



People have a right to representation, whether or not they can afford it. The NCAA is not powerful enough to get in the middle of this, I don't care what LSU says. Murderers and child molesters get free attorneys all the time. Whether or not these players pay or don't pay their attorney is nobody's business. Especially since they are likely no longer LSU players.

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Because people who cannot afford an atty get an atty assigned to them from the public defenders office which is usually made up of newer attys in the field.

If the players are being represented by private atty's the NCAA will want to know how they are being paid because private atty's are not available to everyone where as public defenders are.

So private attorneys never do pro bono work? Criminals that can't afford an attorney, never have a high-powered attorney represent them pro-bono, because of some reason such as it being a high-profile case or the crime/charge is of interest to the attorney? It happens all the time.

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So private attorneys never do pro bono work

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They do but it can be an issue if they have to prove the athlete wasn't granted an extra benefit. If someone always offers pro bono work to athletes but not regular students it would be hard for them to show it's not an extra benefit for being an athlete.

Well, I'll repeat. This is happening and has happened for years. Tell me one episode in the history of the NCAA where this was an issue.

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I just think since they are paying for his service then providing bail is part of it.

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I think a bail bonds company paid the bail. Evidently the cops contacted Fisher and he brought his (then) clients in to be booked. Nothing strange or sinister about that.

What is wrong with the parents of the accused paying the legal bills?

But just in case:

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High powered attorneys frequently take pro bono criminal cases, especially if they are high profile.

As I said, the NCAA gets enough bad publicity and has all kinds of people, media, politicians, etc., calling for payers to be paid. If they even considered telling a student-athlete (especially a black one) what attorney he could or could not have or even being involved in that discussion, they would be blasted so bad and have Jesse and Al on their arse in a heartbeat.

This is a non-starter of an argument. It will go nowhere.

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I've never heard of these get off despite guilt lawyers doing anything for free. They are scum.

In any case, I guess you missed the part where they made them pay for the attorneys because the compliance department was uncomfortable with them getting free legal counsel. If they had a problem with that then I'm pretty sure if the lawyer is then being paid by the university somehow or bail is being posted it would be even worse.

There could be an issue if they wanted to look into it. If it appeared this attorney would be unaffordable by JJ or his parents. That has nothing to do with telling him who can or can't represent him. I don't think they will either though.