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As an aside, “NCAA spokeswoman Stacey Osburn could be immediately reached for comment.” I can’t help but wonder – what exactly does Stacey do for a living? Because she never seems to speak when reached for comment.
….could NOT be…..?
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or COULD be…but we didn’t bother.
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Stacey couldn’t take the call because she was too busy being Twitter-ific:
https://twitter.com/NCAAStacey
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Other than pushing an all-problem solving 2k onto their plate and creating other problems in other sports and with Title IX, what exactly has been formulated that would make the monies fair to everyone?
Hadem, Bydem, Short, Haires can get you a more equitable money solution for the importance of your position and play for the team.
Pandora’s Box, indeed.
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I don’t believe Georgia has short changed any athletes. Wonder how the brain trust at Bama is feeling right now? That reserve fund that Greg is protecting is starting to look like a pretty good strategy.
By all reasonable measures, the American tort system is a disaster. It resembles a wealth-redistribution lottery more than an efficient system designed to compensate those injured by the wrongful actions of others. David E. Bernstein
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David E. Bernstein needs a publicist before he blows out a rotator cuff
“I have been quoted one or more times in The Washington Post, Washington Times, New York Times, Time, Newsweek, Christian Science Monitor, Wall Street Journal, ABA Journal, Weekly Standard, Investor’s Business Daily, Forbes, Reader’s Digest, Financial Times, Financial Post, and many other publications. I have been a guest on many radio shows, including some of the top-rated shows in the U.S., and on several t.v. shows.”
http://mason.gmu.edu/~dbernste/BernsteinCV.html
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I don’t have any special insights into the motivations of either party at the time, but it sure felt like Decory Bryant got short-changed after his neck injury. While his situation may be an indictment on the health insurance industry, it sure seemed like Butts-Mehre could have done more for him. But hey – they’ve got that all that money in their precious reserve fund..
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Good point. I never was able to wrap my head around the why and how of that insurance misstep.
http://blogs.ajc.com/junkyard-blawg/2010/02/24/decory-bryant-case-why-did-it-take-uga-so-long-to-do-the-right-thing/
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+1
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Was the Fund endowed by the NCAA each year (over 1M last time I saw it at UGA) used in his case? That’s not a reserve fund under Mac, is it?
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Nevermind. That was the “Who forgot to buy the insurance” case
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The Donald Remy* Plan of the Day: “The Plantation is Under Attack. This is Not a Drill. This is Not a Drill. All Hands Man Your Battle Stations.”
“We expect the NCAA to defend this case with their standard playbook, based on their version of ‘amateurism’ which is the same defense the NCAA has deployed in most cases of this type,” said lead attorney on the case,
http://www.hbsslaw.com/newsroom/Hagens-Berman-NCAA-Football-Player-Challenges-NCAA-Rules-Limiting-Financial-Aid-and-Compensation
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Making policy by litigation. What a country.
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“You go to war with the policymakers you have not with the policymakers you want.” The Donald Rummy
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He stands to make an assload in Tuscaloosa.
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Playing college football causes lung cancer? Who knew?
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