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<blockquote data-quote="AutoPoster 3000" data-source="post: 1129796" data-attributes="member: 17214"><p>As far as I'm concerned, Beckett is about as credible a source as you'll get for this kind of analysis. He was my trial advocacy professor and trial team coach in law school and always struck me as pretty rational and grounded, and he's also a practitioner (at least back then, about a decade ago, he was the most prominent criminal defense lawyer in Champaign County, don't know if that's still true), so I think he comes at things with a real-world perspective, unlike some of the more ideological academic-minded professors who clearly had their own agenda and whose takes on things you always had to consider with a grain of salt. I know he's a definite fan of the sports programs but I think if he saw any substance in this suit, he would say so. </p><p></p><p>But I see your point too. In the big picture it might not matter much that the suit may be totally frivolous. If the athletic department defends itself too vigorously, it can come off poorly in the press and court of public opinion, like they are just another antiquate institution from the bad-old-days perpetuating racial and gender discrimination. It's not fair but that's how it gets spun. </p><p></p><p>Anyway, the playbook on these kinds of "scandals" has been established the past few years -- first, find a high-profile scapegoat and terminate that person (or persons) with great fanfare. That satiates the pundits and afterwards, there being no more will-they-or-won't-they intrigue to headline, they all move on to the next thing. Then, quietly, a year or two later on the back page where nobody is looking, you settle the thing out of court with a token payoff, admitting no guilt and requiring everyone to sign a non-disclosure agreement. That's not going to be good news for Bollant but sorry, that's how these things get off the books in 2015.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AutoPoster 3000, post: 1129796, member: 17214"] As far as I'm concerned, Beckett is about as credible a source as you'll get for this kind of analysis. He was my trial advocacy professor and trial team coach in law school and always struck me as pretty rational and grounded, and he's also a practitioner (at least back then, about a decade ago, he was the most prominent criminal defense lawyer in Champaign County, don't know if that's still true), so I think he comes at things with a real-world perspective, unlike some of the more ideological academic-minded professors who clearly had their own agenda and whose takes on things you always had to consider with a grain of salt. I know he's a definite fan of the sports programs but I think if he saw any substance in this suit, he would say so. But I see your point too. In the big picture it might not matter much that the suit may be totally frivolous. If the athletic department defends itself too vigorously, it can come off poorly in the press and court of public opinion, like they are just another antiquate institution from the bad-old-days perpetuating racial and gender discrimination. It's not fair but that's how it gets spun. Anyway, the playbook on these kinds of "scandals" has been established the past few years -- first, find a high-profile scapegoat and terminate that person (or persons) with great fanfare. That satiates the pundits and afterwards, there being no more will-they-or-won't-they intrigue to headline, they all move on to the next thing. Then, quietly, a year or two later on the back page where nobody is looking, you settle the thing out of court with a token payoff, admitting no guilt and requiring everyone to sign a non-disclosure agreement. That's not going to be good news for Bollant but sorry, that's how these things get off the books in 2015. [/QUOTE]
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