Alabama recruiting lawsuit

Re: Alabama recruiting lawsuit

feeds@yuku.com (theplainstruth) — Tue, 06 May 2008 18:48:18 GMT

Hiring PI's is not that unusual. Especially in civil cases, where jury tampering might have been suspected. You have to agree, if UA boosters were willing to shell out the money they did for players, it wouldn't be out of the realm of possibility that they might try to influence the jury in some way, even if it is just 1 juror, or a family member of a juror. Not to say that happened, and it wasn't mentioned in the appeal, but given the size of the verdict, if it were me, I'd...

Re: Alabama recruiting lawsuit

feeds@yuku.com (AU Forester 2002) — Tue, 06 May 2008 18:11:15 GMT

Although I do not know the extend to what should and shouldn't be allowed in the court, I will says in regards to what was allowed, I believe the verdict was correct. But without that evidence and testimony, I am sure the verdict would have been much different, but I still ponder as to why the NCCA hired the Private Investigators to seek out the jurors if they knew the case was handled improperly, but then again it could be to prove the verdict was rewarded because of this mistake....

Re: Alabama recruiting lawsuit

feeds@yuku.com (theplainstruth) — Tue, 06 May 2008 17:41:40 GMT

The judge improperly allowed the jury to consider evidence presented as damages, which as a matter of law, were not proved and shouldn't have been allowed as evidence. He also allowed the jury to consider testimony by a witness, or witnesses, which shouldn't have been allowed. Without these things, it is fair to assume that the case would have been thrown out of any court in the country, outside of Alabama. Now proving damages to the average person is one thing, but when under the...

Re: Alabama recruiting lawsuit

feeds@yuku.com (AU Forester 2002) — Tue, 06 May 2008 16:28:05 GMT

Good post theplainstruth, I did not know the details as to why they appealed the ruling other than the article . But according to my mother, they were presented proof without an reasonable doubt ( in their opinion ) (which is good enough to sentence death in some states) that finical damages did occur and the amount of the 5 million settlement was not a figure out of the air but based on evidence presented. The question of how someone enterpretents the actions of the NCAA to be direct or...

Re: Alabama recruiting lawsuit

feeds@yuku.com (theplainstruth) — Tue, 06 May 2008 11:57:39 GMT

The burden of proof here is tremendously high, and the NCAA has a great deal of latitude in policing their own organization. I read the appeals in this case, and the judge ruled the only way he could. That doesn't mean the jury was tampered with, or wanted to act on behalf of either Bama, or Keller. Given the case law on this, the jury was wrong, and the verdict should have been set aside as a matter of law. The jurors could have done what they thought was right, and intended to follow...

Re: Alabama recruiting lawsuit

feeds@yuku.com (AU Forester 2002) — Mon, 05 May 2008 16:50:07 GMT

As much as I hate to say this, and having inside information on the case (my mother was on the jury), there is a lot more to this story than in print. For example: no Facts or hard evidence from the NCAA....... There were Auburn fans (like my mother) on the jury and she sure as hell didn't get paid off...haha.....but seriously.....I know Keller and do not think highly of him (the clean version), but the ruling was legitimate. The NCAA carries a big check book.... and I knew this would...

Re: Alabama recruiting lawsuit

feeds@yuku.com (Tiger on Wheels) — Mon, 05 May 2008 13:54:46 GMT

Hey theplainstruth, don't you know ieveryone else is to blame. BAMMER didn't do anything wrong. BAMMER never does. Too bad old Logan isn't still around. He needed big time jail time.

Re: Alabama recruiting lawsuit

feeds@yuku.com (Tiger on Wheels) — Mon, 05 May 2008 11:06:19 GMT

Poor poor Keller. My heart goes out to that little man. NOT!

Re: Alabama recruiting lawsuit

feeds@yuku.com (theplainstruth) — Mon, 05 May 2008 10:52:21 GMT

The NCAA nailed everyone, fairly, and squarely. Bama would be better off if these people would just give it up. By suing, it just keeps old news on the front page. There was absolutely no merit to Keller's case, or any of the multitude of other suits that have been filed. They keep embarassing UA with this garbage, at least as far as national opinion goes.

Alabama recruiting lawsuit

feeds@yuku.com (AuburnAlum5) — Mon, 05 May 2008 09:44:39 GMT

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=3375206

Judge throws out $5M verdict, grants NCAA request for new trial

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- A judge threw out the $5 million verdict an Alabama football fan won in his lawsuit accusing the NCAA of slander, ruling in a decision made public Wednesday that...