Beverly Davenport did not sign MOU

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Merge if necessary, I had not seen it posted. Article states Chancellor Davenport did not sign Mou for Schiano. This is huge financially right? I'm no lawyer by any means but this is good I think.
 
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Giveem6 said:
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Merge if necessary, I had not seen it posted. Article states Chancellor Davenport did not sign Mou for Schiano. This is huge financially right? I'm no lawyer by any means but this is good I think.
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I keep hearing this. Why would it matter if Currie signed it? Isn't he the acting agent for her and the University? The guy in the Davy Crockett suit didn't sign it either.
 
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SmokyRiverDog said:
I keep hearing this. Why would it matter if Currie signed it? Isn't he the acting agent for her and the University? The guy in the Davy Crockett suit didn't sign it either.
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Don't know, that's why I'm asking lol. Apparently it meant enough for knoxnews to post the article though.
 
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SmokyRiverDog said:
I keep hearing this. Why would it matter if Currie signed it? Isn't he the acting agent for her and the University? The guy in the Davy Crockett suit didn't sign it either.
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Four parties have to sign for it to be binding.
 
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This is a smoke screen to take blame off of Davenport.

Currie will be fired so on.

This is my opinion of course.
 
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Giveem6 said:
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Merge if necessary, I had not seen it posted. Article states Chancellor Davenport did not sign Mou for Schiano. This is huge financially right? I'm no lawyer by any means but this is good I think.
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I’m pretty sure it was posted earlier, but yes if all 4 parties (AD, chancellor, treasurer, and coach) didn’t sign then it shouldn’t have been valid. I’m going by the MOU for Butch, which I assume is almost certainly the same one they used here. FYI google Butch Jones MOU and you can see.
 
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Giveem6 said:
Don't know, that's why I'm asking lol. Apparently it meant enough for knoxnews to post the article though.
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I just have trouble believing a court would accept that the Athletic Director was not expressly authorized and important enough to enter into a contract without other written approval. I guess if there is a signature line on the document for her, you could argue the point. If her signature is required, why would she not be there at the signing?
 
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SmokyRiverDog said:
I just have trouble believing a court would accept that the Athletic Director was not expressly authorized and important enough to enter into a contract without other written approval. I guess if there is a signature line on the document for her, you could argue the point. If her signature is required, why would she not be there at the signing?
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Cuz that was going to happen in Knoxville? Where she’s at? Betting Dipietro didn’t go to Columbus either.
 
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SmokyRiverDog said:
I just have trouble believing a court would accept that the Athletic Director was not expressly authorized and important enough to enter into a contract without other written approval. I guess if there is a signature line on the document for her, you could argue the point. If her signature is required, why would she not be there at the signing?
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All it would take is for UT to fire Currie and argue he didn't have the authority to enter a binding agreement by himself.
 
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butchna said:
Cuz that was going to happen in Knoxville? Where she’s at? Betting Dipietro didn’t go to Columbus either.
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That's what makes this weirder. Needing those signatures and closing the deal which would mean a press conference very soon, why wouldn't they be meeting in knoxville? Secrecy seems useless at that point.
 
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IngloriousBastard said:
I’m pretty sure it was posted earlier, but yes if all 4 parties (AD, chancellor, treasurer, and coach) didn’t sign then it shouldn’t have been valid. I’m going by the MOU for Butch, which I assume is almost certainly the same one they used here. FYI google Butch Jones MOU and you can see.
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Where I work if one person from each side signs it then it's a deal.
 
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I'm no contract attorney but if Schiano signed the MOU in good faith and Currie did as well on behalf of UT then there is some sort of binding agreement. A formal contract isn't necessarily needed to perform the duties of the job.

Didn't C. Martin operate under an MOU for over a year before he signed a contract?
 
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SmokyRiverDog said:
That's what makes this weirder. Needing those signatures and closing the deal which would mean a press conference very soon, why wouldn't they be meeting in knoxville? Secrecy seems useless at that point.
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Schiano was IN Columbus! What’s confusing? Currie flew up there to nail it down. They were flying back to Knoxville to make it all legal. Happens practically every coaching search. Except at adjoining universities. FWIW I think the PC was going to happen this morning...if not last night.
 
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Boca Vol said:
I'm no contract attorney but if Schiano signed the MOU in good faith and Currie did as well on behalf of UT then there is some sort of binding agreement. A formal contract isn't necessarily needed to perform the duties of the job.

Didn't C. Martin operate under an MOU for over a year before he signed a contract?
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I don’t remember. If he had decided to bug out, Bet he wouldn’t have been LEGALLY BOUND to stay. A formal contract isn’t needed to perform duties but it is needed to detail compensation for NOT performing duties.
 
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The ONLY reason she didn't sign it is because she was too frigging stupid to figure out the esign before the crap really hit the fan. One time complete and utter incompetence was a good thing.
 
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butchna said:
Schiano was IN Columbus! What’s confusing? Currie flew up there to nail it down. They were flying back to Knoxville to make it all legal. Happens practically every coaching search. Except at adjoining universities. FWIW I think the PC was going to happen this morning...if not last night.
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That makes some sense. They signed on-site and headed back to knoxville for her signature. It just makes sense to me that they'd fly back after picking him up and everybody sign together for pomp and circumstance. So the story I saw was that he was on the plane headed here when it fell apart. It sounded as if Currie was not on the plane as the rumor was that a third party informed Schiano. This story has too many mismatched pieces. It's too confusing for me.
 
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It means a settlement is much more likely.

Tennessee is at fault, but Scianno doesn’t have complete legal standing because not all parties signed, we’ll pay him 4-5 mil and save a big fiasco of a trial
 
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Boca Vol said:
But, if a coach signs it in good faith and leaves a job to do so then barring serious unforeseen actions it's pretty much binding, isn't it? Why would any coach sign one if they aren't?
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I went back and read it, and it looks like specific language was put in to give the University an out.
 

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butchna said:
I don’t remember. If he had decided to bug out, Bet he wouldn’t have been LEGALLY BOUND to stay. A formal contract isn’t needed to perform duties but it is needed to detail compensation for NOT performing duties.
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I think you're correct. There would have been no compensation if he was fired.

I'm not sure how it would work in a case like this where the coach was let go before he got there...to no wrongdoing of his own.
 
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