This is untrue. Haslam aided the quest for Gruden in 2012. His resources were used to court Gruden then, he obviously approved. The academic side wasn't willing to give Gruden the control he wanted. It wasn't the Haslam's.
The fact that you're relying on UT/Jones to hire an inept attorney, and the collective stupidity of a jury, indicates you agree with me but just want to argue with me.
I never argued that he isn't inept. And inept != "deliberately ignored". And there is a HUGE moat between "concussions are dangerous" and "this is Jones' fault".
You have a lot more attorneying to do. I get it. You think everyone is stupid enough to hear a sad story about brain damage and want to pin it on the coach. It still doesn't mean that Jones is immediately culpable for an assistant coach defying procedures and doing something behind the coach's back.
No amount of your "it's not about right and wrong, but what I can get stupid people to grant" will change that.
Did anyone else watch Curries presentation to BOT? They are getting items passed for full approval and thats a big deal! Currie laid out the Neyland renovations with supporting slides. Lots of upgrades with a promise to keep Neyland as one of the largest seating capacity venues in college football. Additional sky boxes, enlarged area for recruiting/entertaining in the south end zone. Better stadium access areas with state of the art security. In other words, an incredible upgrade to an already incredible stadium. Interestingly enough, the measure to increase total phase 1 funding from $108 million to $160 million was passed, with a savings, get this, of $ 9 million vs. the original assessment. Then, Currie got into funding the project. And yes, you guessed it, they already have $50 million in committed/pledged funds from high level boosters. That segment will carry the weight of this project. Other areas contributing, broader booster support, fan fundraising, operating revenues, and debt. In the q & a, I dont know who it was that asked the question, but the point was made that given the amount of expense and the scope of the project, has the AD considered that a high level of performance was expected? Also, there were many in attendance who chuckled and mumbled under their breath regarding other new areas of funding that have been approved for other areas in the University.
Paraphrased. TIFWIW.
not necessarily directed just at that post ....call me crazy but 2 weeks ago is when the pissing contest scenario surfaced for me. It's been puzzle piece after puzzle piece ever since !I think I'm just starting to understand the true scope of what is going on here. Ergen is a man ready to change the entire landscape of the university in every possible way. Incredible and necessary if we want our state to be the very best.
10-19-2017, 07:54 PM
Think of the power players at UT. Of that group think about which of them would routinely play at the Honors course.