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  1. 8 hours ago, LTtxfan said:

    I'll let anyone who is an attorney take over from here.... there are reasons LaVar could file a lawsuit against ESPN and other publications.

     

    What you're stating is not interesting.  THere actually don't have to be reasons to file a lawsuit. 

    I could file a lawsuit against ESPN because I find SAS annoying.  I'd have zero chance to win that lawsuit, though, which is the interesting issue --could I win the lawsuit?

    LaVar would also have zero chance of winning his.  

  2. Texas State should be having a PC tomorrow to announce that Ty Harrington is retiring.  

    My wish list to replace him:

    1.  Tripp Couch

    2.  Derek Matlock

    3.  Mike Martin (he said he didn't know if he was done or not!)

  3. I had SC on when I was working this morning, and they did about a 10 minute segment with SAS and Kellerman arguing about who was going to be the NBA MVP in 2020.  WTF?  Who gives a shit about that right now?

     

    If SC wants to bring back their old audience, they need to flip over to MLB Network and look at how they do Quick Pitch, which is fucking awesome.  

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  4. 1 hour ago, TexasBuckeye said:

    Oberlin isn't even the worst. Antioch College (also in Ohio) was closed due to finances, but has reopened recently. Ultra liberal. Just check out their website to get an idea of it: https://antiochcollege.edu/

    Wikipedia brings the lulz...They currently have 135 students:

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    Also in 2012, Antioch announced it would offer free tuition to its students for the following three years, pledging to charge them only room, board, and fees.[76] As a result, Antioch College received more than 2,500 applications for fall 2012 admission.[77] About five percent of applicants received acceptance letters, making Antioch one of the more selective colleges in the US in that year.[78] After tuition was re-introduced, the applications and selectivity fell, with 140 applicants for 2016 entrance, with a 71% acceptance rate.

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    In the fall of 2017, only 28 new students enrolled, with 19 Freshmen and 9 transfer students. This was far fewer than the administration's target of 60 and leaves overall enrollment at 135.[3] The following spring, the college announced that faculty and staff making more than $40,000 annually would be required to take 10 days of furlough, the equivalent of a 3.8% pay cut. 

    Good grief!  Liberal arts phds apparently work for minimum wage.

  5. 50 minutes ago, TwiceHorn said:

    The jury also found for the bakery on counts of libel against both the college and Raimondo. Raimondo was held responsible for interference of business relationships while the college was cleared.

    Saw this on another forum:
     

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    Meredith Raimondo was held liable on the libel and interference with business relations, but not intentional infliction of emotional distress. By stipulation, the college is responsible for any amounts awarded against her, so she will not pay anything out of pocket.

     

  6. 5 hours ago, The Royal We said:

    I've got this weird thing going on where a certain brand of deodorant will stop working for me.  I'll switch it up and that one will work for 8-10 months and then it stops working too.  I used to use nothing but Mitchum for years and years but it stopped working, switched to Dove and same thing, Speedstick, Degree and Old Spice have all come and gone now too.  I'll use Tom's sometimes but it just can handle a round of golf or any amount of time outside before I've got a serious case of the funk.  

    Anyone else have that?

    Yeah, I think I read about it on here.  They use different ingredients and your body adjusts or something.  And we're talking about anti-antiperspirants, not deodorants.  Big deal for me, because I sweat a lot now that I put on weight and stink like hell.  Way back in the day I had a girlfriend who always talked about how good my sweat smelled.  Yeah, she was completely batshit crazy.  

  7. 1 hour ago, Fondren & Main said:

    Don’t he and Bijan go to a Catholic HS?  You’d be surprised how much weight that can hold sometimes.  Not for me, I went to UT.  Those cafeteria shitbags in South Bend can get fucked.

    It might hold some weight if you're actually Catholic, but in a lot of big cities outside of Texas, athletic kids go to Catholic high schools because they get scholarships to a place that will provide a much better education than public schools.  

  8. 7.2 shutout innings from Homer Bailey.

    Reds sweep the Astros.

    Fire and brimstone coming down from the skies. Rivers and seas boiling.

    Forty years of darkness. Earthquakes, volcanoes… 

    The dead rising from the grave.

    Human sacrifice, dogs and cats living together – mass hysteria.

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  9. 19 hours ago, NeverMarryAStripper said:

    Seems like every year lately there are a number of rain and lightning delays at the CWS. I don’t remember all that many from years ago. Is it global warming or me just not remembering because I’m senile.

    You're senile.

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    There will be post-trial motions to set aside the jury verdict and/or reduce the dollar amounts, and then appeals. So while the Gibson family won a major victory, it is not over.

     

    An obvious question, and one a lot of people have been asking, is whether the college has liability insurance to cover the verdict.

    Based on court filings obtained by Legal Insurrection Foundation, it appears that the insurer, Lexington Insurance Company, is likely to disclaim coverage for the intentional torts which gave rise to the verdict.

    The likelihood of refusal to cover the verdict was revealed in a May 1, 2019, Motion to Intervene (pdf.)(full embed at bottom of post) filed by Lexington Insurance Company.

    The purpose of the motion, according to Lexington, was “for the limited purpose of submitting interrogatories to the jury in order to determine facts at issue in this action that would impact coverage under its policy.”

    Here is an excerpt from Lexington’s motion setting forth the nature of the insurance coverage (emphasis added):

    Lexington issued a Commercial Umbrella Liability policy that potentially provides coverage to defendants Oberlin College aka Oberlin College and Conservatory (“Oberlin”) and Meredith Raimondo for certain damages in this action. Lexington seeks intervention in this action for the limited purpose of submitting interrogatories to the jury in order to determine facts at issue in this action that would impact coverage under its policy.

    The Lexington policy does not provide coverage for “bodily injury” or “property damage” intentionally caused by defendants. While the Lexington policy potentially provides coverage in relation to “personal and advertising injury,” defined to include defamation and/or disparagement in certain circumstances, the Lexington policy excludes any such coverage if “personal and advertising injury” is caused “with the knowledge that the act would violate the rights of another … ,” or if the insured published material it knew to be false. Further, the Lexington policy provides coverage for punitive damages insurable by law, but only where the corresponding award of compensatory damages is also covered by the Lexington policy. In this action, plaintiffs Gibson Bros., Inc., Allyn Gibson, and David Gibson allege that defendants Oberlin and Ms. Raimondo published material that falsely characterized the bakery owned by plaintiffs (“Gibson’s”) as being a racist establishment. While such allegations potentially implicate “personal and advertising injury,” plaintiffs also alleged that the statements were published with malice, were intended to injure plaintiffs’ business reputation, and were part of a purported campaign to harm plaintiffs. If it is established that the defendants knew the alleged statements were false, or if the defendants knew their alleged acts would violate plaintiffs’ rights, the Lexington policy would exclude coverage for any resultant damage. Thus, Lexington seeks to intervene in order to submit jury interrogatories to determine the extent of the defendants’ knowledge in relation to the alleged publications.

    Further, the Lexington policy provides coverage for punitive damages only when the punitive damages are assessed relative to covered compensatory damages. Here, plaintiffs seek punitive damages for the claims of libel, tortious interference with contract, tortious interference with business, intentional infliction of emotional distress, and trespass. Only the libel claim is potentially embraced by the Lexington policy. Thus, Lexington seeks to intervene in order to submit jury interrogatories and instructions to determine what punitive damages, if any, correspond to each cause of action.

    The motion then sets forth Lexington’s inability to gain cooperation as to jury interrogatories from the college:

    In particular, Lexington affirmatively requested on several occasions that the defendants submit jury interrogatories and instructions as proposed through this motion. Lexington also inquired as to when proposed jury interrogatories and instructions were due, and was informed on April 27, 2019 by defense counsel for Oberlin and Ms. Raimondo that there was currently no deadline set by the Court and that the deadline would probably be several weeks away. Lexington advised the defendants that Lexington understood the defendants would adopt Lexington’s request to submit jury interrogatories and instructions as outlined by Lexington. On April 27, 2019, the defendants responded that they would inform Lexington of their position on April 29, 2019. Defendants did not inform Lexington on April 29, 2019 as represented and, as such, Lexington is acting out of an abundance of caution in the form of this motion, as Lexington remains uncertain of defendants’ position, despite repeated communications and requests by Lexington.

    The motion then sets forth the history of Lexington fighting with Oberlin College as to insurance coverage:

    After tender of the lawsuit, Lexington informed the defendants that the Lexington policy did not respond to certain claims in the lawsuit. In particular, based on the claims that remain in the lawsuit, Lexington advised that the Lexington policy only potentially responds to the libel claim, . but that the Lexington policy is excess to other insurance provided through a commercial general liability policy issued by College Risk Retention Group, Inc. (“CRRG”) and an Educator’s Liability policy issued by United Educators (“UE”) in relation to the libel claim. Lexington further advised that the Lexington policy only embraces punitive damages when assessed relative to covered compensatory damages that implicate the Lexington layer of coverage. (Affidavit of Patrick Fredette (“Fredette Aff. ‘), ,r 3). In this regard, Lexington’s coverage, if any, is also excess to the UE policy not simply for any covered liability arising out of the libel claim, if any, but also any covered punitive damage award, subject to the $1 million cap in the UE policy for such damages. (Id.).

    The Court rejected Lexington’s motion to intervene:

     

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  11. 5 minutes ago, UnivTex34 said:

    Yup, hear you. The question is, do you trust Teis to make a good hire?

    I wouldn't trust Teis to hire a guy to mow the practice field.  And what makes is worse is that Trauth and Joanne Smith are going to be on that hiring committee.

  12. I'm relieved.  Until this season, the program was in a downward spiral, and there was no way he was getting fired because 1) his health and 2) we have the world's biggest pussy as athletic director and Ty is the leader of the coaches across sports.

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