Nikki Moody sues Bill Fennelly over Racial Discrimination...
- Thread starter Chipper
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Agreed. What are the odds her attorneys took the case on a contingency basis? That by itself it does not invalidate her claims, but it does make it more likely that this will be settled and none of us will ever have any idea if her concerns were valid (which I doubt).
It won't be over if former players like Cole, Lightbourne, Stuckey, Ellis, and Kidd come to his defense.
Hot buttons? Just think how nuclear this story will go if it somehow brought in Hoiberg.
Settled is still damage done and could cripple the program at a time when it is trying to regain some momentum.
Introducing our new WBB coach, fresh of his tenure as head coach of the Bulls, let's have a big hand of approval for COACH FRED HOIBERG!
I might be wrong, but I interpret Tre's post as meaning Bill treated all players the same. But the ones who consciously understood the reasons why Bill was tough on them, were the one's who like him. The one's who hate him apparently didn't get the "life lesson" that Bill was trying to teach them at the time.
Another interesting angle...in the article quoted in the OP, Cole, who is mentioned in the lawsuit, said she didn't want to be involved. Is Moody going to have her subpoenaed and make her testify? Will others have to be compelled to take part in this?
Three weeks ago it was Connie Yori,
Two weeks ago it was Tyler SUmiitt
Last week it was McCallie and Swoopes
By next week there will be two or three more lawsuits, internal investigations, what have you and people will forget about this.
CycloneErik
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If even the first page of allegations is true, that's a messed-up coaching and program performance.
I'd say 80% of the lawsuit is circumstantial and basically just fills out the case to attempt to establish some sort of pattern. It's the other 20% that's crucial.
if true, some of those are bad. However, about half the complaints are just kind of stupid.
Obviously this is only one side of the story.... and a lot of that is very.. questionable.. as to whether there's actually a racial component... but damn.
yep. To make the best impact, it's a laundry list. Some is clearly ********. Who knows on the rest of it
Well this was taken completely out of context. It used to be that Bluder used the anti-gay thing against Fen during recruiting. She landed a couple of players because of it at Drake. Fennelly markets the same thing every ISU coach markets...family. Have you read all of the football recruits are saying why they come to Iowa State? Family atmosphere. The allegations of anti--gay were pure BS at the time. You can market the program as being "family" without being anti-– gay. It means that there are people here that will support you and there are places to go for a family environment (local folks who act as parents for the students). We do the same thing at the University I teach at. Actually, every dorm floor (we are a much smaller University) has "parents" who provide opportunities for students to get off campus, relax and enjoy having a home cooked meal. That is what family is all about. that is what family means to Iowa State athletics.
