I was just contacted by Pepsi's lawyers because I purchased a Coke Zero. Discrimination? Guilty as charged!
Nikki Moody sues Bill Fennelly over Racial Discrimination...
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You mean the article where ESPN made a lazy attempt at investigative journalism throwing ISU under the bus by implying potential wrongdoing with absolutely no evidence? I'm willing to bet the authors already had the formula for the article down before doing any research. They probably googled women's basketball family values, and picked the first Midwest school to pop up because the homophobic Midwesterner fills the cliche villain role in this story nicely alongside the intolerant Baptist cliche.
It says in the article that Fennelly is one of the few women's coaches who is willing to talk on the record about it.
Odd, I would have thought purchase of a Coke Zero would have been something more likely to end up in criminal court rather then civil. Just sayin'.
From what we have all seen and heard then and now, It does not look like a good case and I will donate to the university defense fund if that is possible. Frivolous lawsuit no but it is not a strong case at all on Moody's plaintiff claim on what we know. Fighting this will be bitter in the end I believe the damage of the case is in appearances and the lawyers look to that as a lever to pry out a settlement.
I figured if that was the case, ISU would've settled before this. It seems to me that settling is not something the University is interested in right now, they want to shut it down the hard way. That, or Moody's settlement offer was absurd.
You may be right. I would think they would want this out of the news fast. But that's not how they handled Bubu.
I know as a taxpayer, student, and fan this is one where I want to see the school fight. Especially when in other cases they have continued to fight even when there was more against them.
The state is self insured and self defends. Since there are only limited areas you can sue the state settlement is unlikely. Amounts over a certain threshold come from a general fund set aside account for such things or having to pay back the feds etc. I doubt they settle since legal fees isn't part of the equation unless they see it as a loser.
Does any one have access to "exhibits" area of Iowa Courts online? Would like to know what's listed
I can also vouch that Fiedler et al has a solid track record with cases like this. The firm announced today that some players have contacted them in the last 24 hours to support the claims. That could be all B.S., but I suspect there are a few and I could quickly guess the names, but won't go there. More than likely its not a matter of the allegations being true, but a chance to get back at that meanie Bill Fennelly because they couldn't handle his coaching style or expectations.
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Nice quote from Mechelle Voepel (ESPN) about the spate of lawsuits.
"There are coaches who abuse their power and have to be held accountable. But there are also players who blame coaches for their own failures and disappointments and who set out to wreck careers and reputations that are decades in the making."
"There are coaches who abuse their power and have to be held accountable. But there are also players who blame coaches for their own failures and disappointments and who set out to wreck careers and reputations that are decades in the making."
http://www.desmoinesregister.com/st.../2016/04/19/s-time-isus-fennelly-go/83235970/
Retired ISU journalism prof chimes in calling for Fennelly's head
Just what we need. Some tweed jacket-variety dooosh giving us his 2 cents. Maybe he should write a hit-piece editorial on Fran McCaffrey, who berates his players in public constantly
This is the type of guy who ends up on the Ames City Council and stifles economic growth, while Ankeny, Waukee, Coralville--explode the last 10-15 years
Retired ISU journalism prof chimes in calling for Fennelly's head
Just what we need. Some tweed jacket-variety dooosh giving us his 2 cents. Maybe he should write a hit-piece editorial on Fran McCaffrey, who berates his players in public constantly
This is the type of guy who ends up on the Ames City Council and stifles economic growth, while Ankeny, Waukee, Coralville--explode the last 10-15 years
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Boy, that article doesn't speak very well for the journalism program at ISU. That is weak.
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I haven't read or heard much about this case yet, but now know it isn't necessary now that **** Haws has written about it. I'll just use past experience and read Haws article and take the opposite side on the matter.
Yeah, that was terrible. Seemed like he really just wanted to remind us that they'd published something he wrote 5 years ago.
