lost lawsuit

[coachtut]

Newspaper reports today have coach flatt losing his defamation suit against ronnie carter and scott brunette.

[itzme]

The defamation suit was dismissed several years ago. Get a more recent newspaper.

[skeebob]

Itzme-

 

There was a very small article in the local section of this morning's Tennessean. I think it had to do with the appeal of the lawsuit.

 

I tried to find it on the website, but it was not there.

[Bighurt]

itzme,

You might want to look before you leap.

 

There is an article on the front page in The City Paper by Amanda Wardle. The gist of the article was that the Court of Appeals upheld Judge Walter Kurtz's ruling that there was not sufficient evidence to show that the TSSAA acted maliciously in regard to Carlton Flatt.

 

FYI. A ruling from U.S. District Court Judge Todd Campbell is expected by the end of January.

[tackle]

bighurt and skeebob speak the truth. It is inside the local/state section of TODAY'S (1/10/03)Tennessean.

[BuckLateral]

For those of you not in the city of Nashville who do not have access to the City Paper, you can click here for a summary of the article and a link to the original source:

 

http://www.NashvilleCityPaper.com/index.cf...&enews_id=19294

 

The article in the City Paper has more information in it than the rather short article that appears in today's Tennessean.

[ELA]

I am glad that this stupid civil suit is over! I hope the BA lawsuit ends VERY soon and maybe we, as a state, can get back to the business of coaching high school athletics and put this mess behind us.

[itzme]

My bad. I did not know he had appealed after the original summary judgment. I agree it was pretty silly.

[TheEgoHasLanded]

They lost the battle, but they might have taken a small step towards winning the war.

[ELA]

I'm just happy no money will go driectly to Coach Flatt; however, it looks like he will still be KING at BA.

[VolunteerGeneral]

Posted by ELA:

I am glad that this stupid civil suit is over! I hope the BA lawsuit ends VERY soon and maybe we, as a state, can get back to the business of coaching high school athletics and put this mess behind us.

 

 

ELA...if you think this lawsuit was stupid, I sincerely hope you think it was stupid because the TSSAA tried to penalize BA. If not then YOU are part of the problem.

[ELA]

I think there was a valid reason for the lawsuit, but I don't think the TSSAA did a good job in the investigation portion of the lawsuit. There was more information available but the TSSAA decided to only use one aspect of the issue to use in the original matter. Consequently, it was the only information they could use throughout the appeals process and re-trial. I just don't care what happens from BA's stand point and I feel sorry for the students who were involved in this whole process.

 

The problem with this issue is the TSSAA was under a lot of pressure to catch BA and I think they had plenty of information but simply took action too early without having enough information. What should have been done was a complete restructuring of the recruiting rules and then a strict adherence to those new rules. Now, it seems that is what they will be doing. My use of the word "stupid" is because after all of this time, we are back to square one. The TSSAA will still have to pay BA's legal expenses and refund the $3,000 fine.

 

My source inside the TSSAA office thinks that a complete settlement is close and it will include a new organizational plan for the TSSAA WITH a split. The private schools can play the public schools in the regular season but the private schools will all play in their own playoffs. The private schools will have representation on each of the boards equal to their percentage of schools and more control over DII. A new recruiting rule has already been written and will be a part of the plan.

 

ALSO: This thread (LOST LAWSUIT) was referring to Coach Flatt's individual lawsuit, not the one that was finished this week. It was the same issue, but he will not gain any money from the TSSAA. Coach FLATT LOST HIS LAWSUIT!