Not a "parasite of intercollegiate athletics"

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Good Lawyers, Bad Lawyers, and Damned Lawyers…
Published 7/25/2008 by lawvol at Gate 21
... ( PDF) filed by Wendell Smith in his defamation lawsuit against the NCAA, it seems clear — as if it wasn’t already — that Smith’s claims are as ridiculous as they are inflammatory.  Joel over at RTT (who happens to be a fellow lawyer) did a fine job of walking through the allegations of the Complaint earlier today, and I’m not going to rehash what he has already said with great clarity.  If you haven’t read ...

Fulmer vs. Alabama -- Subpoenas fly at Media Days
Published 7/26/2008 by Truzenzuzex at A Sea Of Blue: Front Page Posts
... I can almost see the NCAA investigators trying to sort through this mess and a guy looking like Assistant U.S. Attorney General James A. Wells (Wilford Brimley).  Many of you youngsters out there have probably never heard of Absence of Malice.  Rent it somewhere -- You'll be glad you did.  Maybe the best movie Paul Newman ever made, and Brimley truly does steal the show in his big scene. Before I even got this up, Joel at Rocky Top Talk has posted some further legal analysis.