Yeah, kind of what the rest of us were thinking. As this shakes out and every major shoe company, sports coach, athlete, AAU figure, parent, and connection to college athletics is being investigated...
...those damn liberals!
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Yeah, kind of what the rest of us were thinking. As this shakes out and every major shoe company, sports coach, athlete, AAU figure, parent, and connection to college athletics is being investigated...
...those damn liberals!
Cliff Notes:
- Avenatti claimed to have a former AAU coach who was ready to blow the lid off recruiting violations after Nike refused to renew his apparel contract.
- Speaking to two presumably very high-priced NYC outside lawyers, and likely Nike's very smart in-house lawyer, Avenatti offered Nike the opportunity to pay his client and hire Avenatti to conduct an internal investigation for $15-25m.
- Being the smart attorneys they probably are, Nike contacted the SDNY who recorded (video and audio) subsequent meetings in which Avenatti tried to extort Nike.
- He f*cked....
Three specific players were named by Avenatti, but not named in complaint, and he had more names.
Wanted hush money to not have a PC. Wanted to be hired to do internal investigation. Wanted money for his client, an AAU coach terminated by Nike.
He is effed and will be spending lots of time in prison.
“Hey Nike, I’ve got a mad former AAU coach that’s gonna tell the world about NCAA recruiting violations unless you, Nike, pay him and hire me at millions of dollars to do an investigation!”
“lol nope”
“lol nope”
All that stuff alleged in the complaint is the opposite of how you negotiate a settlement of a legitimate grievance.
Note to self: Do NOT threaten multi-billion dollar companies.
The AAU coach was reportedly out of California and we haven't had a West Coast recruit since Marcus Lee.
Great news! Looks like Duke won't be winning their 6th title since 1990 after all, folks.
Pretty sure that's an ethics violation."have you ever held the balls of the client in your hand..."
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Yeah you should use escrow hands for that sorta thing
^Speaking of Baker, how about our boy going behind his back on the fast break Saturday like it was nothing? If he had finished the layup I would have lost my damn mind. The sauce.
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Just a wild guess, but it seems like Avenatti might have made an enemy or two at DOJ or higher up in the executive branch. No clue who that could be, though.
If you're taking shots at the President or a multi-billion dollar corporation, you have to assume they'll be coming after you hard and fast. Meanwhile, this dipshit isn't even paying his taxes? FOH.
Wait, Stormy Daniels has balls?"have you ever held the balls of the client in your hand..."
Don't know why I read some of the Twitter comments but you know, here's why I hate Duke fans almost as much as I hate UNC/UL fans.
"We've taken the balls from clients ..."
From the complaint, CC-1 be snitching. Luckily for him, I seriously doubt that Avenatti can provide any threat of stitches.
Not entirely true. If you're a readier, Shoe Dog is a solid book and autobiography by Phil Knight about his life and Nike's rise to success. If anything, his Japanese counterparts did him pretty dirty several times before finding the nice Chinese folks who make Nike shoes today.
Regardless, Porn Lawyer has nothing on Nike's attorneys. Also wonder if any coaches names come from his camp with little to no evidence, how sky high the civil lawsuits against him will be for slander and defamation of character.
He's royaly f**ked.
#JustDoIt
The degree to which Avenatti overplayed his hand is pretty astonishing, even for him. What a dipshit.
Financial and legal desperation and grave danger (is there any other kind?) tend to impact people's judgment, I guess.
Financial and legal desperation and grave danger (is there any other kind?) tend to impact people's judgment, I guess.
@rudd1 Fast & French is great. Alternated between there and Cru Cafe regularly for Saturday lunches while residing full-time and still do when we get down that way.
Like SAE's list. Would also recommend Fat Hen out Maybank Highway on John's Island, Leon's Oyster Shop and The Ordinary on King.
So the Nike lawyers set up a call and asked him to reiterate his demands?
Dumbass.
Dumbass.
Phil Knight a pretty good guy actually, per Phil Knight.
Does him trying to extort Nike with whatever evidence he has or claims to have obtained um..taint the evidence? Basically, did he also F himself over and ruin the case for anyone else?
Anyone else just get the email with ticket pricing from the Railbird Music Festival being held at Keeneland this summer? General Admission will be $120-$160, VIP Passes for $475, and something called the Sperfecta Pass for $875. I know this is a 2 day music festival, and Ive not been to one of those in YEARS, but are those prices in line with the Bonoroo and other multi day festivals? The argument would be is those are successful, and long running events, this things is just trying to get off the ground.
Who cares? You live 5 minutes away from the venue and throw money around like Schem-lite. Just go. Maybe get you a dope sweatband for your huge head, bunch of all-access bracelets and an ironic t-shirt.
See you out there!!
Suburban sprawl and porn. Two things 2019 Huber simply will NOT stand for.
I've heard Nike *really* didn't like UK not playing in the PK80 tournament.
We had the Herky Rupp Invitational to play in, so you'd think they understand.
We had the Herky Rupp Invitational to play in, so you'd think they understand.
You can tell when Geese has some free time. 37 pro Trump twitter snipes and a couple anti-Anth posts.
I counted one anti-anth post.
Sorry.
And it's more anti MSM than Trump. I can't stand the guy. I just loathe the media more and glad he blasts them for their bullshit.
Sorry.
And it's more anti MSM than Trump. I can't stand the guy. I just loathe the media more and glad he blasts them for their bullshit.
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Geragos repped Kapernick, etc. He's also stated on podcasts that he knows Avenatti. That'd be my guess, especially since he seems sharp as hell.
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As predicted(able) it's Ayton's AAU coach and most likely Zona because looks like he also coached Solomon Hill.
ESPN:
Sources told ESPN that the AAU coach is Gary Franklin of the California Supreme program in Los Angeles. Franklin's former players include NBA players Deandre Ayton (who played at Arizona) and De'Anthony Melton (USC) of the Suns, Solomon Hill (Arizona) of the Pelicans and Aaron Holiday (UCLA) of the Pacers. He also has coached several current college players, including Oregon's Bol Bol and UCLA's Shareef O'Neal
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Sources told ESPN that the AAU coach is Gary Franklin of the California Supreme program in Los Angeles. Franklin's former players include NBA players Deandre Ayton (who played at Arizona) and De'Anthony Melton (USC) of the Suns, Solomon Hill (Arizona) of the Pelicans and Aaron Holiday (UCLA) of the Pacers. He also has coached several current college players, including Oregon's Bol Bol and UCLA's Shareef O'Neal
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