Maybe a dumb question re: the OM NOA...

[FQDawg]

Have Leo and/or Kobe been named in anything that's come out officially? Or are their names still technically redacted in anything that's been released publicly.

 

[messageboardsuperhero]

At this point their names are officially [redacted].

Which lends itself to the irony that UM has no problem leaking the names of rival players- but will move heaven and earth to keep their own player's names as well as some of those booster names hidden at all costs...

 

[Bulldogg31]

Students' names are supposed to be redacted even if the other parties' are released.

 

[goodknight]

Which begs the question how did they know their names. Seems the lawyers should get the NOA now in discovery and plantif should have had to submit it as proof they did the deed.

 

[Dogariffic]

And I believe this is one of the reasons tsun takes a hit. Names are redacted for a reason. Students are suppose to be protected. Somebody leaked those names.... if in fact LL is mentioned. I have not seen the document without names redacted......now was it tsun or the NCAA who leaked the names that resulted in students being sued????
I think in the NCAA courtroom this will be easy to clear up and place blame and penalty accordingly!!

 

[FQDawg]

Thanks for the replies...

Now for a follow-up question for the lawyerly types. Would the fact that their names are redacted make it easy to have the Rebel Rags case dismissed or at least have Leo/Kobe removed from the suit? After all, technically speaking, Rebel Rags is speculating on their involvement.

 

[engie]

Easy for the countersuit with their federal rights having been violated. There is some interested parties that wield tremendous stroke thusfar sitting on the sidelines watching how this unfolds.

 

[patdog]

I don't think their Federal rights have been violated. They're not being sued over anything in their educational record. I suspect Mississippi could have just released the complete unredacted NOI at any time if they had wanted to. I could be wrong, and if I were them I'd certainly claim my RR and/or the school violated their rights and at least threaten to countersue.

 

[engie]

Every lawyer I've heard tell of thusfar have disagreed with you.

If it was kosher to name everybody -- why do SA names always remain redacted in every NOA there has ever been? Simply being able to identify them by the described actions in the NOA is quite different than naming them publicly in civil litigation.

 

[patdog]

I'm not a lawyer, but one reason to redact all the SA names is because most of them are your own players and you want to keep them hidden as long as you can. Apparently at least one lawyer thinks it didn't violate their rights to name them in a lawsuit.

 

[Hump4Hoops]

That's what Leo's lawyer is saying - makes total sense.

Leo didn't make any publicly defaming comments - he only spoke with the NCAA. Even ole miss (who, it could be argued very much game Leo's identity with the gif) technically redacted names. The Rebel Rags lawsuit itself is the only source putting Leo's name with the testimony.

I can't think of any logical reason a judge wouldn't throw the case out on that basis alone.