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Last month, Kearney's lawyer, Derek Howard, told CNN he planned to file an open-records request concerning male coaches and profs at UT.

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Dodds is toast...you can recover from a crime. you can't recover from a cover up.

UT's only scandal is trying to fill up their 100,000+ or whatever seat stadium without winning along with trying to become a powerhouse again under a new coach Butch Jones.

and we're off...gonna get ugly

http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaf/big12/2013/02/02/texas-longhorns-assistant-coach-major-applewhite-student-trainer-bev-kearney-scandal/1886861/

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Friday night's revelation by the University of Texas of assistant football coach Major Applewhite's affair with a student is directly related to the forced resignation last month of women's track and field coach Bev Kearney.

A person with knowledge of the situation told USA TODAY Sports that a potential lawsuit by Kearney prompted Texas officials to inform the UT System Board of Regents of Applewhite's indiscretion, which occurred four years ago.

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I saw this elsewhere tonight, it made me laugh.

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Only one man who can clean up this mess.

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You sending The Wolf?

Sheeet knee grow, that's all you had to say.

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I'm Winston Wolfe. I solve problems.

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Please. Pretty please. With sugar on top.

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Sheeet knee grow, that's all you had to say.

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Best line in the whole movie!

Ahh man, I shot Marvin in the face.

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Hilarious! ......Juan

This won't amount to anything, though...Kearney had a long term relationship and never reported it. Applewhite had a fling and supposedly reported it immediately. Kearney violated policy by not reporting it, whereas Applewhite followed policy...or at least that's what the spin machine is saying...

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This won't amount to anything, though...Kearney had a long term relationship and never reported it. Applewhite had a fling and supposedly reported it immediately. Kearney violated policy by not reporting it, whereas Applewhite followed policy...or at least that's what the spin machine is saying...

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Exactly. The BOR is meeting this morning to determine whether this has legs and they can get solidly behind this reason or if the media will call them out on it for being a pile of horshet. Dodd's fate rests on whether the media will buy this or not.

bingo

Right, wrong and policy compliance will be discussed, but on the 40 acres the university's image and perception in the public's eye will be the primary determining factors. Money/costs are not an issue, decision(s) will be made depending on whether the BOR thinks they can weather the publicity storm without too much backlash.

Problem for Dodds et al is Mac and the atheletic dept is already under scrutniy in terms of image and its future direction. Don't know whether they can stand another hit.

All will be swept under the rug and forgotten once NSD is over.

All will be swept under the rug and forgotten once NSD is over.

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All will be swept under the rug and forgotten once NSD is over.

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Not with the way t.u.'s recruiting class is looking. They've lost one 5* (A'Shawn) and three 4* (Smythe, Hicks, and RS-J, with RS-J flipping to their enemy in The Sliver and Hicks going to a conference foe at purple baylor).

Thousands of years ago, cats were worshipped as gods. Cats have never forgotten this. -- Anonymous

I wish Rep. Guillen would use this opportunity to pull his bill from consideration and make a public statement saying, "Nevermind, A&M doesn't need to singe its eyebrows from the dumpster fire that is happening in Austin right now." Once Dodds is gone, things will right themselves concerning the game.

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This won't amount to anything, though...Kearney had a long term relationship and never reported it. Applewhite had a fling and supposedly reported it immediately. Kearney violated policy by not reporting it, whereas Applewhite followed policy...or at least that's what the spin machine is saying...

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This is EXACTLY what Kearney's lawyer hopes they believe. Even if this is a plausible scenario legally (I have my doubts), the court of public opinion will crucify the university for this stance. Public opinion can be very unkind to large institutions that split hairs, especially when they split them in favor of white males and against women, minorities and homosexuals.

I expect money to flow from UT coffers toward Kearney. Lots of it.

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This is EXACTLY what Kearney's lawyer hopes they believe. Even if this is a plausible scenario legally (I have my doubts), the court of public opinion will crucify the university for this stance. Public opinion can be very unkind to large institutions that split hairs, especially when they split them in favor of white males and against women, minorities and homosexuals.

I expect money to flow from UT coffers toward Kearney. Lots of it.

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I love seeing tu in the crosshairs and all, but this scenario is exactly what is wrong with our "legal system". It's all about making money now days and the lawyers involved are no better than that 2-bit dyke trying to make a buck after she broke the rules. She knew what she was doing was wrong but decided to try and get away with it.

In the end, this type of lawsuit will not favor A&M or any other university. It creates a scenario where everything is scrutinized under the racial lense.

I don't think tu is racist (have yall been to Austin lately?). I don't believe this is some conspiracy to get Dodds and company out. I believe this is nothing more than a money grab by a bitter lesbian and her ambulance chasing lawyer.

less about gender/race and more about money. If the track coach were running a multi-million dollar sport and Major was in charge of basket-weaving, then Major would've been run out of town & the track coach would still have a job.

kayakag, I respect your opinion. However, read this article about Kearney's exit. Pay especially close attention to the statement from the legal affairs office. While reading it, keep in mind that Applewhite had already nailed the trainer, and the university already knew about Applewhite's actions.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/07/bev-kearney-resigns-affair-with-athlete_n_2424389.html

Is your disgust for lawyers and lesbians so great that you cannot see the double standard? And, how do you rectify these things? Money is the way it is done.

The fired track coach is: African American,disabled,Female,and Gay...I think the judgement will be very favorable for her.Somebody had their feathers ruffled

Double standard is correct; that is the issue. To complicate matters (not that it should mean anything but it does in a lot of areas) the track coach is a black lesbian (heavily protected legally in todays world, almost to the point of being outwardly sympathetic) and two white football coaches (Applewhite and Bryant- dont forget him); lesbian gets canned and the other two: one is gone and the other is still on campus working and being paid.

And dont think the ESPN/LHN group is brushing this off; LHN aint dont to well; 300 million for what? nothing? now this black eye? I'm thinking ESPN is looking at this and if the situation blows up, maybe they find a way out of this 300 million deal? Who wants to have a contract with a bad rep university?

Boys be squirming in Belmont Hall.

nm

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Hairs being split:

1. "Head coach" of women's track and field team making roughly $400k a year v. Assistant Offensive Coordinator making over $500k a year.

Mighty fine hair imo.

2. He reported it "right away," but she tried to hide it for some years.

This hair has a bit more to it, but looks like a hindsight justification to anyone on the outside looking in or in the media

Their supposed rule violations are from two different sections of the tu 'morals' code.

One section says if an employee has relations with a student, to report it ASAP. If done, the supervisor is to take steps to make sure it does not happen again. - Applewhite

Other section states that if an employee does not report relationship with student, the employee is subject to punishment that includes being fired. - Bev.

tu has legal ground to stand on and justify their actions. But I agree with other posters that this boils down to politics. Right now the issue for tu is how much will Bev accept to go away.

Luckily for tu, ESPN and Statesman will be the main press to follow this issue if not resolved real soon. Give ESPN a month and they'll have viewers wondering why tu isn't suing Bev.

ESPN gotta protect their LHN.



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This reminds me of the Fran scandle. When your supporters want you gone. Things start to surface

Wasn't one of the big deals that one was an athlete on their team (ie favortism possible) and the other not?