https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaf/2017/06/29/mike-leach-angry-texas-tech-washington-state-coach/440102001/

I wonder why he never went after ESPN or Craig James?

Wow, why would anyone sign a contract with a state school ? Apparently they can't be sued.

Madman said:

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https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaf/2017/06/29/mike-leach-angry-texas-tech-washington-state-coach/440102001/

I wonder why he never went after ESPN or Craig James?

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I believe that he did, but didn't get anywhere. At least that is my recollection.

pepe the dog said:

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He got screwed by Tech. I don't blame him. He should at least get the 1.6 million

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yep. completely effed over. i'd still be pissed as well.

He has every rational reason to be pissed.

Is this not the school that not so long ago couldn't even afford postage for recruiting letters? And that was in the program's "heyday"...........what in the hell makes Leach think he's going to squeeze any more blood out of that turnip? Even if it is rightfully his.

Leeman said:

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Wow, why would anyone sign a contract with a state school ? Apparently they can't be sued.

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They cant be sued in TX for any judgement over 500K. Lot of talk about that when Bonfire fell and what was owed to families.

Pam Poovey said:

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Leeman said:

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Wow, why would anyone sign a contract with a state school ? Apparently they can't be sued.

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They cant be sued in TX for any judgement over 500K. Lot of talk about that when Bonfire fell and what was owed to families.

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So is that also the max that Bev Kearney will be able to get from tu?

Can't sue for more without approval from the ledge. IIRC there was bill proposed to wave immunity for A&M for bonfire claims.

Isn't Bev a federal suit (discrimination), so immunity doesn't apply?

BiochemAg97 said:

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Can't sue for more without approval from the ledge. IIRC there was bill proposed to wave immunity for A&M for bonfire claims.

Isn't Bev a federal suit (discrimination), so immunity doesn't apply?

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If it's federal, I would think so. Aggiehawg would know.

pepe the dog said:

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He got screwed by Tech. I don't blame him. He should at least get the 1.6 million

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Yup. The fact that tech falsely fired Leach was the worst mistake they ever made.

"I wonder why he never went after ESPN or Craig James?"

CJK5H. Don't mess that crazy mofo.

My recollection was correct. He went after Leach and got nothing: Amarillo Court of Appeals opinion

twk said:

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My recollection was correct. He went after Leach and got nothing: Amarillo Court of Appeals opinion

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Reading the appellate opinion, seems the judge was kinda hostile to leech by that time.

You guys are confusing torts and contract law. Sovereign immunity applies to torts, not contract liability.

Flexbone said:

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You guys are confusing torts and contract law. Sovereign immunity applies to torts, not contract liability.

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Not true. In some states, they consider sovereign immunity to be waived by the state entering into a contract, but not in Texas.

Texas has one of the strongest defenses to sovereign immunity. Probably has to do with the fact that we became a state after we were our own country.

Don't blame the pirate for still being pissed. He got screwed. Ttech football has not been the same without him.

twk said:

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Flexbone said:

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You guys are confusing torts and contract law. Sovereign immunity applies to torts, not contract liability.

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Not true. In some states, they consider sovereign immunity to be waived by the state entering into a contract, but not in Texas.

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You gonna sit back and take that Flex?

Finish him!

Andy Farmer said:

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twk said:

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Flexbone said:

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You guys are confusing torts and contract law. Sovereign immunity applies to torts, not contract liability.

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Not true. In some states, they consider sovereign immunity to be waived by the state entering into a contract, but not in Texas.

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You gonna sit back and take that Flex?

Finish him!

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There are two different prongs of immunity, immunity from liability and immunity from suit (irrespective of liability). Texas universities waive immunity from LIABILITY by entering a contract like this. However, not from suit. Leach has to ask the State for permission to sue Tech.

Tamu_mgm said:

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pepe the dog said:

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He got screwed by Tech. I don't blame him. He should at least get the 1.6 million

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Yup. The fact that tech falsely fired Leach was the worst mistake they ever made.

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He wasn't falsely fired. He was fired for being a dumbass and telling his boss to go f*** himself (probably rightfully so, but still...). On the heels of looking for other jobs 2 or 3 summers in a row.

Where he did get screwed was the timing of the firing, the day before some incentives kicked in. That's where the $1.6 million comes in.

There wasn't a "mistake" because they fired him before he could leave on his own. In any case, he wouldn't still be in Lubbock today (or much past 2011), fired or not.

Moore is a smart man.