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Former lacrosse coach Mike Pressler files lawsuit against Duke
Associated Press ^ | October 12, 2007 | Aaron Beard

Posted on 10/12/2007 8:02:03 PM PDT by MrEdd

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To: kbennkc

Yes, since they slandered both him and the students and basically fired him while saying he had resigned. He stood by the students and insisted they were innocent throughout the whole affair.


21 posted on 10/12/2007 8:27:21 PM PDT by MrEdd (Ron Paul is Ralph Nader for the right...)
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To: Boiler Plate

That’s it then .Thanks


22 posted on 10/12/2007 8:28:14 PM PDT by kbennkc (For those who have fought for it , freedom has a flavor the protected will never know)
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To: mefistofelerevised
So you have a problem with people taking the only possible legal recourse they have when they have been demonstrably harmed and slandered? Really?

Duke is not taxpayer funded, it’s a private college, and it’s decided to employ idiot leftists that can’t keep their foolish mouths shut.

The coach deserves every dime he can get, even if it was on the taxpayers, which it isn't.

23 posted on 10/12/2007 8:28:33 PM PDT by Bullish ( Reality is the best cure for delusion.)
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I hope he gets a lot of money, but I really wish the trustees would fire Brodhead and hire somebody with courage and integrity.


24 posted on 10/12/2007 8:29:40 PM PDT by clintonh8r (Waiting for the other Hsu to drop....)
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To: pepperdog

and the 88 morons who still “teach” there refuse to apologize. What a disgrace to humanity!

http://www.diverseeducation.com/artman/publish/article_6902.shtml


25 posted on 10/12/2007 8:31:47 PM PDT by eleni121 (+ En Touto Nika! By this sign conquer! + Constantine the Great)
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To: scrabblehack

My mistake.


26 posted on 10/12/2007 8:34:25 PM PDT by mefistofelerevised
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To: MrEdd

Since he stood by the students ,the distinction between resigning under pressure and waiting to be fired is no longer of import to me . I was confused on that point , thanks . I hope he gets whatever he is entitled to .


27 posted on 10/12/2007 8:42:58 PM PDT by kbennkc (For those who have fought for it , freedom has a flavor the protected will never know)
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To: abb

ping


28 posted on 10/12/2007 9:01:11 PM PDT by JLS
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To: mefistofelerevised
So a former state employee is files suit in a state court, against a state university, because another state employee ran is mouth, so he can get state bucks (compliments of taxpayers). Did I state that right?

I thought that Duke was a private university... While it may get state funds, it's not on par with say, UNC...

Mark

29 posted on 10/12/2007 9:01:13 PM PDT by MarkL (Listen, Strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is no basis for a system of government)
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To: MrEdd

Duke will lose this. The only way to respond to questions about a closed case like this is “no comment.”

This Sr. VP fool commented! Ha. You and your hoity toity uni are toast once again. Enjoy the roast.


30 posted on 10/12/2007 9:01:53 PM PDT by Rembrandt (We would have won Viet Nam w/o Dim interference.)
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To: eleni121

Bingo!! I always wondered about the coach who was forced out....hope he hits ‘em hard!


31 posted on 10/12/2007 9:04:26 PM PDT by tajgirvan (Romans 8 :18)
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To: MrEdd

I’m not a very sue happy person.

I make complete exception for this guy and the players.

I DO feel sorry for any students that attend Duke or may rely on scholarships that could be affected by the lawsuits hitting Duke, IF those students were not apart of the mob out to lynch all of these guys.

But the faculty deserve this, as does any alumni that stood by rather then forcing the faculty to back down from their witchhunt. they were complicit, they deserve to lose money out of their pockets for it.


32 posted on 10/12/2007 9:14:25 PM PDT by Soul Seeker (SIGN THE PETITION: http://www.standwithrus, he has the 9-11h.com/)
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To: mefistofelerevised
So a former state employee is files suit in a state court, against a state university, because another state employee ran is mouth, so he can get state bucks (compliments of taxpayers). Did I state that right?

No.

33 posted on 10/12/2007 9:24:25 PM PDT by PAR35
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To: clintonh8r
".....but I really wish the trustees would fire Brodhead and hire somebody with courage and integrity."

Unfortunately, that action wouldn't go far enough to salvage Duke..

There are at LEAST 88 racist multicultural imbeciles on staff, and hundreds others who did NOT speak against their racist and justice denying actions.

Duke will need drastic "surgery, which it is very unlikely to receive...
Parents would be well advised to avoid this zoo for quite a long time....

It should be apparent that Duke has gone the way of many American institutions worshiping at the altar of "affirmative action" and "victimology" in the mistaken belief that all cultures are equal....

Very sad that those with Duke degrees from prior ages have this embarrassment to deal with...
It is they who will have to bring pressure to bear on Duke to restore past reputation...

34 posted on 10/12/2007 9:36:27 PM PDT by river rat (Semper Fi - You may turn the other cheek, but I prefer to look into my enemy's vacant dead eyes.)
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To: PAR35

After all my years I finally made a mistake. Thanks for correcting me, along with all the others.


35 posted on 10/12/2007 9:45:56 PM PDT by mefistofelerevised
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To: kbennkc

He was given a choice: “resign” or Duke shuts down lacrosse completely and forever.


36 posted on 10/12/2007 10:01:01 PM PDT by jiggyboy (Ten per cent of poll respondents are either lying or insane)
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To: MrEdd

I’m guessing that lawyers from the university will meet within ten days...iron out a good deal...make sure the coach keeps his mouth shut on the settlement....and he gets a check for $5 million. Taxes and lawyers will eat up $1.5 million of that...so he’ll have to be happy with $3.5 million...but hey...thats more than you’d need to live a good life.


37 posted on 10/12/2007 10:01:21 PM PDT by pepsionice
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To: Will88

I agree. The more the merrier. They let their agendas totally run with the ball, no thought to LOGIC or anything honorable or justice. I love seeing this. I hope Duke is reduced to a few core departments and ALL the flim-flam studies lose funding. Couldn’t happen to a better place. I hope it makes all the liberal universities squirm.


38 posted on 10/12/2007 10:19:24 PM PDT by bboop (Stealth Tutor)
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To: kbennkc

He fought hard for those students, don’t you remember? He said that was his main job. And then he stood beside them all the way. I believe they forced him out. He was very honorable all the way through it, is how I remember it.


39 posted on 10/12/2007 10:21:41 PM PDT by bboop (Stealth Tutor)
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To: pepsionice
so he’ll have to be happy with $3.5 million...but hey...thats more than you’d need to live a good life.

When Nick Saban broke his contract and left Miami Dolphins last year, he scraped in $33 million from Alabama!!!

40 posted on 10/12/2007 11:31:00 PM PDT by danamco (Now, I would LOVE to hear your solution as to how to remove 12 to 30 million people from this countr)
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