Comments on: CURIOUS INDEX, 5/15/08

By: DC Trojan

DC Trojan — Fri, 16 May 2008 16:21:31 +0000

hunglikehussain @ 82 – duly noted – I spared you all the recitation of how the British empire used said boards in Africa to screw over their colonial subjects, and how after independence said boards were used to jump start the kleptocracies that passed themselves off as national governments.

By: hobeg8r

hobeg8r — Fri, 16 May 2008 16:05:37 +0000

Average Median Income for WV: $32,500

RR’s salary (2006): $1.9 M

Jury of your peers: Snowball’s chance….

He’ll be lucky if the jury doesn’t ask the Court if they can impose the death penalty…or at least permission to have him tarred and feathered…

By: sb

sb — Fri, 16 May 2008 15:26:59 +0000

JeffAU @ #92…got it. No way there is a summary jmt…too many floating bodies… The entertainment value couched in dickrod’s poor judgment can keep me amused (and has) for hours. Thanks, guys and gals…

By: JeffAU

JeffAU — Fri, 16 May 2008 15:17:49 +0000

sb @ 88

I don’t disagree with you that his fraudulent inducement defense is as weak as a bammer defensive lineman, but the comment I was responding to was the statement that parole evidence could not be used at all in defending the case. While certainly disputed (and probably overwhelmed) for the reasons you raised, I suspect it maybe enough of a fact question to ward off summary judgment if this thing doesn’t settle.

I wish someone would fraudulently induce me into earning 7 figures a year.

By: sb

sb — Fri, 16 May 2008 14:08:34 +0000

JeffAU @ #88…I don’t agree…no contract at that level is signed in a vacuum…everyone involved…dickrod, his counsel, wfvu and their counsel had to have worked the shit out of that contract…fraudulent inducement might be one of the arrows in my defense quiver, but to hang their hat on it, other than as a p.r. ploy, means their hat is in the tobacco juice, ashes and spilt beer on the floor of their dirty, smoky backroom.

Combine that with the comment he made earlier “Don’t you think I’d know if I made over million dollars?” just prior to being shown his signed tax return for a little over a mil. Break out that deposition, counselor, we’ve got a live one!

By: hobeg8r

hobeg8r — Fri, 16 May 2008 13:16:56 +0000

#79 – Didn’t the big booster friend of DickRod withdraw his $2.5 M gift to WV when DickRod left? If so, I think WV can clearly show how they were damaged….we all know contributions to universities increase when you have a winning football program….Mark Richt’s liquidation “penalty” is $11M. Isn’t the real reason it is there is to keep other universities from poaching coaches? If Richt left UGA, I can assure you that he would have his Cat. 5’s put in a provision that his new school would pay him a $11M bonus + taxes (to cover that).

WV Cat 5: Do you think it would be fair for WV to pay you $4M if you were fired?
RR: Yes.
WV Cat 5: Do you think it would be fair for you to pay WV $4M if you left?
RR: (Crying and wimpering): No

By: Out of Conference

Out of Conference — Fri, 16 May 2008 12:50:14 +0000

#85 – At least in the state of South Carolina if you’re related to someone on the state surpreme court- i.e. throwing out a section of the bar exam so certain people would pass.

By: JeffAU

JeffAU — Fri, 16 May 2008 12:35:10 +0000

@72

Have to disagree with you there. While the parole evidence rule will not allow a verbal agreement to alter to written terms of the contract that contains a merger clause (and this one apparently does), he can use parol evidence to demonstrate that he was fraudulently induced to sign the contract. If he does so, the contract itself is invalid, and should be rescended. Dickrod then has a quanum meruit claim for the reasonable value of the services he performed and, presumably, although I’ve never seen it actually happen, he could have to repy WFVU whatever salary he received in excess of that amount, if it was more than the reasonable value.

By: Vol

Vol — Fri, 16 May 2008 12:29:58 +0000

ahhh 84…see, I learned something! I did not know there was a distinction there. Maybe I should venture out of my real estate world sometime.

By: sb

sb — Fri, 16 May 2008 12:24:22 +0000

Tommy @ #85…at least the property/contracts section…

By: Tommy Bowden's Mancrush

Tommy Bowden's Mancrush — Fri, 16 May 2008 06:54:35 +0000

Wow… I feel like I could pass the bar after reading all 84 comments… fuck..

By: sb

sb — Fri, 16 May 2008 01:37:34 +0000

vol @ #72…the parole evidence rule limits a property transaction to what is in the k…it doesn’t have a definitive effect when its used in a performance contract dispute…you cannot make dickrod stay at wfvu, and the terms are not as hard and fast as you’ll find in property…I have yet to see a summary judgment based on the parole evidence rule in a performance contract, although that doesn’t mean it won’t happen. I love property k’s in comparison to performance k’s…not only are the variables fewer, but the p.e.r. keeps them cleaner.

By: tapout

tapout — Thu, 15 May 2008 23:58:58 +0000

Orson Swindle. . . . .you are indeed a DEITY in blog-land! God bless your parents, EDSBS couldn’t possibly be “food” for the masses without them. I, for one, am quite pleased with the menu.

That Rick Dances shite has me in FUCKING STITCHES!

By: hunglikehussain

hunglikehussain — Thu, 15 May 2008 23:36:15 +0000

@64 because they can

My sentiments exactly. This is one weird but intellectually stimulating blog.

For example, DCTrojan used a word I am not familiar with…”monopsony.” I spend a couple of hours researching, trying to comprehend and then write a treatise on Keynesian economics, minimum wage, collective bargaining, and wage discrimination. It was “Coop-esque.” I deleted everything. After all, DC just used a word coined by an obscure Marxian economist. No harm, no foul.

Type “A” personalities are the scourge of internet blogging. Occasionally, this is a hard lesson learned.

By: Studley

Studley — Thu, 15 May 2008 22:39:13 +0000

Vol @ 77 – You’ve struck upon a title for the latest Farrelly Brothers movie: “Tuscaloosa Co-eds and Pensacola Hookers”.

As for LSUFreek: Best. Caricature. Ever.