leaked the student athlete names? That is definitely a Federal crime with pretty severe consequences.
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leaked the student athlete names? That is definitely a Federal crime with pretty severe consequences.
Their message board guys were among the first to report it, somimagine some depositions will be lined up for them fairly soon. At least that's where I'd start if I was inn the legal team. They're connected red to each be everyone from he players, to the coaches, to the boosters. You could get a pretty good lay of the land by starting with them.
ole miss used FERPA to block the release of all 54 emails sent to their compliance department, yet Leo's identity has not been protected under the same expectation of privacy.
Do the boosters referenced in the NOA receive an unredacted copy? If so, there's nothing keeping them from leaking it.
The inclusion of his tweet in OM's response, especially when it wasn't redacted, is a pretty transparent move to make it clear who that was. Because that was left unredacted, it should be a pretty easy thing to force them to leave all the other information unredacted as well.
Boosters are reps of the university's athletic department. I think FERPA covers them too. It doesn't matter though, because the names were leaked prior to them receiving the NOA. Somebody at UM should be in trouble. There also should be a LOT of Federal money taken away from them.
I would have to say the leak originated in Ole Miss Atletic Department.
I'm no legal expert, but when I took a quick look at the FERPA language, it looked to me that simply mentioning a student's name publicly is not a violation. It has to be tied directly to a specific thing FERPA covers, for example, it would be a violation for UNM to release his name along with his grades transcript.
Again, I'm no lawyer, but that's the way I interpret it. I hope I'm wrong, and even if I'm not, I would think the NCAA is pissed about this regardless. It is a clear attempt to circumvent the NCAA's rules on the matter, as well as a clear attempt to intimidate the NCAA's witnesses.
Don't see that ending well for UNM in the area that actually matters to UNM fans...their athletics program. I would bet most of them don't give much of a damn about the owner of Rebel Rags one way or the other, beyond whether or not his suit will help them with their NCAA case. But they are too ignorant to realize there's a better chance it actually makes things worse for them with the NCAA...not better.
They are just throwing more gas on that blazing dumpster fire, and the NCAA is going to put it out with a COI tsunami of regulatory destruction.
I have two Ole Miss booster friends and they do not know one another. They both stated the same BS about how the NCAA was the one that leaked the names of our players. I tried to have a logical conversation with them, but that is damn near impossible to do. Anyway, the new Ole Miss narrative is that the NCAA leaked out the names.
They'd better order an 18 wheeler load of lube because it's going to feel like a bull elephant mounted them when it's all said and done.