Quote Originally Posted by Political Hack View Post
Here's two new nuggets that I haven't heard until today... and they're suttle, but they're both pretty significant if true.

1) the 2nd/amended NOA was put together with the understanding that OM was likely going to try to litigate this case in court. Meaning: Everything the NCAA has in there is iron clad and they have no intentions of backing off!

2) RR's choice of lawyer could be viewed as confirmation that the OM brass has signed off on the lawsuit. The implication was that if Merkel took it, it's because Vitter & Bjork didn't object. That's very telling.

When I was in DC, we'd sometimes have a lawyer close to a situation file a complaint because politically we weren't in a position to intervene in a matter. We used a "back door" essentially. It's a smart tactic and gives you a fighting chance without getting muddy, but sometimes it's too obvious who's really behind those types of efforts.
#1 also explains why we didn't see draft night stuff or AJ Brown stuff in the amended NOA. It's not that the NCAA doesn't know it happened, it's because the 2nd NOA had to be iron clad tight, and maybe the NCAA just couldn't quite get there with those two situations. Doesn't really matter though. The NCAA has plenty.