Where Did The Money Come From?

[lostleader]

http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/7090283/ohio-state-buckeyes-pay-players-lawyer-142000

A 142 K, I bet the players didn't pay for that. Shouldn't that be an "Extra benefit"

 

[Michchamp]

well, I would think it would be ok for the university to pay their legal bills if they were related to NCAA compliance issues & the investigation; not so much if they were paying for criminal lawyers.

 

[TheVictors]

Would an attorney be able to accept memorabilia or other collateral for their services? Seriously, our neighbor is an attorney who has a lot of rural clients and he's gotten land, a trailer and a bunch of antique mining equipment as payment for legal services.

 

[lostleader]

I just think its crap, why would you need $142 K in lawyer fees for a NCAA violation. I am sure this is a common thing, just seems ridiculous. I could see if the University is protecting the University, but these are players who are in trouble for their own doing, because its not a systemic problem! Yeah Right

 

[Michchamp]

Would an attorney be able to accept memorabilia or other collateral for their services? Seriously, our neighbor is an attorney who has a lot of rural clients and he's gotten land, a trailer and a bunch of antique mining equipment as payment for legal services.

yes. basically the only things you can't accept in exchange for legal services are sex & drugs (or anything illegal, like hand grenades). but I guess the latter should be obvious.

most, if not all, state bars added the prohibition on sexual contact with clients to their professional rules over the last couple decades. There is an exception to the rule for sexual relationships that predated the attorney-client relationship...

I think the university giving them sports memorabilia in exchange for representing them might violate NCAA rules, but it would otherwise be legal.

 

[hungry]

What I would like to know is where the money comes from when it is ruled that these 'students' have to pay back the money they got. Where does that money come from?

 

[johnny2x2x]

One of my brother's best friends, Joe, is actually a lawyer basically for the U of M football players. His fees are paid by the school I believe. This is normal, regular students at a University are regularly supplied legal representation free of charge. But, I would bet that an average student wouldn't get the same representation as say a starting wide receiver gets and $142,000 seems excessive for such a trivial matter.

 

[Michchamp]

One of my brother's best friends, Joe, is actually a lawyer basically for the U of M football players. His fees are paid by the school I believe. This is normal, regular students at a University are regularly supplied legal representation free of charge. But, I would bet that an average student wouldn't get the same representation as say a starting wide receiver gets and $142,000 seems excessive for such a trivial matter.

Translation: I don't have any facts related to the issues referenced in this thread, but I'll add my uninformed opinion on them, just for the hell of it.

 

[Michchamp]

What I would like to know is where the money comes from when it is ruled that these 'students' have to pay back the money they got. Where does that money come from?

I don't know. It seems like in the recent cases, it wasn't that much, like $500, or $600 from "no-show" jobs. I'm guessing they give them some time to pay it back, like traffic courts do for people that can't afford larger fines.

these kids could conceivably earn that by flipping burgers in the off-season and repay that in a couple weeks... but they probably just go to some other local used-car salesman "booster" and do a no-show job for him for the amount they have to pay back.

None of them probably see anything wrong with it, and wouldn't understand why it's a problem if you explained it to them.

 

[redandguilty]

One of my brother's best friends, Joe, is actually a lawyer basically for the U of M football players. His fees are paid by the school I believe. This is normal, regular students at a University are regularly supplied legal representation free of charge. But, I would bet that an average student wouldn't get the same representation as say a starting wide receiver gets and $142,000 seems excessive for such a trivial matter.

Translation: I don't have any facts related to the issues referenced in this thread, but I'll add my uninformed opinion on them, just for the hell of it.

Either I just missed it in the past or you have recently been on a translating kick.

 

[Michchamp]

well, in this case, I'm just trying to help a guy who is a little confused between fact and opinion.