Post by pavel on May 6, 2016 0:16:28 GMT -6
'List' of lawyers given to Tennessee athletes raises questions
Weeks after a sexual assault lawsuit was filed against University of Tennessee, Athletics Director Dave Hart responded to questions about whether school officials facilitated lawyers for athletes accused of a crime.
"We don't engage in putting them in touch with anybody, we may point to, just like you would in a phone book or list, that's all," he said.
The list Hart referenced, obtained by The Tennessean through a public records request, is a single sheet of paper with the names and office phone numbers of six Knoxville attorneys.
All six attorneys are University of Tennessee College of Law graduates. Most have direct ties to the athletics department. One is a prominent booster. Another is a football color commentator for the university’s television and radio network. Two have served on the athletics board. Three have served as adjunct professors or university lecturers. Two of the attorneys have long track records of representing student athletes and coaches that stretches back more than a decade.
Read more: www.tennessean.com/story/news/2016/05/04/list-lawyers-given-student-athletes-raise-questions/83656588/
Weeks after a sexual assault lawsuit was filed against University of Tennessee, Athletics Director Dave Hart responded to questions about whether school officials facilitated lawyers for athletes accused of a crime.
"We don't engage in putting them in touch with anybody, we may point to, just like you would in a phone book or list, that's all," he said.
The list Hart referenced, obtained by The Tennessean through a public records request, is a single sheet of paper with the names and office phone numbers of six Knoxville attorneys.
All six attorneys are University of Tennessee College of Law graduates. Most have direct ties to the athletics department. One is a prominent booster. Another is a football color commentator for the university’s television and radio network. Two have served on the athletics board. Three have served as adjunct professors or university lecturers. Two of the attorneys have long track records of representing student athletes and coaches that stretches back more than a decade.
Read more: www.tennessean.com/story/news/2016/05/04/list-lawyers-given-student-athletes-raise-questions/83656588/