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Same way that Ray Ray Armstrong was immediately eligible and free to go wherever he wanted to go. He tried to go to several schools after UM bounced him, and no one would touch him.
Frankly, Grace's lawyer has demonstrated less than rudimentary knowledge of NCAA rules. He basically threw dirt on his own client's grave when he ran his mouth to the media admitting Grace lied during the investigation. He obviously didn't know about the NCAA rule that Dapper Slapper quoted regarding the automatic 1 year penalty for lying during this sort of investigation.
This is what happens when lawyers get involved in squabbles merely to promote themselves through the media. I'm not sure where Grace got the money to pay for thousands of dollars in exotic rentals and thousands in legal fees. But the guess is the lawyer agreed to do it in exchange for getting his name out there.
He got a chance to grandstand to the media and **** on UM and make himself seem to be that shining beacon in the night for the abused and downtrodden. Unfortunately, he buried his own client in the process and likely spread a bunch of baseless garbage to the press to make his client seem like a poor innocent choirboy and paint UM as the evil ogre. It's a classic example of Lionel Hutz Champerty 101.
Grace and AQM are free to go where they want. That doesn't mean anyone will want to deal with the cases that will follow them. They can't just wash their hands of this case by going elsewhere. The next school would have to do its own investigation and consult with the NCAA on a punishment just like UM.
Fantastic breakdown there.
I do understand why a lot of fans are struggling with the idea that "lying" cost Grace his spot on the squad based on his attorney's version. He claims they turned over proof that everything was paid for by family and that there was no other evidence...just hearsay. When I first saw that I was puzzled too...as if UM chose to accept hearsay over the actual documentation provided. Something NO other University would do as 100% of all illicit booster activities are targeted at only ever producing hearsay that can't be proven.
Then said attorney claims his client lied...but is a 21 year old blah blah blah. Huh? Any way you can contradict your concrete v. hearsay statement any more?
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Problem is a significant portion of this site only likes the UM football team. They have no ties to UM and seem to hate everything related to UM other than the football team.
As a result, they're inclined to believe or advocate any position that is contrary to that taken by UM. In their warped world, UM is out to get the football players and ruin the team even though UM just paid Folden $8M to leave and is now paying Richt $4M per year.
If they really hated football and wanted the team to die they would have just kept Folden. He was killing the program, and it would have been much cheaper.
These unfortunate dopes are so bent on being the cool anti-establishment types that they're actually believing everything Grace's lawyer says. How big of a dupe can you possibly be to do that? I can assure you poor souls that most things that come out of most lawyers' mouths when they are advocating are about as trustworthy as Willie Williams at an electronics store.
I don't think everyone that doesn't agree with the dismissal believe Grace's lawyer 100%. They just understand that this situation wouldn't have happened at any other school in America. They don't think the punishment fits the "crime". Why did it take 8 months to make a decision? Poeple say they were trying to keep the players on the team, what if they were trying to dig up anything morsel they could find?
You get rumors coming out that Craig Anderson was acting like Emmert's gang of clowns trying to get information in the Shapiro scandal.
Also in regards to the administration maybe you get that viewpoint, because people have seen the administration give 2 chits about the football team for basically the past 15 years. Miami was operating at a 3rd/4th tier level, while other teams were blowing past us at warp speed. No progress was made with facilities for over a decade, hiring coaching on the cheap, paying assistants around 50's nationally. The last ACC team to get an indoor facility, when Miami actually needs it more than anyone. The recent moves are a major step in the right direction, but it needs to keep trending that way.
