Mora’s tweet on tampering happening right now

[businesslawyer]

We have no idea what Mora is upset about, but tampering with the outcome of a game is a crime. Aren't you a lawyer?

Good comeback.

 

[huskymedic]

 

[WhereistheDove?]

I was not aware you had performed a forensic analysis of all the contacts between other schools and our players. Thank you for that.



The situation I laid out in my post is very much a crime, and I stand by my assertion that it is a virtual certainty that this has already happened, somewhere in college football.

Not a lawyer but I’d be somewhat surprised if the statutes covering match fixing didn’t require some intent to impact the outcome of the game. A third party school tampering with a player and telling them not to play in a bowl game does not care about the outcome of the Fenway bowl. Presumably their hope would be to get them to transfer sooner or reduce the risk of injury if they’ve already committed. You’re taking quite a strong position, should at least have some basis in a statute you can quote.

 

[KryHavok]

I'm 100% against grown men cheating the rules and teaching players horrible life lessons.

Hot damn! We have a good coach who is also an honorable person!!!

 

[CL82]

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[king conn]

"We are excited that we’ve built a program where coaches have to cheat to beat us."

Hmm this sounds pretty pointed. Anyone know of any convicted cheaters working around the North Carolina program?

 

[UCFBfan]

Calling out the process is one thing.

I ABSOLUTELY love thT he said that he says that we've built a program where coaches have to cheat to beat us. Get 'em coach. Basically saying that we've gotten to a point where other schools want our players. I know that hurts to hear when we lose those players but I'd rather be winning and go through this than suck every year with players no one wants to touch.

Here's to hoping that culture and our purse strings can keep some of the players home.

 

[huskymedic]

 

[UCTitleTown]

NCAA is the most toothless entity in the world

You chose a different body part than I was thinking of.

 

[Patman]

If a school or schools contacted players before a game and asked them to impact the outcome of that game by either not playing or not giving 100%, there is quite a bit UConn can do, including reporting the offending programs to the FBI and state law enforcement. I am certain this has happened already several times. I suspect that no one wants to make a big deal about it because so many programs are "cheating" this way, but fixing a sports event is a crime in many states, and I don't think gambling has to be involved.

Recruiting a player to your team is not match fixing.

 

[nelsonmuntz]

Recruiting a player to your team is not match fixing.

I hope you didn't go to UConn because your reading comprehension is terrible and you are a third rate troll.

 

[nelsonmuntz]

Not a lawyer but I’d be somewhat surprised if the statutes covering match fixing didn’t require some intent to impact the outcome of the game. A third party school tampering with a player and telling them not to play in a bowl game does not care about the outcome of the Fenway bowl. Presumably their hope would be to get them to transfer sooner or reduce the risk of injury if they’ve already committed. You’re taking quite a strong position, should at least have some basis in a statute you can quote.

Generally yes, but when you go down the tortious interference road, you open yourself up to quite a bit of liability, and risk criminal penalties. I know a situation fairly well where a company got smoked in a tortious interference case that was not that cut and dry, but once the defendant lost, the courts really piled on with penalties. A good rule of thumb in life is to not induce someone else to violate a contract that you are aware of.

Once guilt is established with tampering, it is not a big step to get to Match Fixing. A sophisticated party can be liable if it induced participants in a match to act in a way that the party had to know would impact the outcome of the match.

Again, no one on the board knows the specifics of the Mora situation, but I am confident that it is a virtual certainty that players have been induced to leave, reduce their effort, or enter the transfer portal in a way that was designed to cause damage to another coach or program. It is a mortal lock that something like that has occurred, somewhere in college athletics.

 

[Patman]

I hope you didn't go to UConn because your reading comprehension is terrible and you are a third rate troll.

I just reread your post. You are implying exactly that. Sincerely, Dr. "Patman". UConn PhD 2009.

edit: should I not take your posts at face value and instead opt for tortured logic of half statements and hidden gaps?

 

[Uconn77Duke74]

Even though I'm a Pats fan I sort of hope it was Belichick. lol

 

[AllHusky]

Hate to say it, last time we sued someone over conference realignment, it went poorly for us. Not exactly the same, but you are messing with the “Club”

With Coach on this, just hope it ends well.

 

[Patman]

Hate to say it, last time we sued someone over conference realignment, it went poorly for us. Not exactly the same, but you are messing with the “Club”

With Coach on this, just hope it ends well.

sadly this is true. Better to isolate the best case. In the end, its going to be on UConn's lawyers and not UConn's football coach to establish what's going on

 

[LoyalFanCT]

Could Jim Mora just be threatening rather than UConn ready to file a court case. The threat may be able to control the situation.

 

[Vowelguy]

Folks, it's better to be vague for multiple reasons.

First, suppose it was Toledo and Memphis? Not many will care. Leave off the names and it could be anybody and gets more attention.

Naming names is the nuclear war option. You don't want that. "If you come for the queen, you best not miss."
It would be like Vietnam publicly attacking China. China can make their life miserable.

 

[Vowelguy]

The downside of the NIL/free-transfer era is that there are basically no rules. I've been saying for awhile it's more extreme than pros, since pros are bound by contracts and tampering rules.

 

[Waquoit]

Good for Jim

 

[businesslawyer]

I just reread your post. You are implying exactly that. Sincerely, Dr. "Patman". UConn PhD 2009.

edit: should I not take your posts at face value and instead opt for tortured logic of half statements and hidden gaps?

When he’s having a day like this no purpose in engaging with him. He just drags the debate down to a moronic level and then tries to win with experience.

 

[Patman]

When he’s having a day like this no purpose in engaging with him. He just drags the debate down to a moronic level and then tries to win with experience.

and I take bait easily... latent italian in me

 

[TheDrifter75]

Could Jim Mora just be threatening rather than UConn ready to file a court case. The threat may be able to control the situation.

No, it can't

 

[UConnDan97]

and I take bait easily... latent italian in me

Latent and Italian don't belong in the same sentence, paesano mio!

 

[RioDog]

You chose a different body part than I was thinking of.

Yeah- I was thinking "gutless" as well...