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great move by everyone involved the school is probably happy he's doing this. takes them off the hookREPORTS: Shannon takes suspension battle to court, sues University of Illinois
The Illini star is looking to end his indefinite suspension.
Appears TSJ’s legal team is seeking a restraining order against U of I from suspending him from team.
It will be interesting to see what decision is made by the judge.
I won't be a bit surprised if he is back in uniform. The teams they play while his is out caught a huge break.
I listen to the Sleepers podcast and they love IL and one of them even picked them as his darkhorse NC.... assuming TS is back. And, he implied he had someone on the inside who had told him he'd return. No idea if they were referring to this injunction.
they could be paying for the lawyers to sue themselves. public relation's wise they take a beating if they say innocent till proven guilty. this way when he gets the injunction. they can say they have no choice.
As he should. And he should win, due process and all.REPORTS: Shannon takes suspension battle to court, sues University of Illinois
The Illini star is looking to end his indefinite suspension.
Appears TSJ’s legal team is seeking a restraining order against U of I from suspending him from team.
It will be interesting to see what decision is made by the judge.
Could be, but I think it's more along the lines of what Cav is saying. After the Pierre Pierce and MSU crap, they don't want to allow someone to play accused of that, and then he gets convicted. My guess is legally, they have every right to do that, if they don't yank his scholly. Similar to suspending a policeman from duty with pay when involved in a shooting until they are cleared. I don't think they are violating his rights.
Interesting hypothetical. At his point I would say no, particularly because we have been enlightened to always believe the woman.
I honestly don't know and that's not what I was trying to get answered. Just a hypothetical I was curious to hear opinions on. So, am I putting you down for a yes?
Put me down as a no because it would be a public relations disaster for IU. Now in the real world would I hire someone with pending charges. that depends on a lot of factors.
I think you are wrong. Civil rights are important. I sure hope he wins this his lawsuit, which I believe is a forgone conclusion. At least it should be.
?? Civil rights? He's not being denied a right based on his race, sex, religion, beliefs, etc... I know I wasn't the best student, but I missed class the day they covered the rights that Illini athletes have to play sports.
They don't, and I don't think they should. How would it look if you're investigation was negative and the player in question was later found guilty? Shannon could sue in civil court, and probably should if he's maintaining his innocence.
Meant civil liberties. It was a long night. Your example isn't remotely similar, imo.
How would you feel if your son was wrongly accused of rape and lost everything because of it. It's not right. There needs to be due process before you completely ruin someone's earning potential.
I see a difference between accused and charged. He's been charged, correct? Like I said, it sucks, but I think it's understandable. If my son was wrongly accused of rape, we'd be hiring an attorney and probably suing the individual. (PS, look how quickly/forcefully Jimmy Kimmel responded to Aarron Rodgers' comments his name would come out in the Jeffrey Epstein stuff).
You don't think police/prosecutors make mistakes? Charged isn't convicted, but I get your point. I'll be astonished if TSJ isn't back on the team this season. And I'm all for it, because I believe in due process.
Of course they do, and as I said, it sucks. But again, they have filed charges, so they must believe there's something more there than he said/she said. And, I checked. The University has known about the accusations since September and only suspended him when he was charged. He was not suspended due to the possibility of a "false accusation" alone. And, as I also said, he is free to sue in civil court for defamation, slander and lost wages/ opportunites, etc... For him, this directly affects his income (NIL) and professional future. I'd think they would've already filed a civil suit, for public support if nothing else.
Nobody has a right to play basketball, or to go to UofI for that matter. As long as the university followed their rules and policies with regard to the suspension, there should not be any claim. If they made up a new rule for this case, or he can show that similar incidents in the past were handled differently, he may have a case.
I don't believe that Il is investigating this. They acted per policy after the charges were filed.
Correct.
Winners gonna win. But we can't hire Chris Beard or Bruce Pearl. Don't wanna hurt anyone's feelings.
