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<blockquote data-quote="RamblinRed" data-source="post: 554649" data-attributes="member: 1776"><p>Another article on the Wade situation at LSU.</p><p></p><p>Basically demands that he be given his Constitutional rights and be allowed to coach his team. Of course, the obscures the facts that you don't have Constitutional rights at work - you have whatever is in your work contract (for example - you have no 1st Amendment rights at work. They only apply to interactions with government).</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.si.com/college-basketball/2019/03/14/will-wade-statement-lsu-suspension-ncaa-investigation-wiretap" target="_blank">https://www.si.com/college-basketball/2019/03/14/will-wade-statement-lsu-suspension-ncaa-investigation-wiretap</a></p><p></p><p>Basically saying he is going to refuse to talk to LSU until after the trial in April all but forces LSU to place him on suspension.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://sports.yahoo.com/why-will-wades-tonedeaf-statement-makes-him-look-even-worse-155213116.html" target="_blank">https://sports.yahoo.com/why-will-wades-tonedeaf-statement-makes-him-look-even-worse-155213116.html</a></p><p></p><p>The eye-roll-inducing 321-word statement Will Wade released on Thursday morning was most noteworthy for what it didn’t include.</p><p></p><p>Nowhere does the suspended LSU coach bother to actually say he didn’t do it.</p><p></p><p>He doesn’t deny that it’s him caught on a federal wiretap describing the “strong-*** offer” he made to try to land guard Javonte Smart. He doesn’t attempt to portray that conversation as being about anything other than paying a promising recruit under the table to come to LSU. He doesn’t claim innocence, nor does he insist he has not violated NCAA rules.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Wade, of course, has good reason not to explain himself until he has no choice but to take the stand at a federal trial later this spring. By not talking, it buys him time to see what federal investigators actually have on him and allows him to keep cashing checks from LSU for a couple more months.</p><p></p><p>But LSU also has good reason to suspend an employee who has been caught on tape cheating, doesn’t deny the allegations and refuses to explain himself. Tom Skinner, the school’s general counsel, emphatically made that point <a href="https://www.si.com/college-basketball/2019/03/14/will-wade-statement-lsu-suspension-ncaa-investigation-wiretap" target="_blank">in an interview with SI.com on Thursday.</a></p><p></p><p>“In everything that’s been said by Will and his folks in the past week, not once have they denied any wrongdoing,” Skinner said. “As a university and employer, we need to hear our employee say, ‘I didn’t do anything wrong,’ or explain the circumstances or admit he did do something wrong. We’ve been unable to get to that point.”</p><p></p><p>In the end, Wade did nothing to help himself from a public relations standpoint on Thursday with the tone-deaf statement he made.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RamblinRed, post: 554649, member: 1776"] Another article on the Wade situation at LSU. Basically demands that he be given his Constitutional rights and be allowed to coach his team. Of course, the obscures the facts that you don't have Constitutional rights at work - you have whatever is in your work contract (for example - you have no 1st Amendment rights at work. They only apply to interactions with government). [URL]https://www.si.com/college-basketball/2019/03/14/will-wade-statement-lsu-suspension-ncaa-investigation-wiretap[/URL] Basically saying he is going to refuse to talk to LSU until after the trial in April all but forces LSU to place him on suspension. [URL]https://sports.yahoo.com/why-will-wades-tonedeaf-statement-makes-him-look-even-worse-155213116.html[/URL] The eye-roll-inducing 321-word statement Will Wade released on Thursday morning was most noteworthy for what it didn’t include. Nowhere does the suspended LSU coach bother to actually say he didn’t do it. He doesn’t deny that it’s him caught on a federal wiretap describing the “strong-*** offer” he made to try to land guard Javonte Smart. He doesn’t attempt to portray that conversation as being about anything other than paying a promising recruit under the table to come to LSU. He doesn’t claim innocence, nor does he insist he has not violated NCAA rules. Wade, of course, has good reason not to explain himself until he has no choice but to take the stand at a federal trial later this spring. By not talking, it buys him time to see what federal investigators actually have on him and allows him to keep cashing checks from LSU for a couple more months. But LSU also has good reason to suspend an employee who has been caught on tape cheating, doesn’t deny the allegations and refuses to explain himself. Tom Skinner, the school’s general counsel, emphatically made that point [URL='https://www.si.com/college-basketball/2019/03/14/will-wade-statement-lsu-suspension-ncaa-investigation-wiretap']in an interview with SI.com on Thursday.[/URL] “In everything that’s been said by Will and his folks in the past week, not once have they denied any wrongdoing,” Skinner said. “As a university and employer, we need to hear our employee say, ‘I didn’t do anything wrong,’ or explain the circumstances or admit he did do something wrong. We’ve been unable to get to that point.” In the end, Wade did nothing to help himself from a public relations standpoint on Thursday with the tone-deaf statement he made. [/QUOTE]
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