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MUScoop => Hangin' at the Al => Topic started by: MUCam on April 08, 2013, 08:15:30 AM

Title: Rutgers and the other Glass Slipper
Post by: MUCam on April 08, 2013, 08:15:30 AM
I suppose there are always two sides (EDIT: or three sides, or four sides) to every story...

..whoa.

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/ncaab-the-dagger/report-fbi-investigating-rutgers-whistle-blower-eric-murdock-142614949--ncaab.html
Title: Re: Rutgers and the other Glass Slipper
Post by: ZiggysFryBoy on April 08, 2013, 09:04:05 AM
headline in the WI state journal:


Big Ten men's basketball: FBI eyes possible extortion at Rutgers, source tells AP

Eat it, big teen.
Title: Re: Rutgers and the other Glass Slipper
Post by: klyrish on April 08, 2013, 09:43:23 AM
What a complete mess. Thank God it's not our problem anymore. :)
Title: Re: Rutgers and the other Glass Slipper
Post by: Benny B on April 08, 2013, 10:25:34 AM
Quote from: MUCam on April 08, 2013, 08:15:30 AM
I suppose there are always two sides (EDIT: or three sides, or four sides) to every story...

..whoa.

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/ncaab-the-dagger/report-fbi-investigating-rutgers-whistle-blower-eric-murdock-142614949--ncaab.html

The FBI investigates a lot of things.  Not really a surprise when you think about what the I in the acronym stands for.

The FBI's "investigation to indictment" ratio is probably the highest in the world; depending on your political views, that might be a good thing or a bad thing, but the point is the correlation between an FBI investigation and wrongdoing is quite poor... there are tens of thousands of investigations a year that nobody ever hears about, and frankly in many of those cases, those being investigated might not even know that they are.  The fact that the FBI opened up a case (likely at Rutgers' request) to investigate extortion charges is virtually meaningless.
Title: Re: Rutgers and the other Glass Slipper
Post by: mugrad99 on April 08, 2013, 12:59:05 PM
Quote from: Benny B on April 08, 2013, 10:25:34 AM
The FBI investigates a lot of things.  Not really a surprise when you think about what the I in the acronym stands for.

The FBI's "investigation to indictment" ratio is probably the highest in the world; depending on your political views, that might be a good thing or a bad thing, but the point is the correlation between an FBI investigation and wrongdoing is quite poor... there are tens of thousands of investigations a year that nobody ever hears about, and frankly in many of those cases, those being investigated might not even know that they are.  The fact that the FBI opened up a case (likely at Rutgers' request) to investigate extortion charges is virtually meaningless.
Agree completely.On the surface, I wouldn't classify this as an extortion attempt, but merely an attorney sending a pre-suit (unlawful termination suit) demand letter. Only a really stupid lawyer would draft an extortion letter. Then again.......
Title: Re: Rutgers and the other Glass Slipper
Post by: keefe on April 09, 2013, 10:37:32 AM
Quote from: indeelaw90 on April 08, 2013, 12:59:05 PM
Agree completely.On the surface, I wouldn't classify this as an extortion attempt, but merely an attorney sending a pre-suit (unlawful termination suit) demand letter. Only a really stupid lawyer would draft an extortion letter. Then again.......

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Title: Re: Rutgers and the other Glass Slipper
Post by: Dawson Rental on April 09, 2013, 11:41:06 AM
Quote from: keefe on April 09, 2013, 10:37:32 AM
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