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Who is paying for Jameis' lawyer?

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It's considered an illegal benefit for him to represent Winston pro bono.

Who the **** is paying for this lawyer???
 
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That lawyer represents every FSU player that gets in trouble. UF has the same deal, a top notch lawyer who always reps their players. Not sure how it's legal but its very common in college athletics.

Maybe they volunteer their services to all athletes at the school pro bono as a donation or something, I have no idea.
 
RDCane said:
That lawyer represents every FSU player that gets in trouble. UF has the same deal, a top notch lawyer who always reps their players. Not sure how it's legal but its very common in college athletics.

Maybe they volunteer their services to all athletes at the school pro bono as a donation or something, I have no idea.
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Doing so is an NCAA violation. They cannot represent players pro bono.

It's amazing how this story is all over the news, and not one professional getting paid to report thinks to ask where the **** he is getting the money for this lawyer.
 
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GoldenShowers said:
RDCane said:
That lawyer represents every FSU player that gets in trouble. UF has the same deal, a top notch lawyer who always reps their players. Not sure how it's legal but its very common in college athletics.

Maybe they volunteer their services to all athletes at the school pro bono as a donation or something, I have no idea.
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Doing so is an NCAA violation. They cannot represent players pro bono.

It's amazing how this story is all over the news, and not one professional getting paid to report thinks to ask where the **** he is getting the money for this lawyer.
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Good. I realize it might be an NCAA violation but with the money that kid makes for FSU he should have a full legal team
 
GoldenShowers said:
RDCane said:
That lawyer represents every FSU player that gets in trouble. UF has the same deal, a top notch lawyer who always reps their players. Not sure how it's legal but its very common in college athletics.

Maybe they volunteer their services to all athletes at the school pro bono as a donation or something, I have no idea.
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Doing so is an NCAA violation. They cannot represent players pro bono.

It's amazing how this story is all over the news, and not one professional getting paid to report thinks to ask where the **** he is getting the money for this lawyer.
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The schools Lawyer is representing him. Their insurance or what ever you call it includes legal services
 
The NCAA would never go after a student for getting a lawyer. It would be a terrible PR move. "NCAA says athletes have no right to representation."
 
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it isn't that they aren't allowed legal representation. If this lawyer is workngg pro bono that is illegal based on all students not receiving pro bono legal services. now if the school has it covered in every students tuition that is one thing but i have never heard of such a thing.
 
getcaned said:
it isn't that they aren't allowed legal representation. If this lawyer is workngg pro bono that is illegal based on all students not receiving pro bono legal services. now if the school has it covered in every students tuition that is one thing but i have never heard of such a thing.
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Correct. Athletes cannot be given any type of benefit that other students would not get. If somebody did some digging it would be interdasting
 
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GoldenShowers said:
It's considered an illegal benefit for him to represent Winston pro bono.

Who the **** is paying for this lawyer???
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As a lawyer who has represented student athletes, I will tell you you are wrong. If the athlete contacts me first, and I provide pro bono services (or services at a greatly reduced rate) to non-student athletes as well (not just students who are not athletes, but anyone) - which almost all lawyers do - then it's not an NCAA violation.

It would be a violation for the school to pay his legal fees.

I'm pretty sure that, in most cases, the school just tells the athlete who to call, if there is a lawyer willing to take those cases. That would satisfy the requirement that the lawyer be contacted first by the potential client and not vice versa.
 
In other words the school or boosters can easily pay for it as long as one time a non athlete gets pro bono services.

The workarounds are so absurdly easy, why even bother having rules?
 
DapperSlapper said:
GoldenShowers said:
It's considered an illegal benefit for him to represent Winston pro bono.

Who the **** is paying for this lawyer???
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As a lawyer who has represented student athletes, I will tell you you are wrong. If the athlete contacts me first, and I provide pro bono services (or services at a greatly reduced rate) to non-student athletes as well (not just students who are not athletes, but anyone) - which almost all lawyers do - then it's not an NCAA violation.

It would be a violation for the school to pay his legal fees.

I'm pretty sure that, in most cases, the school just tells the athlete who to call, if there is a lawyer willing to take those cases. That would satisfy the requirement that the lawyer be contacted first by the potential client and not vice versa.
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Difference being if you are a non-athlete, you get one of my associates. If you are the starting QB and just happen to be playing for both a national championship and a Heisman trophy, you get me, all my associates and my undivided attention.
 
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GoldenShowers said:
In other words the school or boosters can easily pay for it as long as one time a non athlete gets pro bono services.

The workarounds are so absurdly easy, why even bother having rules?
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Having either the school or boosters pay would be a violation, but it wouldn't surprise me if either paid for phantom legal services in some instances.
 
Ibis Wingz said:
What are "phantom legal services?"
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A booster (or the school, though I would hope that schools would not stoop this low) could pay a lawyer for services that do not exist with the understanding that those fees are for something else - the representation of a student-athlete in trouble.
 
DapperSlapper said:
Ibis Wingz said:
What are "phantom legal services?"
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A booster (or the school, though I would hope that schools would not stoop this low) could pay a lawyer for services that do not exist with the understanding that those fees are for something else - the representation of a student-athlete in trouble.
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Wouldn't receiving free legal services still constitute an impermissible benefit if they are not available to all members of the student body?
 
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