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TexasTowelie

(117,731 posts) Sun Oct 18, 2020, 11:26 PM Oct 2020

Iowa says it won't pay ex-players' demand for $20 million

The University of Iowa said it would not pay a demand from eight Black former football players for $20 million in compensation for alleged racial discrimination they faced playeingfor the Hawkeyes.

The university general counsel's office released its response Sunday to a 21-page certified letter dated Oct. 5 from civil rights attorney Damario Solomon-Simmons of Tulsa, Oklahoma, who is representing the players.

The players also called for the firings of head football coach Kirk Ferentz, offensive line coach Brian Ferentz and athletic director Gary Barta.

Solomon-Simmons' letter said if the demands are not met by Monday, the former players are prepared to file a lawsuit seeking damages for the unlawful mistreatment they said they endured. Solomon-Simmons did not immediate respond to a message from The Associated Press seeking comment.

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Iowa says it won't pay ex-players' demand for $20 million (Original Post) TexasTowelie Oct 2020 OP

14 days to come up with $20 million? Why even bother making such a demand. OneBro Oct 2020 #1

Maybe..but plenty of time to negotiate JT45242 Oct 2020 #2

OneBro

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1. 14 days to come up with $20 million? Why even bother making such a demand.

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Sun Oct 18, 2020, 11:38 PM

Oct 2020

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You can't even conduct a half-assed investigation (due diligence) in 14 days. Even if every allegation is true, at this stage the university's only real option was to reject the demand.

JT45242

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2. Maybe..but plenty of time to negotiate

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Mon Oct 19, 2020, 01:29 AM

Oct 2020

The 14 days was plenty of time to determine if there was enough to warrant negotiating a settlement.

This would be about the only way to get out of the guaranteed money on Ferenz contract.

The university knows full well that there is enough there to warrant a law suit. They could have offered a settlement...both of the coaches get to resign. Kirk can keep 25% of his remaining contract value. The rest goes to the victims. Nothing for the son or the AD. That would have been more than half what the plaintiffs were asking for.

The university is counting on the cult of Hawkeye past to get a more lenient civil jury.

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