I’m pulling the blog out of retirement for just a day to make comments on the 10 million dollar judgment against UCFAA in the Plancher case.
Grant Heston’s spin:
Heston said that the ruling on punitive damages vindicates the members of UCFAA and proves that "they're people of great character, integrity and professionalism."
Ha Ha Ha. Such spin. A jury just determined that UCFAA was negligent to the tune of ten million dollars in the death of a football player, and Grant is talking about how the decision vindicates UCFAA. By the way, Grant, I watched some of your interviews with the media about the case. You looked constipated. Now, that may be because you were constipated but as a good PR person you should work on that. You want to appear to have regular bowel movements even though you are all knotted up inside. That’s PR, buddy. Do you understand?
Did any of you watch that one football player testify for the defense? Fucking creepy. He thought players that “went outside of the circle” and talked to the news media were “cowards.” I don’t ever want to try to leave a cult that he is part of.
I just loved that the judge said O’Leary wasn’t the sharpest knife in the drawer.
This is really a verdict against John Hitt. He hired O’Leary despite obvious concerns about his character. And even now after all the evidence he won’t fire the fuck up because that would call into question the wisdom of his original decision.
* If you didn’t pay obsessive attention to the trial you might not get this joke. UCFAA argued that Ereck didn’t die from complications (i.e., an O’Leary workout) of sickle cell but from an undiagnosed heart condition. Obviously, the jury didn’t buy the argument.
