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If this suit stands . . . Baldwin will have been paid $416,666 for every win he produced at UL.
Back when Baldwin was refired from duty the highest paid football coach in the NCAA was Steve Spurrier with a 2.1 million dollar contract. He won 10 games in 2001 and so was paid $210,000 per win.
Moral of the story? Perhaps good coaches are cheaper than bad coaches. :o:
LOL! Check out the comments section. The colonel and Alcajun let everyone know in NO uncertain terms that even ______es can get an 8th grade education!Quote:
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I noticed the comments under the article and got a good chuckle from those idiots.Quote:
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I would like to see the court papers for this case. I would just like to see how Baldwin was treated unfairly or wrongfully terminated. When I first heard about this lawsuit, I seriously laughed thinking that Baldwin was just bitter and looking for a buck. But then he actually won the suit and it went from funny to bewilderment. The fact that the University was one of the first University's in the South to encourage the advancement of African Americans in athletics would do something like this is a head scratcher. No matter the outcome of the Appeal, the damage is done, I don't know how much the University had payed for legal fees but i'm sure it's a good bit. We got one black eye when we didn't win with this clown, and now we've got another one from this suit. It's sad and sickening.
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UL's appeal to the 1st Circuit Court has former football coach Jerry Baldwin's lawyer unphased.
"We believe that the 1st Circuit Court of Appeal will find that the jury's verdict was in fact based upon sound competent evidence," said Karl Bernard, Baldwin's attorney.
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On Wednesday, UL attorneys' attempt for a new trial was denied in court. Bernard was unavailable for comment Wednesday afternoon.
Larry Marino, one of the UL attorneys handling the case, cited a "runaway" and confused jury as one of the reasons why UL has continued to fight a jury's 10-2 decision last October to award Baldwin $2 million for his claims that he was fired because he was black. On Wednesday, Marino also claimed that one juror had a pending discrimination claim against her white employer.
Bernard disagreed with Marino's claims.
"The record will show that everyone in the trial, prior to the decision being made was pleased with the make-up of the jury - from gender standpoint, racial standpoint, economic standpoint," Bernard said Thursday. "We all praised the jury after the jury was seated because of the outstanding members that were among the jurors, including retired professionals."
Baldwin was hired by UL in 1998 and was fired in 2001. The university paid out his contract for the remaining two years. University officials have maintained that the coach was terminated because of his losing record of 6-27 during his tenure at UL.
UL has fought the verdict with several motions, all of which were denied by 19th Judicial District Judge Don Johnson.
Last year, the 1st Circuit reversed Johnson's decision on a partial summary judgment that dismissed Baldwin's claim of discrimination.
Baldwin hasn't spoken to the media about the case. He's now pastor of New Living Word Ministries in Ruston. The church's Web site offers a biography on Baldwin and includes information on his past coaching career, including his time at UL.
"He's not going to comment during this particular time," Bernard said. "We recognize based upon comments from the lawyers representing the Board of Supervisors that this case is not over. We'll continue to press forward."
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Duh, the only "evidence" in this fiasco is "6-27" and whatever the contract said about compensation.Quote:
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You do know that his attny Karl Bernard is a former UL player? Just a reminder....Thanks Doc A!Quote:
Originally Posted by ULtimateCajun
I wonder if Jay would be willing to write the next UL expose' "Fumbled: The Jerry Baldwin Saga" detailing the events leading to the hiring of Baldwin and the subsequent lawsuit.
LOL a sequel of an idea.
We only have to wait another 25 years to discover the lost documents
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Karl Bernard transfered from lsu. I question his allegiance but not his "ambulance chasing" abilities.Quote:
Originally Posted by Zeebart21
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LOL!! That is correct!
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The University of Louisiana is appealing a jury decision that the university must pay fired football coach Jerry Baldwin $2 million in damages after the panel determined race was among the reasons for his 2001 dismissal.
Baldwin was the first Black head football coach at a major Louisiana university. A district court jury decided 10-2 in October that he was owed damages for discrimination, emotional distress and breach of contract.
UL's attorney, Larry Marino, took the case to the state's First Circuit Court of Appeal on Wednesday after District Judge Don Johnson denied Marino's request for a retrial.
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``On appeal, it's going to come out very clearly that we had a confused, runaway jury,'' Marino said. He added that ``there was an inappropriate member on that jury: a woman who had an unresolved claim of discrimination by her White supervisor and yet the judge let her stay on the jury.''
``UL's got a long and proud history of diversity, racial diversity, not least of which was hiring Coach Baldwin in the first place,'' Marino said. ``After a 6-27 record, we let him go, and there was not a stitch of evidence that his race was a reason that he was fired.''
Marino argued Wednesday that, in addition to Baldwin's losing record, other reasons for his dismissal included poor attendance at his last few home games and a lack of community support for the football program.
The jury of six Blacks and six Whites found that race wasn't the only reason Baldwin was fired but did play a part, according to the answers they provided on the long verdict form.
Baldwin's attorney, Karl Bernard, argued that clear evidence supported the verdict.
The judge said jurors may draw ``reasonable inferences'' from evidence, and he was not prepared to question the jury's verdict.
``It is not the role of the trial court to second-guess the trier of fact'' unless the trier of fact strays, Johnson said. ``I do not believe that the jury ventured off course in deciding its verdict.''
Marino said the verdict was illogical.
``They held that Coach Baldwin was not fired because of his race, but they also held that race was a determining factor in his firing. That's inconsistent,'' Marino said. ``You also have them saying breach of contract, but in finding that, also finding there was an abuse of rights. ... How can you find an abuse of rights if there was a breach of contract?''
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Yeah Luckily that News Copy was in the sports section of USA F*ing Today! I was just taking a sip of some good ole' CC's Coffee when I open up the sports page and read this and about spit my coffee out. Great now the entire country knows about this debacle. I hope this gets overturned in appeals, although we've already probably payed 2 mil. to our lawyers so we pretty much would win to say we win.Quote:
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