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Tech literally just got bids for four new dorms.
McLaughlin was an undrafted rookie free agent.
https://www.espn.com/blog/arizona-cardinals/post/_/id/25920/cardinals-en...
Didn't she speak at graduation this year?
Unless there was something hanky panky going on, does Rocovich have a legal case against her? She basically called him out on ethics. That could be considered slander.
Just like when they reviewed their recent SCOTUS Appeal and misspelled 'Virginia' and even addressed it to the wrong court?
And I'll just stop there with this thread.
At one time early this season, pundits were saying Pulisic was the best player in the world. I know he fell off and he isn't like a balon d'or guy, but let's not downplay how good he is and that AC Milan and Chelsea payed big bucks for him.
Counterpoint: any legal action will result in public discovery. And you can be absolutely sure the Governor's office reviewed their legal bases before this decision was made.
There is more to this story than everyone is jumping to conclusions on. Trust that this was the right move for the situation (and was not political by the Governor). I was personally involved in something regarding the BOV this year and can tell you we have some serious problems that need be to fixed from their inside out.
The Twitter commentary is... something.
Yeah, I think to the extent that it messes with the alignment of the BoV and the football program, it could be a net negative. But, he isn't the only dude on the BoV who cares about football. The current Gov just appointed Mehul back to the board, and he's probably the only huge donor to Tech athletics that most everybody on TKP could name off hand. J. Pearson is the other dude who got a lot of shine during the Franklin stuff, he's got a seat for the next two years. Color me skeptical that this is the beginning of the end for Tech football.
My point was mostly that there was a BIG knee-jerk reaction to the news and it seemed like a small percentage of that reaction actually had to do with the specifics of the news. I also think the effects that it's likely to have in the short to medium term are small (there's a lot of money already pledged and being spent, Franklin is currently mid-cook, etc.) and the long term effects are very hard to guess at without knowing who's getting appointed (both to replace him and as board seats open up soon).
Thanks for the insight/Inside Baseball...it's always appreciated, obviously.
No fanks.
Big reason I don't do social media. I have this, a 247 account, a LinkedIn and a Glassdoor, and that's probably way toooo much.
Here are the sections noted in the dismissal. You can bet, being a lawyer, that Rocovich will pursue this to clear his reputation. Silence on his part would be telling.
C. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection E or any other provision of law, the Governor may remove from office for malfeasance, misfeasance, incompetence, or gross neglect of duty any member of the board of any public institution of higher education and fill the vacancy resulting from the removal.
D. The Governor shall set forth in a written public statement his reasons for removing any member pursuant to subsection C at the time the removal occurs. The Governor is the sole judge of the sufficiency of the cause for removal as set forth in subsection C.
I wonder how many times we'll play in the triangle this year... Oh cool 0. I'd like to thank the ACC for saving me some money.
Stop
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Yeah, I'm closing this subthread before it gets out of hand with naked partisanship. Nothing is ever as simple as it seems. I know a lot about what happened internally at UVA and here at VT. Neither should be distilled down to something so trivial.
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this is a gross misrepresentation of what happened but that's neither here nor there. The two situations are vastly different
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yeah... I found out about the news there first, read some comments, bailed quickly and ran over here. Unless you are looking to get into an asynchronous fight i dont recommend going there.
you should see some of the commentary on instagram
Hard pass
This is coming fresh off of her throwing a fit that "the wrong party's BOV" was hiring the President at UVA like 6 months ago.... A position that I wouldn't have even though of as being a political one. It's an on brand thing now for her to want her political lackies in positions of power at VA's universities.
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You're 100% correct. It's nauseating. The shitty part is most of us agree on 80% of nearly everything. Like cake is better than pie. But we somehow find a corner to back into on the most obscure point that we really don't care about. I feel like we need to ctrl+alt+delete and wait 15 minutes before rebooting, because for the last decade or so the hourglass has just been spinning.
If you think these are polarizing you should see some of the commentary on instagram
And James Franklin has publicly stated multiple times how pivotal he, and his leadership were in putting VT in the running as an attractive stop.
well she is
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I mean he also said that about Babcock