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That Ty Walz headgear throw celebration is on par with batflip.gif for best non-revenue sport gif.

If I grew a beard, I would totally look just like that. I swear.

Absofuckinglutely.

I want to support the University and give back to a school that gave me so much.

It's probably not that simple. But it does not appear official "police reports" were filed. It appears the victims relied solely on the UT "Administrative Proceedings." If UT made it well known to the victims that they could and should file police reports, then I'd agree. If UT made it seem like that the victims would receive proper justice by the Administrative proceedings that ultimately failed them due to alleged corruption, then the issue is murkier. If UT required that Administrative proceedings are required before a police report is filed, then it's probably really bad for UT.

Most likely, just from what I can gather from the articles, it's UT offered the victims the administrative proceeding in lieu of police reports, which ultimately failed the victims and offered the perpetrators an escape from prosecution. It's a murky situation, and while UT will probably ultimately win, it won't be because that UT was right. UT will likely win because the burden is so high on the plaintiffs to prove every allegation is true. I truly doubt they will be able to prove that UT officials had the "intention" to obstruct the victims' claims.

Yes. It's in the article. The alleged victims filed for "administrative proceedings," which is how they do it at UT. I'm not sure if they could file a police report or if the administrative procedure was a necessary precedent to filing a police report. Or, whether the University did not inform them that they could file police reports.

The plaintiffs say that UT's administrative hearing process, which is utilized by public universities across the state, is unfair because it provides students accused of sexual assault the right to attorneys and to confront their accusers through cross-examination and an evidentiary hearing in front of an administrative law judge. The administrative law judge who hears the case is appointed by Cheek, the lawsuit says.

Tennessee is the only state in the country to use such an administrative hearing process, according to the lawsuit. The lawsuit claims that UT student-athletes frequently hired prominent Knoxville attorney Don Bosch to represent them in their administrative hearings.

"Athletes knew in advance that UT would: support them even after a complaint of sexual assault; arrange for top quality legal representation; and then direct them to the (Tennessee Uniform Administrative Procedures Act) hearing procedure that denies victims the right to a hearing and to the same equal procedural, hearing, and process rights as given to perpetrators of rape and sexual assault," the plaintiffs said in their lawsuit.

football and pop culture are far from mutually exclusive

Thanks, I was hoping that there was a portal where I could find a receipt for my donation for my taxes. CPA can't do CPA things = sadness.

Yes, the cost of the seat itself is not deductible.

What is deductible from your overall amount of gross income is never more than 80% of the amount donated to the Hokie Club.

So if you have a gross income of $100,000.00 and donate $1000.00 to the Hokie club then the most you can deduct is $800.00 and so report your adjusted gross income of $99,200.00

That's the maximum and there Re other factors which can reduce that amount.

Anything that we can do to keep the likes of Dumbo and Franklin from sucking up all the prime recruits is great. I like the attitude and innovation of the new staff, and doing events like these are awesome for exposure to the coaches, facilities, and the beautiful campus.

I think they need to add a pizza-eating contest, and bring in a guest eater, like Furious Pete. Now that would be a scene!

A college hearing is not a criminal hearing.