re: Another scenerio with State and Ole Miss

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he believes Lewis’ recruiting is ultimately going to result in devastating sanctions against both Ole Miss and Mississippi State

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Not an unreasonable position. Depends entirely on what supporting evidence may exist regarding state. In the Alabama/Albert Means case there was evidence to include sworn courtroom testimony that no less than FIVE schools (Bama, UK, Arkansas, UGA, and Memphis) gave illegal inducements to Means' coaches. Bama and UK were sanctioned but the rest skated.

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he believed the COI was not happy with the enforcement staff for putting them in this position

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Pulled straight out his arse. Situations like this one aren't unique to this case at all. Further, the COI consists of people that have operated at a very high level (university presidents, head coaches, etc) and outside attorneys. They've spent their entire careers making decisions in positions others might think are difficult.

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Finally, a person with intimate knowledge of the case continued to wonder if Lewis might simply not show up in Covington, allowing all sides to basically walk away from this entire saga with a modicum of victory and a minimum of fallout."

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Tell Barney that's not happening. He wants to play college football and advance to the NFL. He'll absolutely be there.