re: Jeremy Pruitt's lawyer threatens to expose violations, "cripple UT’s athletic programs"

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I'm no legal expert, but would this be considered extortion or no?

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Pruitt's lawyer is basically saying, "I know my client did commit NCAA violations, and we know his contract states he can be fired for committing NCAA violations, but UT committed them too so they should still pay him or we'll expose everything we have." That's unethical for an attorney to do, and stupid to do publicly. Not only is he basically admitting a prospective wrongful termination lawsuit would be frivolous, but he's showing that his client is trying to blackmail UT for pecuniary advantage. Sure, Pruitt may make UT look bad, but he doesn't come out ahead with this strategy and neither does his lawyer who, I assume, is working on a contingency fee.

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