The goal is to do it early so as to avoid creating any public record of any kind. If you make it into discovery (which they did here), all sorts of things can come out. Once things are in a public record that MSU does not control (i.e. court records), they can be found but anyone who digs hard enough unless the judge agrees to seal the case. You can even follow along online with everything filed at the court if you have access to the court docket system as most lawyers do (not that a deposition needs to be filed with the court unless submitted into evidence).
If there were a settlement, and we had access to it, it would not likely tell you anything. MSU does not admit guilt on any charge, but we are giving you this much money to go away and promise never to tell anyone about what happened or bother us about this again.
Thus, the best policy is to kill it early and admit nothing.
If you wanted to find out more after that, you would have to FOIA information from MSU on it or somehow break the attorney client privilege between MSU and their lawyers (an extreme long shot unless someone was incredibly stupid). The FOIA request could only supply written records of which Sparty would go to great lengths not to have created in the first place or give you the run around if they actually had them to give you.
TL;DR - if they settled out of court, your likelihood of finding out what happened is extremely low.
Regarding the receiver being eligible in the opening pic:
NCAA Football Rules: Rule 7, Section 3, Article 3, provides three criteria for an eligible receiver
a. Each player who is in an end position on his scrimmage line and who is wearing a number other than 50 through 79 (A.R. 7-3-3-I).
b. Each player who is legally positioned as a back wearing a number other than 50 through 79.
c. A player wearing a number other than 50 through 79 in position to receive a hand-to-hand snap from between the snapper’s legs.
Positioned as a "back" is defined in Rule 2, Section 27, Article 4:
b. A back is any Team A player whose head or body does not break the plane of the line drawn through the rear-most part, other than the legs or feet, of the nearest Team A player (except the snapper) on the line of scrimmage when the ball is snapped. A lineman becomes a back before the snap when he moves to a position as a back and stops (A.R. 2-27-4- I).
The way I read the above rules in relation to the pic is:
The receiver at the bottom of the pic should be eligible as he is legally positioned as a back: his head or body does not break the plane of the other receiver's ass.
The slot receiver is eligible because he is in the end position on his scrimmage line.
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The goal is to do it early so as to avoid creating any public record of any kind. If you make it into discovery (which they did here), all sorts of things can come out. Once things are in a public record that MSU does not control (i.e. court records), they can be found but anyone who digs hard enough unless the judge agrees to seal the case. You can even follow along online with everything filed at the court if you have access to the court docket system as most lawyers do (not that a deposition needs to be filed with the court unless submitted into evidence).
If there were a settlement, and we had access to it, it would not likely tell you anything. MSU does not admit guilt on any charge, but we are giving you this much money to go away and promise never to tell anyone about what happened or bother us about this again.
Thus, the best policy is to kill it early and admit nothing.
If you wanted to find out more after that, you would have to FOIA information from MSU on it or somehow break the attorney client privilege between MSU and their lawyers (an extreme long shot unless someone was incredibly stupid). The FOIA request could only supply written records of which Sparty would go to great lengths not to have created in the first place or give you the run around if they actually had them to give you.
TL;DR - if they settled out of court, your likelihood of finding out what happened is extremely low.
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Just trying to understand.
Here is the pic I was referring to:
It looks as though we have seven on the line (5 OL, receiver to the top, and the slot)
The H and the receiver on the bottom are well back from the line (and thus eligible as "backs).
Thus, shouldn't the slot, the H, and both outsider receivers be eligible? Or am I missing something
Regarding the receiver being eligible in the opening pic:
NCAA Football Rules: Rule 7, Section 3, Article 3, provides three criteria for an eligible receiver
a. Each player who is in an end position on his scrimmage line and who is wearing a number other than 50 through 79 (A.R. 7-3-3-I).
b. Each player who is legally positioned as a back wearing a number other than 50 through 79.
c. A player wearing a number other than 50 through 79 in position to receive a hand-to-hand snap from between the snapper’s legs.
Positioned as a "back" is defined in Rule 2, Section 27, Article 4:
b. A back is any Team A player whose head or body does not break the plane of the line drawn through the rear-most part, other than the legs or feet, of the nearest Team A player (except the snapper) on the line of scrimmage when the ball is snapped. A lineman becomes a back before the snap when he moves to a position as a back and stops (A.R. 2-27-4- I).
The way I read the above rules in relation to the pic is:
The receiver at the bottom of the pic should be eligible as he is legally positioned as a back: his head or body does not break the plane of the other receiver's ass.
The slot receiver is eligible because he is in the end position on his scrimmage line.
Is this correct?