Posted by bob on 3/6/2008, 12:53 pm, in reply to "This could get real ugly"
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Good for him. I hope he wins the law suit.
Coaches change jobs or break rules all of the time without regard for players.
It is about time a player fought back.
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: We're surprised that this hasn't popped up
: before:
:
: Prep football player suing UH, ex-coach
: Sudhin Thanawala
: Associated Press
: February 28, 2008
:
: A high school football player is suing the
: University of Hawai'i for allegedly revoking
: his scholarship offer after coach June
: Jones' resignation.
:
: Daniel Smith, 17, of Boise, Idaho, also
: names UH's former defensive line coach, Jeff
: Reinebold, in the suit.
:
: He says Reinebold told him not to speak to
: any other school when he offered the full
: scholarship last April, an offer that Smith
: says was reaffirmed over the next several
: months.
:
: Smith, a defensive back, said he gave up a
: scholarship from Portland State and declined
: offers to visit other schools before
: Reinebold told him in January that all
: scholarship commitments prior to Jones'
: resignation had been revoked.
:
: "I was devastated," Smith said in
: a telephone interview yesterday. "I
: committed to Hawai'i more than 10 months
: ago, and I stuck with that commitment."
:
: Smith said after receiving the news from
: Reinebold in January, he sought scholarships
: at roughly 40 schools, but none was
: available.
:
: Reinebold left UH for Southern Methodist
: University in February after helping the
: Warriors go 12-0 in the regular season. At
: SMU, he will work alongside Jones, the
: school's new head coach, as wide receivers
: coach.
:
: Reinebold did not immediately respond to a
: telephone message seeking comment.
:
: The lawsuit "is being handled by the
: necessary parties," making it
: inappropriate to comment, said John
: McNamara, associate athletics director at
: UH.
:
: According to Smith's lawsuit, the university
: has denied that Smith received a scholarship
: commitment. Hawai'i assistant coach Ron Lee,
: who is taking over as offensive coordinator,
: told Smith's mother, Wanda, that Reinebold
: did not have the authority to make
: scholarship commitments, according to the
: suit.
:
: Smith said Lee has offered him the chance to
: try out for the team, but he wants his
: scholarship.
:
: "I kept my end of the deal," he
: said. "I want the university to keep
: its end of the deal."
:
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