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RE: Troy Taylor Sues ESPN - Jamesy - 11-12-2025

(11-11-2025, 06:24 PM)jacket3ree Wrote:  He won't win the not a public figure argument.

I think his reputation is genuinely diminished and since he doesn't have the P4 track record that some other reputationally damaged but retread able coaches have, he is worried about his livelihood and needs to win or at least arrive at a satisfactory settlement.

Are cases like this usually done on retainer/T&M or on commission? This might take years to work its way through the court system and I assume ESPN can afford to be cautious on settlement.

He is getting his full buyout from Stanford. He made ~$3 million in 2024. Multiply that by the contract extension through 2030 Bernard stupidly gave him last year (thanks Bernard) and he's sitting on at least $18 million. This espn suit is an ego play (ironically he has to argue that he's not that big a deal in order to win). Hope the judge hands his ass to him.

RE: Troy Taylor Sues ESPN - BostonCard - 11-12-2025

(11-12-2025, 12:06 AM)Jamesy Wrote:  He is getting his full buyout from Stanford. He made ~$3 million in 2024. Multiply that by the contract extension through 2030 Bernard stupidly gave him last year (thanks Bernard) and he's sitting on at least $18 million. This espn suit is an ego play (ironically he has to argue that he's not that big a deal in order to win). Hope the judge hands his ass to him.

Also relevant if he wants to claim damages.  I would love to see him argue in court that the ESPN deprived him of the opportunity to go to another job post-Stanford, just for the ESPN lawyers to say, “no, the reason you won’t be able to get a job is because you suck as a coach” and for the ESPN analytics department to demonstrate just how much Stanford sucked under his leadership, whilst also showing news clips about how other coaches involved in scandals easily got new jobs so long as they won enough in their previous job.

BC

RE: Troy Taylor Sues ESPN - TrumpCard - 11-12-2025

(11-12-2025, 12:33 AM)BostonCard Wrote:  
(11-12-2025, 12:06 AM)Jamesy Wrote:  He is getting his full buyout from Stanford. He made ~$3 million in 2024. Multiply that by the contract extension through 2030 Bernard stupidly gave him last year (thanks Bernard) and he's sitting on at least $18 million. This espn suit is an ego play (ironically he has to argue that he's not that big a deal in order to win). Hope the judge hands his ass to him.

Also relevant if he wants to claim damages.  I would love to see him argue in court that the ESPN deprived him of the opportunity to go to another job post-Stanford, just for the ESPN lawyers to say, “no, the reason you won’t be able to get a job is because you suck as a coach” and for the ESPN analytics department to demonstrate just how much Stanford sucked under his leadership, whilst also showing news clips about how other coaches involved in scandals easily got new jobs so long as they won enough in their previous job.

BC

Yup.  Along the same lines, Taylor won't be able to show a likelihood of getting another coaching job because of the mere fact that the investigation and investigative reports existed, even though they were non-public.  ESPN can gather evidence from universities about their hiring process, and of course the universities are going to say that they ask about past conduct complaints (because these days universities can't admit that they don't ask or that they don't care about the answer).  And Taylor can't very well admit that he would have hidden the information when prospective employers asked (even though he might have tried to do just that).