SHOCK! ;)
Over a year has passed, since Todd McNair first filed his lawsuit against the NCAA. In that time, the NCAA has shopped around to find a judge that they thought would be favorable to them and they tried to suppress emails during discovery, as evidence.
Oh, and we came upon the case of Nevin Shapiro and the University of Miami, which exposed Paul Dee (head of the NCAA COI at the time of their investigation into USC and Reggie Bush) as a vile hypocrite.
On Wednesday, the day before Thanksgiving, the court delivered a rejection of two NCAA filings (to dismiss the trial based on a free-speech issue, and to keep the evidence away from the public). That may be cause for cheer, but that's not why we, Trojans fans and alumni enjoying Thanksgiving prematurely.
You see, in his ruling, the judge described the NCAA COI's actions as "malicious" and "over the top". When the judge said, "I think it was directed to an outcome", he was agreeing with McNair's lawyer's assessment of how the COI had used McNair to go after USC and deliver the closest thing to a death penalty that they could get.
We're starting to see the end line now, and that end line looks like a vindication of Todd McNair and USC, while the legacy of Paul Dee gets uglier with each passing year.
To read further, look here and here.
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