Petrino - not riding solo (and fired at Louisville)

This I agree with. They will probably offer her a year of salary in exchange for her agreeing not to give any interviews related to Arkansas and agreeing not to sue.

 

Yeah between that and the $20K "bonus" there was no way they could have kept him.

I think they were looking for a way to keep him, but he gave them no choice.

 

Once you give an unqualified person the job it does not matter if there were better applicants in the pool. She had the job, they need cause to fire her.

I doubt she signed a contract, was probably just considered a university empolyee. If you look at the employee handbook I linked to earlier in the thread there is no mention of a morality clause.

I don't know why this is so hard to understand, Petrino had the power and gave her the job. From an HOUR and legal perspective she did nothing wrong.

She will get more than the 55k the job paid to go away.

 

She better, because she has a hell of tax bill coming on Coach Sugar Daddy's $20k.

 

Her settlement with Arkansas will be well into six figures.

It takes two to tango, and she is far from being an innocent in all of this, but she could play the "I was intimidated, and he promised me this and that..." all of which may be true.

She also can claim that this publicity will make it impossible for her to get another job.

If she hires a good attorney, she could demand a nice chunk of change to go away quietly.

If I were her, I'd have her attorney call the AD and say, "Jessica is sitting down with Bob Ley tomorrow unless she has a settlement."

 

You don't have to pay taxes on gifts up to $13,000 a year, and the donor is on the hook for the tax bill on a gift.

http://www.irs.gov/businesses/small/article/0,,id=108139,00.html

 

As a gift, the $20,000 won't cause tax complications for her. And it shouldn't for him either.

You have a lifetime cap for gifts in the millions.

By declaring it a gift that should alleviate any tax issues. Its like if you get $100 bill from your grandma, you don't have to declare that on your taxes. The same principle is in play here.

 

As mentioned above the annual limit for gifting is $13,000. Above that would require gifter to file a form with IRS.

 

The other candidates should have let Petrino have sex with them as well. It was their only shot at the job.

 

As far as intimidation and Petrine having power over her, has anyone considered the opposite scenario? That perhaps she told him, "Boy, it sure would be nice if you could get me a job working with you every day. Do you think you could make it happen?" And knowing she could blow the whistle on him at any time, maybe he said, "Sure, hon, I've got just the job for you."

Not saying that's what happened, but it sure seems she potentially could have had some power and therefore culpability in this situation.

BTW, this is my favorite line from the SI story:

Dorrell's "interview feedback" notes identify her as having "the most overall experience of building relationships that the football program is looking for."

Say no more...