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Young unlikely to see jail time 2005-06-21 by Haywood Harris A widely-respected Knoxville attorney who keeps close tab on how the law interacts with sports suggests you not hold your breath while waiting for Logan Young to serve his six-months jail sentence for buying a football player. Young, a wealthy Alabama booster from Memphis, was found guilty of bribing a public official to guide Albert Means to Tuscaloosa for furtherance of his college education. Young was convicted of giving Lynn Lang, Means' high school coach, a $150,000 payoff to get him into a Crimson Tide uniform. The lawyer, who asked that his name not be used in this story, thinks Young will walk scot-free when a court of appeals takes a close look at the circumstances that led to bribery charges. ``There are two points of law the conviction ignored that likely will overturn the conviction,'' the barrister pointed out. ``First a coach is generally not regarded as a public official in legal terms. Normally the term applies to elected office-holders.'' The other disqualifying factor, the lawyer says, is that Lynn was not operating within the scope of his official duties as a coach when he steered Means to Alabama. There is nothing in the description of a coach's responsibilities that suggests he should become involved in recruiting warfare. ``He'll get out of it, I feel sure,'' the attorney added. ``There is a world of difference, technically at least, between violating NCAA rules and breaking the law.'' [...] kurt _______________________________________________ RTF mailing list [email protected] http://rolltidefan.net/mailman/listinfo/rtf_rolltidefan.net
