> Maybe Rossi thinks Prof Levi and Prof Focardi working privately in his > laboratory is the same thing as the University of Bologna doing the work. > That was until the University made it VERY clear they had never officially > done any work for Rossi and this would not happen until he paid them what > he had agreed to pay them. As we know, that did not happen. >
It's a common tactic of those with something to sell to play up the professional associations of others who are involved in some way, which is clearly what is being done here. This one of several details that suggest that anything that Rossi says should be taken with a grain of salt. But I think this particular point was established a long time ago.
