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Judge drops Ole Miss DT's $40M suit vs. Kiffin
Ole Miss defensive tackle DeSanto Rollins' racial and sexual discrimination and negligence lawsuit against coach Lane Kiffin was dismissed by a U.S. district judge on Wednesday.
Judge drops Ole Miss player's lawsuit against Lane Kiffin
Ole Miss defensive tackle DeSanto Rollins' lawsuit against head coach Lane Kiffin and the university was dismissed Wednesday by Judge Michael P. Wills in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi, according to court documents.Rollins filed a lawsuit against Kiffin and Ole Miss last September for failure to provide equal protection, racial and sexual discrimination and multiple other allegations. He said he was kicked off the team for missing practices and meetings during a "mental health crisis."
Rollins, who is still listed on the Ole Miss roster, alleged in his suit that Kiffin intentionally took adverse action against him "on account of race for requesting and taking a mental health break, but not taking adverse action against white student-athletes" for the same request. The suit alleged sexual discrimination on the basis that Ole Miss has not taken "adverse action against female student-athletes for requesting and taking a mental health break."
The suit also claimed Rollins was moved from defensive line to the offensive line (on the scout team) because he refused to enter the transfer portal and that Kiffin "maliciously, deliberately, intentionally, and in blatant disregard for the rights and health of Rollins verbally assaulted him" during a meeting on Feb. 27, 2023.
Rollins, whose career has been marred by injuries, told ESPN on Wednesday he plans to appeal the decision. He was seeking $10 million in compensatory damages and $30 million in punitive damages.
Attorneys for Kiffin and Ole Miss filed for the case to be dismissed in November and cited that the coach and university were "immune" from some of Rollins' claims and that his "remaining allegations fail to state a claim upon which relief can be granted."
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Good!Judge drops Ole Miss DT's $40M suit vs. Kiffin
Ole Miss defensive tackle DeSanto Rollins' racial and sexual discrimination and negligence lawsuit against coach Lane Kiffin was dismissed by a U.S. district judge on Wednesday.www.espn.com
Judge drops Ole Miss player's lawsuit against Lane Kiffin
Ole Miss defensive tackle DeSanto Rollins' lawsuit against head coach Lane Kiffin and the university was dismissed Wednesday by Judge Michael P. Wills in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi, according to court documents.
Rollins filed a lawsuit against Kiffin and Ole Miss last September for failure to provide equal protection, racial and sexual discrimination and multiple other allegations. He said he was kicked off the team for missing practices and meetings during a "mental health crisis."
Rollins, who is still listed on the Ole Miss roster, alleged in his suit that Kiffin intentionally took adverse action against him "on account of race for requesting and taking a mental health break, but not taking adverse action against white student-athletes" for the same request. The suit alleged sexual discrimination on the basis that Ole Miss has not taken "adverse action against female student-athletes for requesting and taking a mental health break."
The suit also claimed Rollins was moved from defensive line to the offensive line (on the scout team) because he refused to enter the transfer portal and that Kiffin "maliciously, deliberately, intentionally, and in blatant disregard for the rights and health of Rollins verbally assaulted him" during a meeting on Feb. 27, 2023.
Rollins, whose career has been marred by injuries, told ESPN on Wednesday he plans to appeal the decision. He was seeking $10 million in compensatory damages and $30 million in punitive damages.
Attorneys for Kiffin and Ole Miss filed for the case to be dismissed in November and cited that the coach and university were "immune" from some of Rollins' claims and that his "remaining allegations fail to state a claim upon which relief can be granted."
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When you get ready for bed tonight, take a moment to look at that guy in the mirror. Is he living his best life? When you think back to when you were a bullet-proof teenager, did you think the time would come when this guy was staring back at you? Did he ever figure out the meaning of his life? Is he happy? Is he keeping his wife happy? And why is he standing behind you with that butcher knife?
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Everybody is somebody else's weirdo.
Future of college football spring games? Ole Miss' blueprint is fun and mostly football-free
Lane Kiffin may have given us a glimpse into the future with his unconventional approach to the Rebels' spring game
Joey Chestnut scarfed down hot dogs. Monte Kiffin got pushed in a golf cart race. Sororities competed in a tug-of-war championship.On a beautiful, 80-degree day inside Vaught-Hemingway Stadium, this looked like the future of spring games: Show very little actual football, focus on the fun and try to escape without any injuries. There would be no opportunity to over-analyze how well the Ole Miss backup quarterback looked, as many fanbases will surely do following other spring games.
Instead, fans saw a slam dunk contest featuring football players, a disgusting amount of hot dogs consumed in six minutes, and a little seven-on-seven flag football. Chestnut, who showed up after Rebels coach Lane Kiffin slid in his direct messages with an invite, ate 20 hot dogs in 90 seconds and then broke down his performance in easily the most memorable of any post-spring game press conference in the country. Evidently, a bun got stuck in his throat, which momentarily slowed him down.
"There's a lot of technique to hot dog eating," Kiffin explained.
It had the look and feel of a circus, perfectly fitting with Kiffin, college football's greatest showman, at the helm. Long an offensive X's and O's innovator and now the sport's Portal King, Kiffin was using his unique brain to twist a long-staid format desperately needing an update.
"Really, the value of spring games, in my opinion, is overrated because you don't show many plays on offense or defense," Kiffin said. "Most people don't unless they are trying to win the fans over or TV over with the game. You really don't get a whole lot out of it."
Ole Miss didn't release an official attendance, but the feeling was that it easily exceeded anything experienced during recent spring games. No, it wasn't close to Ohio State's 80,012 or Alabama's 72,358, but it was a lively crowd that embraced the absurdity of it all. It didn't hurt that Ole Miss allowed students 21-years-and-older to bring in alcohol and sit behind one of the end zones to try to recreate the environment of right field at a baseball game in Swayze Field.
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Something shallow and gimmicky?
But I thought Lane Kiffin was the coach there. Never would have expected this out of him.
But I thought Lane Kiffin was the coach there. Never would have expected this out of him.
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