Notre Dame (football only discussion)

[MaxBuck]

Once again, I'm astonished that Brian Kelly has demonstrated the same strain of acquired idiocy that has previously been demonstrated by such diverse personalities as George O'Leary, Ty Willingham and Charlie Weis. There's something about that Head Coach's Office in South Bend that apparently causes an immediate drop of 60 in IQ.

 

[Mike80]

Once again, I'm astonished that Brian Kelly has demonstrated the same strain of acquired idiocy that has previously been demonstrated by such diverse personalities as George O'Leary, Ty Willingham and Charlie Weis. There's something about that Head Coach's Office in South Bend that apparently causes an immediate drop of 60 in IQ.

Or there's something about that office that attracts the same kind of idiot....

 

[Zippercat]

Thats right. If the kid told Kelly he didn't wanna go up there and he made him anyway, he opened the door for charges. I doubt it though, it would take a prosecutor who's ready to retire very soon. If they wanted to dig I'm sure they'd find something they didn't like.

Filing a criminal charge against ND would signal the end of any local prosecutor's career!

 

[cincibuck]

1. You hire a coach who is willing to leave a team prior to a bowl game. Not just once, but twice.

2. You hire a coach who says this in defense of players who committed perjury:
"A number of them were African Americans that had been in that culture of violence, and they're taught to look away," Kelly was quoted in the Free Press as saying. "You don't want anything to do with it. Get out of there. You don't say anything to anybody."

3. Doesn't bother to check weather reports before ordering a student into a scissors crane.

The man may know Xs and Os (though his play calling in the Tulsa game brings that into question) but his thinking is certainly driven by a blind ambition.

 

[ScriptOhio]

Student filming practice dies when tower topples

Thoughts and Prayers to South Bend

Declan Sullivan?s death could cost Notre Dame $30 million

If found guilty of negligent behavior and if the degree of fault rests predominantly in the university?s lap, Notre Dame could face compensatory damages in the $15M to $20M range in the aftermath of Declan Sullivan?s tragic death. And if punitive damages are also levied upon the university, the price tag associated with Mr. Sullivan?s passing could increase by an additional $45M-$60M if penalized to the maximum allowable amount under Indiana law. At the end of the analysis, if compensatory damages are awarded in a fashion consistent with the calculations herein, AND if hit with the maximum allowable punitive damages noted above, the Declan Sullivan tragedy may cost the University of Notre Dame between $15-20M in compensatory damages and another $45-60M in punitive damages. I estimate that the entire incident will cost Notre Dame $30M collectively in mostly compensatory damages with some punitive damages.

Entire article: http://blogs.forbes.com/sportsmoney...ivans-death-could-cost-notre-dame-30-million/

 

[WolverineMike]

that's it?

 

[Buckeyeskickbuttocks]

If found liable for negligent behavior....

Civil suits for money damages are not about guilt or innocence. And, yes, I would think ND is liable.

 

[TresselstillownsTSUN]

ND is a lock to be found liable. Decon espressed fear about going up there which pretty much locks it up. It is also very much common sense you don't send a someone up on a lift in 50 mph winds. If I was ND I would settle and get this outta the media.

 

[Zippercat]

Declan Sullivan?s death could cost Notre Dame $30 million

If found guilty of negligent behavior and if the degree of fault rests predominantly in the university?s lap, Notre Dame could face compensatory damages in the $15M to $20M range in the aftermath of Declan Sullivan?s tragic death. And if punitive damages are also levied upon the university, the price tag associated with Mr. Sullivan?s passing could increase by an additional $45M-$60M if penalized to the maximum allowable amount under Indiana law. At the end of the analysis, if compensatory damages are awarded in a fashion consistent with the calculations herein, AND if hit with the maximum allowable punitive damages noted above, the Declan Sullivan tragedy may cost the University of Notre Dame between $15-20M in compensatory damages and another $45-60M in punitive damages. I estimate that the entire incident will cost Notre Dame $30M collectively in mostly compensatory damages with some punitive damages.

Entire article: http://blogs.forbes.com/sportsmoney...ivans-death-could-cost-notre-dame-30-million/

Article really ignores one very important aspect: insurance. Most general liability policies do not cover (pay claims for) punitive damages or regulatory agency fines (OSHA, etc.). To say/guess how much this accident might cost ND you must first start with the limits of their general liability insurance coverage(s), incluiding any balloon/excess coverage in place at the time of the accident.

 

[BB73]

CBS

Notre Dame stops use of hydraulic lifts in wake of death

SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- The University of Notre Dame is halting the use of hydraulic lifts to film football practices and will install remote-controlled cameras instead as part of a safety push spurred by an October accident in which a student filmmaker was killed when a lift toppled, university officials said Tuesday.

The Rev. John Jenkins, Notre Dame's president, said the new system fulfills a pledge made after junior Declan Sullivan died.

"I said in the days after Declan's death that we would do everything in our power to make changes to ensure that such an accident does not happen again -- here or elsewhere," Jenkins said in a statement obtained by the Associated Press.

The new system will include four cameras mounted on 50-foot poles at the university's football practice fields. The cameras will record the practices and transmit them using fiber optics to a control room across the street in the Guglielmino Athletics Complex, where the football offices are housed.

The university will continue to use two permanent structures on the sidelines of the practice fields for filming.

The changes come as the Indiana Occupational Health and Safety Administration continues to investigate what caused the lift holding Sullivan to fall as he filmed practice on Oct. 27. The National Weather Service reported gusts of up to 51 mph at the time. State officials have said they are looking at whether federal and state workplace safety rules and industry standards might have been violated, including a federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration rule barring workers from using scaffolds during storms or high winds.

Authorities also are reviewing whether Sullivan, 20, of Long Grove, Ill., received training before using the lift.

Notre Dame is conducting its own investigation and has hired Peter Likins, former president of the University of Arizona, to provide an independent review.

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The new cameras are expected to be in operation by the start of spring football practice on March 23.

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[BB73]

NBC

Notre Dame Fined $77,500 For Student Death

The fine is based on five violations leading to a Long Grove, Ill., student's fall from a hydraulic lift

The University of Notre Dame has been fined $77,500 for the death of a student videographer who fell from a hydraulic scissor lift last year.

The Indiana Occupational Safety and Health Administration cites the school for five violations, including not maintaining safe working conditions and failing to properly train Declan Sullivan, a 20-year-old junior film student, to operate the lift.

Sullivan was filming football practice from the lift when it toppled over in strong wind gusts. He died Oct. 27.

A bulk of the school's fine -- $55,000 -- belongs to "knowingly exposing its employees to unsafe conditions by directing its untrained student videographers to use the scissor lift during a period of time when the National Weather Service issued an active wind advisory with sustained winds and guests in excess of the manufactured specifications and warnings."

The National Weather Service said winds in the area that day were gusting to 51 mph time when the hydraulic lift toppled. IOSHA ruled the death a workplace fatality.

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[muffler dragon]

To me, that seems like a rather small fine.

 

[BB73]

To me, that seems like a rather small fine.

It'll be very small compared to the settlement if the Sullivan family files a civil suit.

 

[muffler dragon]

It'll be very small compared to the settlement if the Sullivan family files a civil suit.

Very true.

 

[BB73]

CBS

Northwestern and Notre Dame renew rivalry

It was announced on Thursday morning that the Irish and Wildcats would be rekindling the series. Northwestern will return to South Bend in 2014, while Notre Dame will make the trip to Evanston in 2018.

?We?re excited about having Notre Dame make its first visit to Evanston since 1976,? said Northwestern AD Jim Phillips in a press release. ?This is really an exciting time for Chicago?s Big Ten team as we continue to upgrade our nonconference schedule. With schools such as Boston College, California, Syracuse and Vanderbilt visiting Ryan Field in future years, combined with Nebraska to our division in the Big Ten, there?s no better time to be a Wildcat.?


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