[NU Sports] Duke pride

[MHRJGScott at aol.com]

Duke plays the pity card
Do you ever wonder how much your pride is  worth? At Duke, the answer is 
$450,000. That's how much Louisville was asking in  a lawsuit for breach of 
contract because Duke backed out of a four-game football  agreement after playing 
just one game. Louisville was asking $150,000 per game  if a replacement game 
with "a team of similar stature" could not be  found.

Big mistake, Louisville. The Blue Devils introduced what shall now  be known 
as the DSD -- "Dukies Suck" Defense.

Duke's lawyers pointed out  that Duke (6-45 over last five seasons) is so bad 
that any team is of "similar  stature." And Franklin, Ky., Circuit Court 
Judge Phillip J. Shepherd bought  it.

"At oral argument, Duke [with a candor attributable to good legal  strategy] 
persuasively asserted that this is a threshold that could not be any  lower. 
Duke's argument on this point cannot be reasonably disputed by  Louisville."

Judge Shepherd knows his football.





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