Notre Dame Investigation on kids death

OHSA is investigating it.  i think that's what they're referring to.

What a tragedy.  Hopefully this will not be repeated anywhere again.

An investigation about something that actually matters.  Lets hope this leads to strict penalties/procedues and it never happens again.

The only thing I have heard is that many schools around the country have very strict policies that video people follow when up in those lifts.  Many also bring with them digital wind gauges to know when to lower the lift at unsafe levels.  Also, many lifts are actually bolted into the ground.  Why ND had none of this, I don't know.  Unfortunately there aren't any "good" things that can come of this, but the best would be mere negligence by ND, and the worst being a figure like Kelly mandating that the kid stays in the tower to film under any/all circumstances.

I just can't see how a program like that doesn't have safety measures in place when many universities have called out ND by stating publicly that they take measures to ensure the safety of their recorders.  Unfortunate result indeed.

Somewhere Jason Whitlock is cackling and rolling a blunt. 

I'm not an attorney, but if someone told Kelly to take him down, and Kelly said no, OSHA may be the least of his worries.  I'm not sure, but there may be a chance of a negligent homicide or involuntary manslaughter charge.  Hopefully, it won't come to that, but it's a terrible situation for all involved.

If it turns out that Kelly is the one who either ordered him to go up there or to stay up there, then I don't see him surviving that. That would probably destroy his career, let alone cost him his job at Notre Dame.

Brian Kelly will be fired at the end of this season due to this unfortunate event.  At best, his contract is voided and both sides mutually decide to move on.  Kelly will do TV for a few years, repair his reputation by debating with Mark May and Craig James, then look for another coaching job.  At worst, some ambitious DA brings up charges to Kelly, Swarbrick, and the university, Kelly ends up getting a criminal negligence charge, and potentially jail time and heavy fines, and a "show cause" penalty from the NCAA.

Jack Swarbrick is one of Notre Dame's own.  They are doing everything possible to separate him from this incident.  Father Jenkins and the admin knows that they need Swarbrick to keep the alums under control.  However, the way he reacted shows that he probably isn't much of a leader.  I suspect Father Jenkins will look for a certain personality as the coach to make Swarbrick expandable.

In summary, I would not be surprised if Lou Holtz returns in some capacity, and bring Skip with him.

Hope they investigate and get the situation corrected.  Very sad.

at the press conference was that a sudden gust sent objects that had previously not taken flight flying past him.  Included on the list of flying things was "towels"  Does anybody with multiple brain cells buy this?  Towels went flying past him?  I would be OK with a description of them being blown along the ground, but it seemed to me that he was already in ass-covering mode.  By saying that one freak gust toppled the tower, he attempts to  undercut any arguments that the conditions in general were unsafe.  If you buy his story, by the time conditions became unsafe it was tragically too late.

I have a son who's entering college next fall and I can't help but feel incredibly sad for the parents.  I'm at a loss on what I would say to them other then, "God Bless you and your son."