Preliminary injunction: Shannon back with Illinois basketball
I'm not sure if this Chicago Tribune article is paywalled, but the paper is reporting that a judge has issued a preliminary injunction to allow Terence Shannon back on the Illinois basketball team.
The reasoning is that the suspension would cause "irreparable harm" despite the presumption of innocence, depriving him of career opportunities, current income (NIL), and potential future income.
January 19th, 2024 at 7:05 PM ^
It's a good thing we took care of Illinois while he was out.
Oh, wait . . .
January 19th, 2024 at 7:15 PM ^
Suing his own school and going back onto the team feels more awkward than UM suing the conference.
January 19th, 2024 at 7:25 PM ^
Seems absurd that companies can suspend employees who are under criminal investigation yet school sports teams cannot.
Something is wrong here.
January 19th, 2024 at 7:48 PM ^
That shouldn't be allowed either, unless it's with pay. Innocent until proven guilty.
January 19th, 2024 at 8:20 PM ^
It's also a different situation because of the irreparable harm factor. If an employee is suspended -- even without pay -- and later exonerated, he can largely be made whole by awarding back pay. But if a college athlete is suspended for a substantial chunk of a season and later exonerated, he can never get that season back. The decision makes sense if you look at it through the lens of the federal standard for a TRO, which is exactly how a federal judge is required to look at it.
January 19th, 2024 at 8:27 PM ^
There were two updates on Reddit. The consensus is that there doesn’t seem to be enough evidence for a conviction.
https://www.reddit.com/r/CollegeBasketball/s/KiL8K5zhTd
January 19th, 2024 at 9:45 PM ^
This isn’t a knock on you, but Reddit consensus on the sufficiency of evidence for a criminal charge, when neither party has yet presented their case, is about the least valuable piece of data I can imagine.
January 19th, 2024 at 8:29 PM ^
Judge Colleen R. Lawless of Urbana has no problem ruling in favor of Illinois basketball.
Judge Timothy Connors we needed you to be more Lawless - I guess we didn't need it because we were good enough to win without a Judge.
January 19th, 2024 at 9:58 PM ^
I would hope a Lawless judge would be an anomialy