Russini & Vrabel Nothing to see here?

[Triumph]

Id surmise that the odds of Russini being divorced are lower after resigning.

Vrabel on the other hand may have to answer for his whereabouts routinely moving forward.

 

[Clonamery]

There is no HIPAA law for reporters. His sources might have violated HIPAA, but that isn't Schefter's problem.

Fine. His behavior was unethical. And I lost any respect I still had for him.

 

[PatsFanSince74]

You can post about BB. Just post about BB in the BB thread.

fair enough

 

[XLIX]

There is no HIPAA law for reporters. His sources might have violated HIPAA, but that isn't Schefter's problem.

The only way Schefter can violate HIPAA laws is if he committed fraud to obtain medical records like claiming to be a player's relative to get medical records.

It’s not as cut and dry as you think. If you obtain something unlawfully, it generally becomes unlawful to share it.

JPP sued ESPN and they settled, so ESPN wasn’t 100% in the clear as you suggest above.

 

[Rob0729]

Fine. His behavior was unethical. And I lost any respect I still had for him.

I don't blame him. If a source gives a reporter information that is news, it is their obligation to report it if it confirmed as the facts.

 

[Rob0729]

It’s not as cut and dry as you think. If you obtain something unlawfully, it generally becomes unlawful to share it.

JPP sued ESPN and they settled, so ESPN wasn’t 100% in the clear as you suggest above.

The law is if the reporter doesn't assist the source to obtain illegally obtained information, the reporter didn't do anything illegal. But publishing illegally obtained information can still be sued civilly.

It is always easier to settle than to fight it. Most corporations will settle a case like this even if they think they will win in court. Their biggest problem with the lawsuit is they cannot reveal sources and to win the case, they would likely have to reveal their sources to prove they didn't do anything illegal to obtain the information. So that is the reason why they most likely settled.

I am sure Schefter ran the information through fact checkers and legal before publishing the story. No large media organization like ESPN will allow a report about medical records of a player to be released in a story without some kind of fact check and legal check.

 

[Clonamery]

I don't blame him. If a source gives a reporter information that is news, it is their obligation to report it if it confirmed as the facts.

**** you. Back on ignore, moron.

 

[XLIX]

It is always easier to settle than to fight it.

It is always easier, but not always cheaper. ESPN fought it for a while but after losing several key court rulings, they saw the writing on the wall and settled.

If they thought they were going to win, they wouldn’t have just coughed up millions.

 

[Rob0729]

**** you. Back on ignore, moron.

Have a nice life.

 

[Rob0729]

It is always easier, but not always cheaper. ESPN fought it for a while but after losing several key court rulings, they saw the writing on the wall and settled.

If they thought they were going to win, they wouldn’t have just coughed up millions.

I am betting JPP didn't get a massive amount of money. And for a company like ESPN (Disney) whatever they paid JPP was probably a nothing payment for them.

 

[XLIX]

I am betting JPP didn't get a massive amount of money. And for a company like ESPN (Disney) whatever they paid JPP was probably a nothing payment for them.

He sued for 7 figures and won a bunch of pre-trial court rulings. When the case is going your way, you don't settle for pennies on the dollar.

And Disney may be rich but they are the cheapest, most penny pinching SOBs on the planet. They don't just give away millions when not necessary.

 

[Huckleberry1]

I feel like I stumbled onto Insecurity.com.

 

[Huckleberry1]

I was sent to a catholic school when I was a child. Best thing that could have happened to me. I was agnostic by the age of 7, and never gave those pedos a chance to molest me.

 

[TheRainMaker]

Id surmise that the odds of Russini being divorced are lower after resigning.

If her husband doesn't divorce her then he's a ****. Once she cheats, she's for the streets.

I don't blame him. If a source gives a reporter information that is news, it is their obligation to report it if it confirmed as the facts.

He crossed the line doing that. The way he reported on Haskin's death I thought was going to get cancelled. Regardless, women are walking on eggshells already and it gives women reporters who are actually good at their jobs a bad name.

 

[Ice_Ice_Brady]

If there's a video out there that can almost definitively say that the two of them shouldn't have been there I'm sure it will be released at some point. There has to be.

Still photos don't always tell the right story. I mean like I said before...

If they were at a private resort holding hands and looking the same way as Vrabel-Russini, then it would tell a different story. A very bizarre, uncomfortable one at that.

A man and a woman in a private setting looking intimate in several poses is a big deal. Everyone caught in that situation will deny it was anything other than friendly or casual or professional. Yet, look at the alternative explanation and ask which is more plausible. Do colleagues really end up “accidentally” appearing intimate to that degree? Very unlikely.

 

[BennyBledsoe]

It's not up to us to determine what's plausible. Right now, the available EVIDENCE we have, and flimsy at that, is that they held hands for the space of one photo and were in a pool together separated by what...six feet?

 

[WhatJustHappened]

The Draft can't get here soon enough...

 

[Boomer B]

What's the matter, you don't like getting boners while reading PatsFans??

 

[One-If-By-Sea]

A man and a woman in a private setting looking intimate in several poses is a big deal.

That is looking intimate to you? You must be a very horny guy.

 

[1960Pats]

a) we have very little "far left" in this country

b) the link you provided shows it as barely in the "left", there's zero use of "far" on that page

your own actual bias is showing

Luckily, you're not biased at all. LOL