JJWalker
01-21-2010, 01:09 AM
OK, so I am confused.
Following the Mike Leach saga has me wondering about coaching contracts with state colleges and universities.
Texas Tech is claiming sovereign immunity from Mike Leach's suit over his contract.
Does not the fact that they University wrote a contract with him, in a sense waive the school's right to sovereign immunity? Otherwise, what good are any state school coaching contracts if they can be invalidated by a claim of sovereign immunity from suit?
Obviously I am not a lawyer. But if Texas Tech proves it has sovereign immunity against Mike Leach's suit, would that not in essense invalidate every other coaching contract agreed to by a state school?
Then ... would sovereign immunity claim also roll down to the high school level too?
Following the Mike Leach saga has me wondering about coaching contracts with state colleges and universities.
Texas Tech is claiming sovereign immunity from Mike Leach's suit over his contract.
Does not the fact that they University wrote a contract with him, in a sense waive the school's right to sovereign immunity? Otherwise, what good are any state school coaching contracts if they can be invalidated by a claim of sovereign immunity from suit?
Obviously I am not a lawyer. But if Texas Tech proves it has sovereign immunity against Mike Leach's suit, would that not in essense invalidate every other coaching contract agreed to by a state school?
Then ... would sovereign immunity claim also roll down to the high school level too?