Personal Foul: Coach Joe Moore vs. The University of Notre Dame
by Richard Lieberman
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Author: Richard LiebermanEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2001-08-01
ISBN: 0897334892
Number of pages: 278
Publisher: Academy Chicago Publishers
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Book Review: Poorly written, but even more poorly litigated by Notre Dame.
Summary: 1 Stars
Coach Moore is another in a long line of legends to coach under the Golden Dome. Unfortunately, Bob Davie is another in a shorter line of terrible head coaches hired by the Fighting Irish. As for the book, the author (and Moore's lawyer) would have you believe this is a tale of David vs. Goliath in the courtroom, and that his brilliant legal acumen brought the Notre Dame empire to his knees. Truth be told, a first-year law student could have won this case, and Notre Dame's legal department should be ashamed for ever letting this case go to trial. Bob Davie ADMITTED in public, to the Notre Dame football team and others, that Coach Moore's age had something to do with his termination. You don't need Clarence Darrow to tell you that is age discrimination, my friends, and only the arrogance (or perhaps stupidity) of the then-administration at Notre Dame let this case go to trial. If you hate Notre Dame, maybe you'll find pleasure in their bungling of this matter. In fact, had Notre Dame not been the Defendant, nobody would think twice about reading this book. There are pleny of better written and more interesting books on the legal system out there. Oh, and Joe Paterno coaches at Penn St. by the way...
Summary of Personal Foul: Coach Joe Moore vs. The University of Notre Dame
It was bad enough when popular offensive line coach Joe Moore sued the University of Notre Dame for age discrimination -- but matters got much worse when the lawsuit uncovered disquieting evidence of unethical and inappropriate conduct in a football programme widely regarded as a model of probity. This is the dramatic story of that explosive lawsuit, which tarnished Notre Dame's burnished football image: the winner of eleven national titles; the home of legends Knute Rockne, the Gipper and the Four Horsemen; the subject of innumerable books and films -- Notre Dame football has been idealised as everything that is good and right about American sports competition and, indeed, about America itself. This riveting story begins in November 1996, when Bob Davie is hired as head coach to replace the beloved Lou Holtz. In one of his first -- and most fateful -- executive decisions, Davie fires 64-year-old Joe Moore because -- as Davie puts it -- he needs someone younger for the job. Anyone interested in sports, in the law or in stories of blatant injustice, will find this book a fascinating, revealing and memorable read.Labor & Industrial Relations Books
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