Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
February 07, 2007
Reynolds Contract

The Smoking Gun posts a copy of Harold Reynolds' contract with ESPN, part of his admended lawsuit. The New York Times offers a summary.

The agreement states that the network could terminate Reynolds's deal if the announcer were to be involved in any "willful or egregious" act that would "constitute an act of moral turpitude" or which would "otherwise constitute public humiliation" to ESPN. It appears that this section of the agreement will prove to be central to the network's defense of its actions. While ESPN has not specified what triggered Reynolds's firing, the ex-athlete's Connecticut Superior Court lawsuit charges that he was canned for giving an "innocuous hug" one day to a female intern, with whom he later dined that same evening at a Boston Market.

I'm guessing the young lady is going to be the star witness if this ever gets to court.


Posted by David Pinto at 11:38 PM | News Media | TrackBack (0)
Comments

I suspect the Deadspin story on Salisbury and his cell phone picture messages may become evidence as well.

Posted by: Adam B. at February 8, 2007 12:18 AM

Ate with her at Boston Market? Wow, he knows how to treat a lady.

Posted by: Tom G at February 8, 2007 07:03 AM

It is Harold in a rout. ESPN will have to expalin why this was a "willful or egregious" act that would "constitute an act of moral turpitude" or which would "otherwise constitute public humiliation" to the network, while drunk driving and drug arrests, urinating on police officers, showing female employees pictures of your genitals, and whatever the hell Mike Turico did are not. Get some popcorn.

Posted by: abe at February 8, 2007 07:55 AM

pretty obvious to me that harold made the mistake of hugging a female that some higher up was planning to, um, uh, lets say, "get" for his own self.

agree with abe. harold in a rout.

unless

the female was hugged by harold when he wasn't wearing clothes

Posted by: lisa gray at February 8, 2007 08:34 AM

It will settle.

Posted by: rbj at February 8, 2007 08:41 AM
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