JUNE JONES PAY or NO? $400K

[oceanpacific]

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Frazier's role in this mess should not be minimized. He is far from a mere scapegoat being blamed for the shortcomings of his superiors.

Don't forget that Frazier is the poster boy NOT of "working hard," but of "hardly working." For this he got $200K/annum for 3 years, $250K/annum for 2-1/2 years, and a $312K "buyout" for 15 months of the remaining 30 months he was terminated from. In addition, the word is out that he may be claiming additional money for "performance bonuses earned!" For being on the job when JJ and the UH football team went undefeated, won the WAC, and earned the trip to the BCS Sugar Bowl, and for getting the program "in the black" by $67K (achieved IMHO via accounting "tricks" - collecting season ticket renewals and seat premiums for the following fiscal year ahead of time). Example, men's basketball season tickets were usually renewed in August and September (season started in November), but in the last two years, the money was collected in May, a full month or more before the start of the July 1 fiscal year. Coincidentally, the last two years produced an operating "profit."

[TuNnL]

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I wonder if someone like Norm Chow would think it worthwhile to take a pay cut to coach at UH if he sees them treating JJ in such a petty and meanspirited way.

At this point, it would no longer be a pay cut, since the much heralded NFL coach is now unemployed.

[Random]

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Frazier's role in this mess should not be minimized. He is far from a mere scapegoat being blamed for the shortcomings of his superiors.

Tell that to June Jones who defended him. I have to watch that half-hour KGMB9 Special, Junes Jones: A New Beginning on January 22nd @ 9:30p. I want to see if he still want to defend Frazier.

[infinitypro]

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So, June Jones (conveniently) alleges that he had a verbal agreement with fired AD Herman Frazier to waive the penalty for breaking his contract prior to June 30th.

HT legal eagles, is a verbal agreement binding in Hawaii? If so, how does one prove it without it turning into a "your word against mine?" If not, I kind of expected June Jones to dig out on his bill!

[Walkoff Balk]

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June Jones could go on the Andy Bumatai show with a "The Moment of Truth" questioning setup to see if there was a verbal agreement made.

[Leo Lakio]

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HT legal eagles, is a verbal agreement binding in Hawaii?

In the immortal words of all attorneys everywhere: "It depends." In general, verbal agreements can be considered as binding, but there are so many variables open to interpretation that it usually ends up headed for court (and, more often than not, settled outside the court).

Caveat: I am not an attorney, but the Alpha Female has her J.D. and passed the bar in Washington & Hawai`i - though she has chosen not to practice.

[infinitypro]

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In the immortal words of all attorneys everywhere: "It depends." In general, verbal agreements can be considered as binding, but there are so many variables open to interpretation that it usually ends up headed for court (and, more often than not, settled outside the court).

Caveat: I am not an attorney, but the Alpha Female has her J.D. and passed the bar in Washington & Hawai`i - though she has chosen not to practice.

Hmm...so then quite possibly Jones could eventually settle out of court for an amount he is more comfortable parting with which really could be why he's making such an allegation.

[TuNnL]

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Hmm...so then quite possibly Jones could eventually settle out of court for an amount he is more comfortable parting with which really could be why he's making such an allegation.

That’s what the Honolulu Advertiser’s August 2 article implies, however, I haven’t seen any announcement forthcoming. If Jones and UH had reached an agreement “in principle” two weeks ago, shouldn’t there have been an announcement by now?