I know when he sued the University System of Georgia a couple weeks ago, they basically allege that the girl driving the university leased expedition that crashed was supposed to be working that night and making sure the players got home safely. The mere fact it was a university owned vehicle makes the school/athletic department extremely liable, throw on the driver’s record (several excessive speeding tickets over several years), and her role as an employee, it’s not a good look.
Jalen Carter seems to have gotten off pretty easy from a criminal standpoint. I believe I read he also had a suspended license at the time? Is that what they’re going after the Jeep dealership for? Was his license suspended when he obtained the vehicle from the dealership?
If the Willock’s claims that the driver was supposed to be a DD for players that night, that would be a terrible black mark for the program all the way up to Kirby, who all immediately tried to distance themselves from the situation claiming the vehicle should have been parked and that she was not authorized to be driving it at the time. I’m sure the athletic department will be trying to settle as quickly as possible, with as many air-tight non-disclosures as possible.
I’m sure if it is true the girl was supposed to be making sure the players got home safely, they made it perfectly clear she was not to be drinking herself. It’d still be bad publicity, but it will look infinitely worse if they’ve tried to cover up something bigger and it’s exposed, which is essentially what’s been alleged.