LA Tech Football Announces Pair of Coaching Additions - latechsports.com

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Originally Posted by Blue Dawg

No, you are thinking of "anal cyst."

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Sounds like a Sean Connery response on SNL Jeopardy.

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Originally Posted by Dwayne From Minden

Can't - he would still be considered an employee of the University since that is a quasi-public entity and subject to the same laws via associated transactions

I figure Skip is paying him out of "football camp monies" which are all his $$$ and he has proprietary ownership of

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Looks Like they are working on a change.

DIGESTThe digest printed below was prepared byHouse Legislative Services. It constitutes no part of thelegislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute part of the lawor proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]HB 81 Original2020 Regular SessionTurnerAbstract:Provides an exception to the nepotism prohibitions to allow an immediate familymemberof a coach of a collegiate athletic program to be employed on the staff of that program.Present law (ethics code) generallyprohibits an immediate familymember of an agencyhead frombeingemployed in his agency, but present law has a general exception to allow the continuedemployment of an immediate familymember of an agencyhead if the public employee has beenemployed in the agencyfor a period of at least one year prior to the public employee's immediatefamilymember becomingthe agencyhead. Presentlaw contains additional, more specificexceptions.Proposed law retains present law and provides an additional exception to allow an immediate familymember of a coach of an athletic program at public higher education institution to be employed onthe staff of that program and to receive normal promotional advancements

Proposed law retains present law and provides an additional exception to allow an immediate familymember of a coach of an athletic program at public higher education institution to be employed onthe staff of that program and to receive normal promotional advancements.

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Originally Posted by BhadDawg

Looks Like they are working on a change.

DIGESTThe digest printed below was prepared byHouse Legislative Services. It constitutes no part of thelegislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute part of the lawor proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]HB 81 Original2020 Regular SessionTurnerAbstract:Provides an exception to the nepotism prohibitions to allow an immediate familymemberof a coach of a collegiate athletic program to be employed on the staff of that program.Present law (ethics code) generallyprohibits an immediate familymember of an agencyhead frombeingemployed in his agency, but present law has a general exception to allow the continuedemployment of an immediate familymember of an agencyhead if the public employee has beenemployed in the agencyfor a period of at least one year prior to the public employee's immediatefamilymember becomingthe agencyhead. Presentlaw contains additional, more specificexceptions.Proposed law retains present law and provides an additional exception to allow an immediate familymember of a coach of an athletic program at public higher education institution to be employed onthe staff of that program and to receive normal promotional advancements

Proposed law retains present law and provides an additional exception to allow an immediate familymember of a coach of an athletic program at public higher education institution to be employed onthe staff of that program and to receive normal promotional advancements.

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Not an atty, but --

I speculate this could be susceptible to claims regarding substantive due process.

I mean ... what is qualitatively different about the coaching profession vs. other public officials?

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Originally Posted by Champ967

Not an atty, but --

I speculate this could be susceptible to claims regarding substantive due process.

I mean ... what is qualitatively different about the coaching profession vs. other public officials?

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i thought the same thing. but a college football coach is under much more scrutiny for the performance of his staff and has a limited number he can hire. this may make a college coach less motivated than other public officials to spend public funds on an unqualified employee as a personal favor?