Is there a league in Uzbekistan? Because Bassett might need to sign a contract - any contract - ASAP to pay for his alleged anger-management habit.

www.athensnews.com/ohio/article-31715-ou-basketballer-sued-for-alleged-uptown-bar-assault.html

If Bassett did actually hit the kid, I feel bad for him...  But to claim “severe and debilitating humiliation, disgrace, stress, anxiety  and emotional distress” is BS.  

First, that is standard legal language.  Essentially, you allege a lot of stuff to start off--if there's any basis for it at all.  Then, as--and if--the case winds thru the legal system, ya get down to what actually can be proven...which may be a lot less than what was initally alleged.

Bassett getting sued?  Doesn't really bother me.  Ya go around punching people in the nose--and that can get you a legal punch in the nose.

Wanna know who Bassett should blame, allegedly?  That guy in the mirror.

You guys don't really mean to say that the guy suing Bassett is out of line, do you? ...Don't you want your bouncers calling the police at the moment and suing instead of physically retaliating?

It's kind of a catch-22 because you could argue that he wouldn't sue for as much if it was a regular student but at the same time he would not have had his name brought up in the press for the same reasons thus he wouldn't have that same added stress. Either way someone with that bright a future shouldn't be so concerned with getting into a bar that he acts that way. Last I checked there's more than just Courtside on Court Street.

I know it is standard legal language...That doesn't make it right.
I know you start negotiations out high in preparation for a compromise...That doesn't make it right.
I know Bassett has no one to blame but himself...That doesn't make it right.

Bottom line, if I got punched in the nose, there is absolutely no way I would try for even $250, let alone $250,000.  He's a bouncer...Pretty clear job description there.  Nobody forced him to do the job.  It happens.  It was one punch.

No question he was done wrong by Bassett, how HE handed the situation is a different discussion here...But the bouncer is just looking for a handout here, plain and simple.  And personally, that annoys the crap out of me.

Oh I'm not taking anything personally...We Accountants gotta stick together.  I agree Bassett has his share of problems, but that has been discussed at great length elsewhere.  My reaction is purely to this plaintiff and his bogus claims.