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A lawsuit filed by 15 Aggie donors against the 12th Man Foundation alleges that promises made when they made their contributions are not being upheld following Kyle Field renovations.
12th Man Foundation sued for breach of contract A&M donors file class-action lawsuit claiming promises made about seats, parking were broken By Ryan Brown @ryanpbrown03 A group of former students has filed a class-action lawsuit against the 12th Man Foundation in Newton County claiming a breach of contract. The suit, filed on Dec. 28, 2017, argues the donors are no longer receiving the gameday parking and seating accommodations they were promised when they made their contributions. Fifteen donors filed the suit, spearheaded by plaintiff Nathan
Hines, Class of 1980, and lists 28 foundation trustees as defendants. The plaintiffs assert that from the late 1970s through the mid-1990s, the foundation promised the donors that their contributions entitled them to the best available parking and seating locations. These agreements were considered “handshake deals” until the early 1990s, when the foundation began putting these new agreements in writing. The plaintiffs allege the foundation has denied the privileges promised to them years ago. The donors’ main issues with the foundation’s actions are outlined in the lawsuit. “The foundation has breached, and continues to breach, its agreements with the Endowment Owners by no longer providing the ‘best available’ home and away game seat locations, tickets and best available home game-day parking locations,” the suit said. The donors are being represented by Bill Cobb of Cobb &
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Counsel, Scott McQuarrie of the McQuarrie Law Office and Blair Bisbey of Seale, Stover & Bisbey. On Jan. 2, Cobb & Counsel released a statement describing their clients’ dilemma with the foundation. “The 12th Man Foundation concluded that reselling parking and renovating Kyle Field would be ‘an opportunity to earn more revenue,’” the statement said. “Choosing money over integrity, the 12th Man Foundation reneged on several of its promises and resold the Permanently Endowed Scholarship owners’ parking and seat locations to the highest bidders.” Following a similar suit filed in March 2015, Mark Riordan, then vice president of marketing and communications for the foundation, told the AP the foundation was making attempts to further accommodate the desires of endowment donors. LAWSUIT ON PG. 2
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Cassie Stricker — THE BATTALION
Sophomore forward Robert Williams made the 110th block of his career Tuesday night.
Cassie Stricker — THE BATTALION
Freshman guard Chennedy Carter leads her team with 96 assists and 36 steals.
Men’s basketball breaks losing streak, defeating SEC opponent Ole Miss
Women’s basketball looks to overcome SEC loss with a win over Alabama
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It seemed as if another miraculous three-pointer would hinder Texas A&M from earning its first SEC win of the season. But Ole Miss guard Breein Tyree’s potential game-winning basket circled out of the rim at the buzzer and the Aggies snapped a five-game losing streak, beating the Rebels 71-69 at Reed Arena Tuesday night. Both A&M head coach Billy Kennedy and forward Robert Williams said the team had been hoping for a win the past few days
— their wishes were finally answered. “We’ve been praying for a breakthrough, using that word the past couple of days,” Kennedy said. “You’ve got to get a break and I believe it was going to go out because we’ve had too many things go wrong.” After coming out on the losing end of two one-point losses in the past two weeks, center Tyler Davis was pleased to come away M. BASKETBALL ON PG. 4
The Aggies enter the game after a narrow overtime loss to Georgia on Sunday, 92-84. The maroon and white got off to a slow start in the game, netting just 23 percent (4-of-17) from the field in the first quarter. The Aggies found their rhythm offensively, scoring 42 points in the second half and forcing overtime. However, Georgia’s offense wore the Aggie defense down, outscoring them 19 to 11 in the overtime period and winning the game.
A&M head coach Gary Blair attributes the loss to his team’s inability to limit Georgia’s three best players: Caliya Robinson, Mackenzie Engram and Gabby Connally, who had 19, 23 and 37 points, respectively. “Their big three players had 78 points,” Blair said. “My three are averaging 52 [points per game], they had 59 and it still wasn’t enough. We’ve got to do such a better job
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