[USML Announce] No CTA for Cats!

[Brad Jansen]

Happy to tell you my "acting" position ends 11/30, when I return to my
day job as deputy GC.  But those NU kids--what a bunch of wimps!

On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 12:41 PM, Andy Klein <anrklein at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Full story here, key quote follows:
> http://sports.espn.go.com/chicago/ncf/news/story?id=5814593
>
> "Northwestern senior cornerback Justan Vaughn doesn't like riding ?Chicago's
> elevated train system, but even he was looking forward to ?traveling by railway
> to Saturday's game against Illinois at Wrigley ?Field. ?But Vaughn and his
> teammates won't have that ?chance. The CTA and Northwestern lawyers weren't able
> to resolve ?liability issues in time, and the Wildcats announced Tuesday they
> will ?not be taking the "El" to Thursday's practice and Saturday's game in
> Chicago."
>
> So let me get this straight. ?Jansen is the CTA's general counsel. ?Sidley
> represents Northwestern. ?And the two "sides" can't figure out a way to put a
> bunch of college kids on a train from Evanston to Wrigley?! ?Let me tell you, if
> this matter were being handled by Winick's new firm, we wouldn't be reading
> embarrassing stories like this ...
>
> That is all.
>
> -Andy
>
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