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Post by The Thread Barbi on Jun 20, 2020 9:26:38 GMT -5
Vince has made McDevitt's life a lot easier in making people dependent on an industry that sees absolutely everybody as expendable once they don't make them money, with absolutely no kind of safety net. McDevitt's not a genius, he's a wet fish defending a corrupt circus against a lot of broken people made that way by WWE. He's as much a snake as Vince. Somebody erect a shrine to Warrior and Bret. One refused to job in the courtroom and the other knocked Vince out.
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Post by ThereIsNoAbsurdistOnlyZuul on Jun 20, 2020 9:31:32 GMT -5
Vince has made McDevitt's life a lot easier in making people dependent on an industry that sees absolutely everybody as expendable once they don't make them money, with absolutely no kind of safety net. McDevitt's not a genius, he's a wet fish defending a corrupt circus against a lot of broken people made that way by WWE. He's as much a snake as Vince. Somebody erect a shrine to Warrior and Bret. One refused to job in the courtroom and the other knocked Vince out. I can only work in the medium of macaroni.
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Post by XIII on Jun 20, 2020 9:39:45 GMT -5
Vince has made McDevitt's life a lot easier in making people dependent on an industry that sees absolutely everybody as expendable once they don't make them money, with absolutely no kind of safety net. McDevitt's not a genius, he's a wet fish defending a corrupt circus against a lot of broken people made that way by WWE. He's as much a snake as Vince. Somebody erect a shrine to Warrior and Bret. One refused to job in the courtroom and the other knocked Vince out. LOL Brock too. Brock might be the king actually, took them to court about their moronic 10 year no compete or whatever it was, got a settlement, came back and is fleecing them for big $ to barely do anything. Also I can’t remember the timeline but Sable also settled her sexual harassment suit with them and then gets welcomed back and made some money off these idiots too. Vince is a biggity bitch at the end of the day and more people need to realize that. McDevitt is just another of Vince’s stooges that does the corporate lawyer thing of dragging cases out until the other guy is broke or gives up and when the other guy can win and subject the WWE to more scrutiny just settles.
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Post by Bub (BLM) on Jun 20, 2020 12:51:30 GMT -5
Vince remind me so much of someone in every way. I just can not seem to remember who. Montana Max?
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Post by genericusername on Jun 20, 2020 12:58:30 GMT -5
Vince remind me so much of someone in every way. I just can not seem to remember who. Joffrey from GOT?
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Post by Feargus McReddit on Jun 20, 2020 13:03:40 GMT -5
Vince remind me so much of someone in every way. I just can not seem to remember who. Doug Dimmadome, owner of the Dimmsdale Dimmadome?
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Post by Bub (BLM) on Jun 20, 2020 13:18:36 GMT -5
Vince remind me so much of someone in every way. I just can not seem to remember who. Joffrey from GOT? At least Joffrey had the excuse of being a hormonal teen.
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Post by TOK Is the Target Demo on Jun 20, 2020 13:47:57 GMT -5
Vince has made McDevitt's life a lot easier in making people dependent on an industry that sees absolutely everybody as expendable once they don't make them money, with absolutely no kind of safety net. McDevitt's not a genius, he's a wet fish defending a corrupt circus against a lot of broken people made that way by WWE. He's as much a snake as Vince. And on many cases, WWE has folded/settled to try and avoid letting anything go to trial, expressly because they do so much stuff that is unquestionably crooked and wouldn't hold up if challenged. What's saving WWE right now is nobody challenging them on time and the threat of a very expensive legal battle nobody who can afford it wants to make. That's literally what a corporate lawyer's job is. I don't understand why so many people keep bringing this up as a reason why McDevitt isn't good at his job. He's an excellent lawyer, the proof is in Vince McMahon being a billionaire and not in jail or in debt due to more liabilities than Dupont
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Post by The Thread Barbi on Jun 20, 2020 14:30:32 GMT -5
And on many cases, WWE has folded/settled to try and avoid letting anything go to trial, expressly because they do so much stuff that is unquestionably crooked and wouldn't hold up if challenged. What's saving WWE right now is nobody challenging them on time and the threat of a very expensive legal battle nobody who can afford it wants to make. That's literally what a corporate lawyer's job is. I don't understand why so many people keep bringing this up as a reason why McDevitt isn't good at his job. He's an excellent lawyer, the proof is in Vince McMahon being a billionaire and not in jail or in debt due to more liabilities than Dupont He still lost to the Panda charity and forced Vince to change his company's corporate identity.
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Post by Feargus McReddit on Jun 20, 2020 14:33:00 GMT -5
That's literally what a corporate lawyer's job is. I don't understand why so many people keep bringing this up as a reason why McDevitt isn't good at his job. He's an excellent lawyer, the proof is in Vince McMahon being a billionaire and not in jail or in debt due to more liabilities than Dupont He still lost to the Panda charity and forced Vince to change his company's corporate identity. And that's not to say he hasn't won or avoided other cases but...they went to court for a case that they had less than zero chance of winning. That harms your credibility as a lawyer a lot.
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Post by Final Countdown Jones on Jun 20, 2020 14:57:31 GMT -5
And on many cases, WWE has folded/settled to try and avoid letting anything go to trial, expressly because they do so much stuff that is unquestionably crooked and wouldn't hold up if challenged. What's saving WWE right now is nobody challenging them on time and the threat of a very expensive legal battle nobody who can afford it wants to make. That's literally what a corporate lawyer's job is. I don't understand why so many people keep bringing this up as a reason why McDevitt isn't good at his job. He's an excellent lawyer, the proof is in Vince McMahon being a billionaire and not in jail or in debt due to more liabilities than Dupont Because I'm responding to a post talking about how wrestling has made Vince an easy client whose business is inherently afraid of fighting the company's wrongs. I don't see lawyerly excellence as someone who can throw a bag of their client's money at somebody and make them shut up at all, just because the legal system is built so that it's more advantageous to do awful shit, pay out, and keep doing that awful shit than it is to be held to task. Like the post I responded to said, there's a lot saving WWE and Vince that's about people not being willing to take them to task. McDevitt might be a fine lawyer in other thigns, but with WWE, when things do go to trial he's stuck basically having no hope in the world of defending a client who never thinks before he acts.
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Post by novak on Jun 21, 2020 17:02:48 GMT -5
This disgusts me. The day the McMahons leave WWE I might watch again. Thank you Vince but you are making very stupid and heartless decisions! The door is that way! Go, now!
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Post by Confused Mark Wahlberg on Jun 21, 2020 17:29:03 GMT -5
The fact Vince hasn't had several attempts on his life is quite something.
Or maybe he has, I don't know.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 21, 2020 17:35:24 GMT -5
The fact Vince hasn't had several attempts on his life is quite something. Or maybe he has, I don't know. I mean, someone DID blow up his limo
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Post by genericusername on Jun 21, 2020 17:37:13 GMT -5
The fact Vince hasn't had several attempts on his life is quite something. Or maybe he has, I don't know. I swear didn't Nailz try to kill him? Or at least I remember that as the reason he was fired.
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Post by camphor #BLM on Jun 21, 2020 17:53:00 GMT -5
The fact Vince hasn't had several attempts on his life is quite something. Or maybe he has, I don't know. I mean, someone DID blow up his limo
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Post by TOK Is the Target Demo on Jun 21, 2020 19:24:09 GMT -5
He still lost to the Panda charity and forced Vince to change his company's corporate identity. And that's not to say he hasn't won or avoided other cases but...they went to court for a case that they had less than zero chance of winning. That harms your credibility as a lawyer a lot. That was on Vince. McDevitt can only work with what he's handed.
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Post by Feargus McReddit on Jun 21, 2020 19:25:54 GMT -5
And that's not to say he hasn't won or avoided other cases but...they went to court for a case that they had less than zero chance of winning. That harms your credibility as a lawyer a lot. That was on Vince. McDevitt can only work with what he's handed. Sure, but he was still the lawyer at the end of the day. Loss is on him regardless.
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Post by JoDaNa1281 on Jun 21, 2020 20:12:29 GMT -5
The fact Vince hasn't had several attempts on his life is quite something. Or maybe he has, I don't know. I mean, someone DID blow up his limo That damn Jeffrey Jones hired Tony Cox & Dana Michael Woods to kill him.
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Post by Natural Born Farmer on Jun 21, 2020 20:59:51 GMT -5
He still lost to the Panda charity and forced Vince to change his company's corporate identity. And that's not to say he hasn't won or avoided other cases but...they went to court for a case that they had less than zero chance of winning. That harms your credibility as a lawyer a lot. I think a lot of lawyers look at McDevitt like "he's tough, but he can be got". Just need the right defendant willing to name names and with receipts.
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