News: Union-Nowak Lawsuit Thread

Thanks for the update, @Zman Gunner.
@Dills - maybe the Nowak suit deserves its own thread?

 

Second. This is too juicy to be hidden in this thread.

 

I need the pdf of the whole thing.Is too good.

 

Wow, I mean, WOW! How this organization has survived this long is a miracle. I don't know who looks worse in this whole mess: Nowak, Nick Sak, Union Ownership, or all of the above?

Good lord Nick Sak is even sleazier and more incompetent then we thought. I honestly hoped that that wasn't possible.

 

Talk about a conspiracy of dunces. Nowak is by no means a genius but he was still smart enough to plan his escape before anyone knew how bad the organization really was.

 

And now, with 714 pages worth of PDFs in my Dropbox folder to assemble in the office tomorrow...

— Jonathan Tannenwald (@thegoalkeeper) January 6, 2016

 

If there is a link of the document that can be read could someone post it here. I'm unable to use social media at work and I have many many hours of free time at work. for some strange reason.

 

Here's a link to a piece from Brotherly Game which includes some details (though it's not exactly what you're asking for).

And here's a good excerpt for you: "Mr. Nowak did not deny that rookie hazing took place during his tenure as manager...including joking, singing, dancing and paddling of rookie players....Mr. Nowak also testified that prior to engaging in this activity, he received pre-approval from...Tom Veit and from Nick Sakiewicz....he indicated that a videotape was taken each year by his assistant coaches, Rob Vartughian and John Hackworth, in 2010, 2011 and 2012. He further testified that he was present when those videotapes where shown to Mr. Sakiewicz and others and that Mr. Sakiewicz loved it and never instructed him to stop the rituals."

From Nowak's side, Nowak testified that Nick Sakiewicz pre-approved and subsequently condoned the hazing activity: pic.twitter.com/mqI6QxNDqD

— Jonathan Tannenwald (@thegoalkeeper) January 6, 2016

 

Union: Spanking-free since Year 3.

 

Oh, we've been spanked plenty.

Nowak appears to be crazy, but he wasn't wrong when he told Shep Messing the following:

 

Philadelphia Union: Now spanked by our opponents, not our own coach


I believe JT tweeted that he plans to post the documents later today.

 

It would be interesting to see the impact of that.

 

abuse of a minor and using illegal players are a couple of the things that stand out to me. crazy stuff

 

I don't have words to communicate how I felt about the content of those documents.

 

Even more reasons to be baffled and amazed that Sakiewicz was retained as long as he was.

 

Peter says concussions aren't real and that players who say they have a concussion are "pussies."

 

I'm assuming the minor who was hazed was Jack Mac, right? Wasn't he 17 years-old when he was drafted? I also find it interesting that the assistant coach involved in this is the current US U17 head-coach.

 

How about equal parts of fremdschämen and schadenfreude?

 

Say all you want about Curtin but he'd never be associated with crap like this.