NOW, I MEAN, THEY’VE GOT TO BE ON THE UP REPORTING LIVE. ERIK AVANIER CHANNEL 4, THE LOCAL
STATION.
>> AND NOW A FRANCHISE IN
CRISIS. AN ESPN ANALYST SAYS
URBAN MEYER’S TIME IN
JACKSONVILLE WAS ARGUABLY THE
WORST FAILURE OF LEADERSHIP IN
NFL HISTORY. NOW THE FALLOUT
OF HIS FIRING IS RAISING MANY
QUESTIONS, INCLUDING HOW MUCH
MONEY THE TEAM WILL STILL HAVE
TO PAY. MEYER. THERE’S ALSO
SOME FRUSTRATION AMONG FANS
WITH OWNER SHAD KHAN NEWS. 4
JAX IS FOLLOWING SEVERAL
UPDATES ON MEYERS FIRING. WE
BEGIN WITH REPORTER SCOTT
JOHNSON WHO’S BEEN CHECKING IN
WITH A SPORTS LAWYER AND THE
HOST SAID 10, 10 XL SPORTS
RADIO AND HE’S JOINING US LIVE
ON THE SOUTH SIDE. SCOTT.
>> SO, MARY, HERE FOR MONTHS,
CALLERS HAVE BEEN FLOODING THE
LINES HERE ATTEND XL
COMPLAINTS OVER URBAN MEYER
AND THAT VIDEO AND THE BAR.
>> ISSUES WITH PLAYERS AND NOW
MOST RECENTLY, THE
ALLEGATIONS, THEN HE KICKED
FORMER KICKER. JOSH LAMBO IN
THE LEGS AFTER MISSED SOME
KICKS TODAY WE LEARNED HE’S
FIRED.
>> GOD KHAN’S LATEST BLUNDER
HAS BEEN THE TALK TODAY ON XL
PRIME TIME. DO YOU THINK SHOT
CON IS EMBARRASSED AMONG OTHER
OWNERS?
>> HE SHOULD BE. YEAH. HE ON
THE I MEAN, GENERAL MANAGERS,
COACHES, RECORDS THIS LAST
THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE OR
OTHERWISE THAT THAT BLEW UP IN
THIS RACE. IS EVERY FAN GOING
TO BE QUESTIONING GOING FOR
ANYTHING? I THINK THEY CAN’T
HELP, BUT THEY PLACED THEIR
FAITH IN THIS FRANCHISE. A LOT
OF DIFFERENT WAYS TO A LOT OF
DIFFERENT DOLLARS SEASON AFTER
SEASON AFTER SEASON. THE HOSTS
SAY THAT FANS HAVE A LOT OF
REASONS TO BE OUT OF PATIENTS
WITH THE TEAM’S OWNER.
>> PARTICULARLY AFTER HE BET
MILLIONS ON URBAN MEYER BEING
THE TEAM’S FUTURE. IT DIDN’T
EVEN LAST A WHOLE SEASON. I
ALMOST FEEL BAD FOR SHOT. AND
ONE ASPECT.
>> THE FACT THAT HE HIRED
URBAN MEYER, MADE THE SPLASH
THAT EVERYBODY WANTED. NOW
THERE’S QUESTIONS OF HOW THIS
SEPARATION WENT DOWN.
>> SKY 4 FLEW OVER MYERS HOME
TODAY AND FOUND NO VISIBLE
ACTIVITY.
>> I GOT TO SPORTS AND
ENTERTAINMENT LAWYER, JOHN
PHILLIPS. YOU NOT ONLY HAVE
THE LEAGUE THAT COULD BE
INVOLVED, YOU GET AND THE
PLAYERS ASSOCIATION. AND THE
PLAYERS ASSOCIATION AND THE
LEAGUE WOULD SOMEWHAT TEAM UP
IN THIS INCIDENT. AND SAY,
HEY. THIS IS, YOU KNOW, THIS
IS A SITUATION ULTIMATELY KNOW
WHAT HAPPENS IS BETWEEN THE
OWNERS AND THE COACH. PHILIP
SAYS YOU CAN BET THE TEAM WILL
BE FORCED TO PAY. MY ARE
MILLIONS. THE QUESTION IS
WHETHER THEY CAN PAY LESS
MYERS OFF-FIELD HEADLINES.
LOOK AT KHON STATEMENT AND YOU
CAN INFER SOMETHING IT STARTS
AFTER DELIBERATIONS OVER MANY
WEEKS, MEANING BEFORE THE NEWS
YESTERDAY ABOUT A RUN IN WITH
JOSH LAMBO BECAME PUBLIC. THE
QUESTION IS WHAT HAS THE
JAGUARS LEGAL? DION TO
DOCUMENT IT? I’M SURE THEY
HAVE THE FACT THAT JAGUARS
LEGAL RELEASED A STATEMENT ON
JOSH LAMBO TELLS YOU THEY’VE
BEEN AWARE THAT THERE’S BEEN
PROBLEMS SHOT, CONS AND
STATEMENT SAYS HE WAS HOPING,
YOU KNOW, KIND OF THINGS
WOULD. GO BACK TO NORMAL.
>> NOW, ONE THING TO REMEMBER,
WE MAY NEVER KNOW HOW MUCH THE
JAGUARS INEVITABLY PAY URBAN
MEYER BECAUSE THIS IS A
PRIVATE CONTRACT BETWEEN 2
PARTIES. IT WILL NOT BE
RELEASED PUBLICLY UNLESS THEY
DECIDE TO. WE’RE LIVE IN
SOUTHSIDE. SCOTT JOHNSON,
CHANNEL 4, THE LOCAL STATION.
>> SO, SCOTT, YOU’VE COVERED
THIS ISSUE OF MEYER’S CONTRACT
SINCE HE HAD SINCE HE WAS
HIRED. ONE THING THAT YOU
BROUGHT UP IN THE PAST, THE
POSSIBILITY THAT MEYER HAS A
MORALS CLAUSE THAT WOULD
APPEAR TO BE A POSSIBLE OUT
FOR THE JAGUARS TO GET OUT OF
THE CONTRACTED PHILLIPS. BRING
THAT UP.
>> O YE. MERRY. SO IT’S VERY
POSSIBLE. PROBABLY LIKELY HE
HAS WITH MORALS. CLAUSES ARE
VERY CA. IT HIGH-PROFILE
CONTRACTS ARE COMMON SELECTED.
BE DO SOMETHING THAT DRAWS
NEGATIVE ATTENTION TO THE
ORGANIZATION OR IF YOU DO SOME
SORT OF MORAL FAILURE, THEY
CAN JUST TERMINATE THE
CONTRACT. BUT THIS IS
IMPORTANT SHOT. CON WANTED
URBAN MEYER SO BADLY BECAUSE
HE WAS SUCH A HIGH-PROFILE
HIRE. MEYER HAD A LOT OF
LEVERAGE IN NEGOTIATIONS AND
IT’S FEASIBLE. HE ASKED THEM
TO GET RID OF THE MORALS
CLAUSE. WE MAY NEVER KNOW THAT
ANSWER, BUT THAT’S ONE THING.
PHILIPS IS TELLING ME BACK TO