The State of Alabama's Supreme Court is hearing a suit claiming that the NCAA should have to pay the $30 million legal judgment assessed to Tom Culpepper, who was a witness in the NCAA's case against Alabama that was sued for defamation by former 'Bama Ronnie Cottrell. The $30 million verdict has been overturned by a Circuit Court judge, who ordered a new trial.
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High court hears NCAA suit appeals
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) -- An attorney for the NCAA told the state Supreme Court on Tuesday there was an indemnity agreement with a recruiting analyst stemming from a probe of Alabama's football program, but he said it would not require the NCAA to pay a $30 million jury verdict that was overturned by the trial judge.
An attorney for Ronnie Cottrell, a former Alabama assistant who sued the NCAA and analyst Tom Culpepper for defamation in the probe, argued that the agreement makes the NCAA liable for any judgment against Culpepper in the suit.
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