"Somewhere there's a judge in Louisiana who isn't hooked into a political machine and can't be bought by one-maybe. And that is the judge, should he or she actually exist, who should hear Brian Kelly's lawsuit against his former employers at LSU. To be clear, everyone else should hear it, too. This lawsuit not only has to happen but must be shown live, every day. In a nation that tries daily to ram Wicked: The Final Reckoning and America Hates Talent into the eyes and brains of a helpless populace, Kelly vs. The State Of Louisiana will deliver what we not only deserve but truly crave in our entertainment."
"America embraced and celebrated crude villainy well before The Sopranos delivered a prestige version augmented with pathos and prosciutto. We all live in and with a much less complicated but equally crude omnidirectional villainy every day, but even given this moment's high baseline for such things, this case could set a new standard. We have before us a genuinely repellent football coach, a spineless athletic director, a wildly detestable governor, and an angry mob fistfighting each other on the courtroom steps;"
An ongoing lawsuit by Brian Kelly against LSU would create a live, televised spectacle exposing ugly personalities in college football and state politics. The case would showcase a repellent coach, a spineless athletic director, a detestable governor, and an angry mob clashing on courthouse steps. A careerist judge and an overwhelmed court reporter add comic and tragic elements. The proceeding would rival past high-profile trials in spectacle despite involving no crime, highlighting coaching buyout culture and the transactional hires that enabled Kelly's career path. Daily broadcasting of the trial would satisfy public appetite for crude, unvarnished villainy and performative politics.
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