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Gin Master wrote:

protobuilder wrote:

Grandpa's Spells wrote:It's not easy to fault Lauren too badly on this one. She tells them she won't move in on their area without their blessing, they give it, they agree she's in charge, Joey's too hard to work with (by his own alleged admission) and he gets fired. What's she supposed to do? Demote herself? Pack up and leave after shelling out all the startup costs?

Unless it was a joint venture rather than an employee-employer relationship. In which case she should not have (a) misled them into thinking they were beginning a profitable business partnership, (b) asked them to perform services knowing she intended to lock them out and run it herself, (c) interfered with their relationship with their clients by doing a whole HOST of things, and (d) refused to pay fair value for their contributions to the startup of the business and for their actual efforts to keep the business running while she was away.

This is a classic business fraud case with possible claims for fraud, misrepresentation, breach of contract, and tortious interference.

A joint venture with a FOUNDER of a multimillion dollar company (!!!) would create a reasonable belief in PROFIT and those lost profits can be calculated as well as various other elements of damage, including LOSING THEIR ENTIRE CLIENTELE.

It would be both a joint venture/partnership that contemplated an employer-employee relationship. Tortious interference might be tough because Joey willingly merged his business. Fraud and misrepresentation are nice, but these usually give way to breach claims (I'd say always but I once won a trial on a hail mary misrep claim).

I'm a trial guy, i.e. I am dumber and have a shorter attention span than the lawyers who prepare this stuff. In this case, I'd just use these legal theories as a vehicle to get me in the courtroom. The case is really about a rich, incompetent carpetbagging bitch who stole a business from a couple of white, God-fearing citizens of our pleasant community. On the day of Ronin's birth, no less. Hell, I'd find me a tort to throw in there just to make a mental anguish argument (I wouldn't get it, but it would piss the jury off enough to enhance the other damages). In fact, Lauren is so evil that she forced her poor, handicapped ex-husband into an alcohol addiction and a relationship with a woman who bites him.

Call me, Joey! Cover my travel fees and I'll try it for free. The Couches will be paying my fees when it's all said and done.

Shafman wrote:Very true.

Couch was just jealous, Caviston actually has made ELITE athletes. And the Navy knew that, deep down inside, he was a much better choice than the fitness hucksterism of @F.

kreator wrote:

Shafman wrote:Very true.

Couch was just jealous, Caviston actually has made ELITE athletes. And the Navy knew that, deep down inside, he was a much better choice than the fitness hucksterism of @F.

Not to mention he was an athlete himself.

Crust Bucket wrote: Wasn't the Cooch? Oh that's right, The Cooch was the equivalent of Fire Marshall Bill when it came to athletics.

dead man walking wrote:as an aside, if memory serves me, when couch ambushed caviston, joey was one of couch's yappiest attack dogs.

it's not as though he is a prince among men.

kreator wrote:Not to mention he was an athlete himself.

Mike Caviston wrote:

kreator wrote:Not to mention he was an athlete himself.

Ahem. "Was"?

Tuco wrote:Here's an old video explaining MacKenzie's history with the SEAL's:

http://media.crossfit.com/cf-video/Cros ... rnBUDS.wmv

"Day two, hour one."

Mike Caviston wrote:

kreator wrote:Not to mention he was an athlete himself.

Ahem. "Was"?

1. IT’S TRAINING FOR AN ATHLETIC EVENT. This, like the CrossFit Games, or the Boston Marathon, or a Tough Mudder race, is an event your clients can train for. Since FGB is a workout that requires putting together many elements to set a personal record, there is plenty to work on — individual movement skills, pacing, rest, overall strategy, strength, endurance, stamina, speed, relaxation, etc. We actually program FGB into CrossFit LA’s programming for 6-8 weeks prior to the event date to give our clients a chance to practice for the event.

3. FUNDRAISING. Confronting? Yes. Required? YES. Your people need to know they’re going to have to work to participate in this. It IS different than just another workout. In fact, it’s really not about the workout at all… it’s about raising money for some worthy causes. Allowing people to participate without fundraising is an absolute no go. We set the bar high at $150 per person. In fact, we’ve had people show up the morning of the event and if their personal fundraising page doesn’t show they’ve raised $150, they either have to make up the difference on the spot with their credit card or not participate. I even had an intern one year think because he was working for me and for the event that he didn’t have to raise money… wrong answer. You want a killer event, make everyone work for it.

(tithe) n. One tenth of one’s increase that people are commanded to give to the church for which indiscernible physical and spiritual blessings are promised. Failure to pay a tithe is to rob G-d.

WildGorillaMan wrote:

Tuco wrote:Here's an old video explaining MacKenzie's history with the SEAL's:

http://media.crossfit.com/cf-video/Cros ... rnBUDS.wmv

"Day two, hour one."

Oberservations:

I think Castro would have great success with a late night blue act in Vegas.

BMack's grating "Ahhhhn-hahhhn!" laugh must get really old in a hurry in person.

Captain Quack wrote: That ain't Castro, that's Stumpf.

WildGorillaMan wrote:

Captain Quack wrote: That ain't Castro, that's Stumpf.

Who!?

Captain Quack wrote:

WildGorillaMan wrote:

Captain Quack wrote: That ain't Castro, that's Stumpf.

Who!?

I'm assuming by your previous post you meant the funny guy in the video with Welbourn and BMacNCheez. That was what my post was referring to.

WildGorillaMan wrote:

Captain Quack wrote:

WildGorillaMan wrote:

Captain Quack wrote: That ain't Castro, that's Stumpf.

Who!?

I'm assuming by your previous post you meant the funny guy in the video with Welbourn and BMacNCheez. That was what my post was referring to.

I know. Who is Stumpf? I've never heard of him. I thought that was Castro back when he still worked out.

The fourth is Ensign Andy Stumpf. He implemented CrossFit at BUD/S Phase II. [email protected] CrossFit is now part of BUD/S curriculum by name. Improved fitness, no PT rollbacks, and no PT injuries set 17 year records (the entire period data had been collected).

Regarding the statements made here:
http://www.board.crossfit.com/showth...t=42448&page=3
Crossfit is definitely NOT part of the official curriculum at BUD/S. Some BUD/S Instructors have been interested in Crossfit and have had their students perform PTs that are clearly influenced by or copied from Crossfit. For example, a recent class during the eight weeks of Second Phase did six PTs that included the following:
• 50 reps each of slam ball, wall ball, pull-ups, burpees, and box jumps
• Every minute, do 5 pull-ups, 10 push-ups, and 15 air squats (20 rounds)
• Do a round of pull-ups, knees to elbows, and dips for 10 reps, then 9 reps, then 8 reps and so on down to 1 rep (sprint over the berm after each round)
• 21 reps, then 15 reps, then 9 reps of push press (75lbs), box jumps, and wall ball
None of those workouts were timed, and students were able to keep good form while still maintaining intensity. There were no complex lifts or heavy weights for time. In addition to those half dozen PTs over eight weeks, students ran and swam dozens and dozens of miles (one evolution is a 5.5 nautical mile ocean swim which takes several hours to complete). Overall, that isn’t much like what Crossfit describes as its methodology and in fact sounds a lot like what they tell people not to do. There is certainly no basis for the statement that Crossfit has resulted in better performance and fewer injuries among BUD/S students. In fact, recent trends such as better PST scores, fewer performance failures/rolls/drops, fewer medical drops, and especially, more Hell Week successes – can all be attributed in part to the structured approach to training promoted in the Physical Training Guide and the NSW Prep Course. Among the SEAL Teams, the established training model is the Tactical Athlete Program (TAP), an evidence-based program developed in conjunction with research at the University of Pittsburgh’s Human Performance Laboratory and in collaboration with the National Strength and Conditioning Association. TAP provides training methods for developing strength, speed, and endurance to meet the needs of today’s SEAL. (It is true, some SEALs including BUD/S Instructors elect to pursue Crossfit or other training methods for their non-group PT, but those are individual choices.)