UPDATED on May 13th at 5:30 PM

Current Mississippi Athletic Director Scott Stricklin told Matthew Stevens the following about the case:
“We are aware of the lawsuit filed by former baseball player Forrest Moore. We are confident that we operate our baseball program in compliance with the rules of the Southeastern Conference and the NCAA. We will allow the university’s general counsel to comment further on this legal matter.”
Current Mississippi State head coach John Cohen and Senior Associate Athletic Director for Media Relations, Corporate Development Mike Nemeth are among three defendants named in a lawsuit brought by former MSU pitcher Forrest Moore. Moore made 29 appearances on the mound including 11 starts in his Mississippi State career between 2008-09 and compiled a 3-3 record with a 7.17 earned run average with one save and 87 strikeouts.After the 2009 season, John Cohen was hired by Mississippi State from Kentucky to take over from Ron Polk. Read the rest of this entry »