Pablo Torre

He was an NCAA official.

His story is pretty incredible.

Because in this episode, Riley Gaines introduces us to someone who has been dodging my calls, her lawyer.

He's actually an experienced litigator.

He has substantial experience with sports law and sports during drug testing.

He was actually the general counsel of the U.S.

Anti-Doping Agency for 13 years.

He's represented clients in high profile investigations and litigation, including Lance Armstrong.

And after those 13 years at the U.S.

anti-doping agency, actually not representing Lance Armstrong, taking down Lance Armstrong, this lawyer, Bill Bach, left his job in 2020 and got a new client, Donald Trump.

Of course.

This is when Trump was denying the results of the 2020 election.

I believe I remember Bill Bach, who also worked for the NCAA itself.

He was on this committee that handed down punishments to schools that break NCAA rules and stuff before quitting in protest.

because he wrote a giant op-ed in the Wall Street Journal in which he accused the NCAA of, quote, regressive, discriminatory, anti-woman policies, end quote.

And it seems like the origin story for his position there in the pages of the Wall Street Journal was that Riley Gaines happened to tie Leah Thomas for fifth place in Atlanta at the NCAA Championships.

the swimming race that started it all.

And now he's working for her.

Now she is his client.

And P.S., he's not critiquing how the NCAA treats female athletes in other contexts.