Former FSU players sue Leonard Hamilton over NIL

[uconnbill]

I smell a bunch or lawsuits coming in the next year or so over NIL money and who is or isn't receiving it

 

[AllHusky]

Hamilton the next ACC legend on his way out. Their league is toast.

“Legend”?? No disrespect, but not Coach Hamilton

 

[Sleepy]

Benjamin Button Pitino.

More like college basketball's Dorian Gray; his portrait on the St. John's website and on the wall at their basketball facilities will age and reflect all his sins, while he'll look like something between UK Pitino and Louisville Pitino.

 

[dogpause]

I would think that money is pretty hard to collect without a contract, no matter what Hamilton said. He wasn't promising them his money, so he was not in a position to deliver it. The fact that they did not understand the difference is generally not relevant in these kind of payment disputes. Seller beware in the NIL world.

Not a lawyer, but sounds like they have a good case since there's so many, and they boycotted a practice over it. Surprised FSU wasn't named in the suit. Of course, if you go to a school with "" in the name, you probably should've expected this.

 

[HooperScooper]

Good article from Matt Norlander on this.

"It's more common than people think, even at [power-conference] schools," Mit Winter, a college athletics attorney, and former college basketball player at William & Mary, told CBS Sports.

Will we see another lawsuit like this one later in 2025? Will there be some other group of players who opt to hold out — publicly this time — if they're fed up over NIL payments that haven't come through? It's possible, for sure. Make no mistake, coaches in charge of programs with considerable NIL budgets have been worrying and making calls and trying to button up things over the past two days to avoid becoming the next target for a story like this.

Court Report: Florida State players suing Leonard Hamilton reveals deeper NIL issues throughout college sports

Matt Norlander also examines a profound problem for the ACC and makes 10 big predictions for 2025

www.cbssports.com

 

[SubbaBub]

I would think that money is pretty hard to collect without a contract, no matter what Hamilton said. He wasn't promising them his money, so he was not in a position to deliver it. The fact that they did not understand the difference is generally not relevant in these kind of payment disputes. Seller beware in the NIL world.

Yeah, they didn't read the fine print. Schools were barred from directly participating in NIL deals back then.

 

[dennismenace]

LOL. While the Wild West NIL world will age everyone else more rapidly, and burn them out, Pitino will get younger looking and more energetic each year.

Picture of Dorian Pitino!

 

[Scrutineer]

Good article from Matt Norlander on this.

"It's more common than people think, even at [power-conference] schools," Mit Winter, a college athletics attorney, and former college basketball player at William & Mary, told CBS Sports.

Will we see another lawsuit like this one later in 2025? Will there be some other group of players who opt to hold out — publicly this time — if they're fed up over NIL payments that haven't come through? It's possible, for sure. Make no mistake, coaches in charge of programs with considerable NIL budgets have been worrying and making calls and trying to button up things over the past two days to avoid becoming the next target for a story like this.

Court Report: Florida State players suing Leonard Hamilton reveals deeper NIL issues throughout college sports

Matt Norlander also examines a profound problem for the ACC and makes 10 big predictions for 2025

www.cbssports.com

If I understood it correctly, the players have to have signed contracts for NIL (in most instances) so the BS payments from boosters/collectives should be a thing of the past if the NCAA sends staffers out to the schools to review and audit the contracts and sources of payments to the players.

I know, I know, it's wishful thinking but seems it should be enforceable as a means to cut out most cheating........but now we have revenue sharing that will likely replace most of the NIL payments as long as the schools can afford it.