ESPN is a betting service and should never be relied upon for unbiased information in a day and age when you can bet on what I had for breakfast.
I know it's my vote for best fight song.
It's a good one but I personally would place it third.
Their choices are either be a passive victim, or make some noise about it, and hope that it changes the risk reward analysis of tampering at Wisconsin.
Ya have to do something, even programs from the Big and SEC are affected by this, if 1 program speaks up, perhaps the next program does as well.
They already said the transfer portal doesn't matter and kids can transfer, and immediately compete without it. So I guess this boils down to if the signed document between the school and the kid actually means anything. If it does, you wonder why they wouldn't be going after the kid. As for any tampering, it's unlikely they have anything other than some hearsay, and if they do have it and expose it, then it is only a matter of time until someone alleges it against them, or any other school. It's going to be more trouble than it is worth in my opinion. To me this just feels like one of the big 2 leagues trying to flex some muscle in an effort to scare teams from the other leagues away from their players.
-> In the complaint filed Friday, Wisconsin claims that a Miami staff member and a prominent alumnus met with Lucas and his family at a relative's home in Florida and offered him money to transfer shortly after Lucas signed a two-year contract with the Badgers in December. The lawsuit states that Miami committed tortious interference by knowingly compelling a player to break the terms of his deal with Wisconsin.
Ok, so we assume they will come forward with the names and who the people were so that it can be proven. If they do, then great. As for the contract, that may or not be a contract, that will definitely be for lawyers to decide. Not really sure what role the NCAA will have in this when all is said and done.
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A nice recap, but nothing new there yet. At least if you follow this stuff anyway. I'm sure this will play out over time, with the key thing being these agreements. Now that schools can pay players, as opposed to before, will these agreements become binding contracts, and will players sign them, or even try to negotiate them during their recruitment? If some leagues and programs want to use them and some don't, what happens then? I understand the idea that these can be used to restrict players moving from school to school on a whim, but I think they need to be standard across college football for it to work. We will see how it all plays out I guess.Behind the Wisconsin v. Miami tampering lawsuit over transfer DB Xavier Lucas that was months in the making
And what comes next could -- stop us if you've heard this before -- change college football
