Interesting contract info regarding players, schools & the B1G Conference

[PonyBoy]

Assuming this reporting is accurate, I'm a big fan of this & give tons of props to the B1G for their involvement.

The question becomes, as an X account mentions; "If he follows the Xavier Lucas playbook, he simply will leave UW and enroll at another school without entering the portal."

Understanding, based on the reported B1G/School (template) contract, the player wouldn't be able to receive any NIL so a team would have to use a very large amount of their revenue sharing on one player. On the flip side, it's the SEC & they couldn't give 2 fucks less what the NCAA rules are. They will directly pay the player, someway or somehow.

 

[realbp]

Assuming this reporting is accurate, I'm a big fan of this & give tons of props to the B1G for their involvement.

The question becomes, as an X account mentions; "If he follows the Xavier Lucas playbook, he simply will leave UW and enroll at another school without entering the portal."

Understanding, based on the reported B1G/School (template) contract, the player wouldn't be able to receive any NIL so a team would have to use a very large amount of their revenue sharing on one player. On the flip side, it's the SEC & they couldn't give 2 fucks less what the NCAA rules are. They will directly pay the player, someway or somehow.

 

[Flabio]

Assuming this reporting is accurate, I'm a big fan of this & give tons of props to the B1G for their involvement.

The question becomes, as an X account mentions; "If he follows the Xavier Lucas playbook, he simply will leave UW and enroll at another school without entering the portal."

Understanding, based on the reported B1G/School (template) contract, the player wouldn't be able to receive any NIL so a team would have to use a very large amount of their revenue sharing on one player. On the flip side, it's the SEC & they couldn't give 2 fucks less what the NCAA rules are. They will directly pay the player, someway or somehow.

Yeah the SEC will just money launder it through a church or one of the coaches dealerships.

 

[Cornicator]

Yeah the SEC will just money launder it through a church or one of the coaches dealerships.

You know the craziest thing about the bag men of the SEC is they aren't all fanatics. Many of them represented tire shops, auto parts distributors, local Heating and Air companys, bankers, car dealerships, and restaurant groups. Their funneling of money to those players was often a self-serving investment.

• The better players win more games.
• The more games that are won, the more people attend and watch.
• The more people who watch and attend, the more eyeballs see your in game ads, TV spots, billboards, etc.

If you were going to spend $250k per year on advertising by supporting a local SEC program, then it definitely won't hurt to add $50k in cash payments to help improve the product. It was just an investment.

 

[herbsinator]

Assuming this reporting is accurate, I'm a big fan of this & give tons of props to the B1G for their involvement.

The question becomes, as an X account mentions; "If he follows the Xavier Lucas playbook, he simply will leave UW and enroll at another school without entering the portal."

Understanding, based on the reported B1G/School (template) contract, the player wouldn't be able to receive any NIL so a team would have to use a very large amount of their revenue sharing on one player. On the flip side, it's the SEC & they couldn't give 2 fucks less what the NCAA rules are. They will directly pay the player, someway or somehow.

I’m trying to figure out what damages the school actually has here in terms of breach of contract if the QB doesn’t actually take the money/gives back any payment he received.

They would have to go get a replacement QB in the portal, but if the new QB is taking less NIL/rev share then Washington isn’t in a worse position economically.

Maybe there is some sort of lost profits argument, but I think that’s hard to prove. I’d be curious if the contract has some sort of waiver of consequential damages as well.

I don’t see how they can enforce the “you can’t give your NIL rights to another school” clause if they don’t hold up their end of the bargain (ie pay him).

Not a litigator so there could be some angles I’m missing.

 

[rsmacke]

Assuming this reporting is accurate, I'm a big fan of this & give tons of props to the B1G for their involvement.

The question becomes, as an X account mentions; "If he follows the Xavier Lucas playbook, he simply will leave UW and enroll at another school without entering the portal."

Understanding, based on the reported B1G/School (template) contract, the player wouldn't be able to receive any NIL so a team would have to use a very large amount of their revenue sharing on one player. On the flip side, it's the SEC & they couldn't give 2 fucks less what the NCAA rules are. They will directly pay the player, someway or somehow.

Unenrolls from Washington, enrolls in LSU, LSU pays him thru an LLC, NCAA says damn they got us again

 

[Pepe Silvia]

I’m trying to figure out what damages the school actually has here in terms of breach of contract if the QB doesn’t actually take the money/gives back any payment he received.

They would have to go get a replacement QB in the portal, but if the new QB is taking less NIL/rev share then Washington isn’t in a worse position economically.

Maybe there is some sort of lost profits argument, but I think that’s hard to prove. I’d be curious if the contract has some sort of waiver of consequential damages as well.

I don’t see how they can enforce the “you can’t give your NIL rights to another school” clause if they don’t hold up their end of the bargain (ie pay him).

Not a litigator so there could be some angles I’m missing.

I think their argument would be if not for the interference of the other school, they would have had him playing in 2026. Having to play a lesser QB would be detrimental to the program.

I assume the context also includes language stating he can't okay anywhere else for the duration of the contract

 

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[herbsinator]

I think their argument would be if not for the interference of the other school, they would have had him playing in 2026. Having to play a lesser QB would be detrimental to the program.

I assume the context also includes language stating he can't okay anywhere else for the duration of the contract

Yeah, but they would have to figure out how to quantify that in terms of damages. Courts don’t like to award lost profits as a general matter and I think it would be hard to establish it in this case specifically.

The contract probably does have some language stopping him from playing, but they can’t really enforce that if they aren’t paying him (which obviously they aren’t going to do).

 

[Pepe Silvia]

Yeah, but they would have to figure out how to quantify that in terms of damages. Courts don’t like to award lost profits as a general matter and I think it would be hard to establish it in this case specifically.

The contract probably does have some language stopping him from playing, but they can’t really enforce that if they aren’t paying him (which obviously they aren’t going to do).

Damages would get messy. They would probably argue reduced ticket and merchandise sales

 

[Irv]

It’s like he didn’t enter the portal but was waived.

 

[Milo-of-Croton]

The tampering has to stop, that is a killer. It is a distraction that conceivably hurts teams. I am not smart enough to have a legal plan to stop it, maybe you can’t, but it sucks.

 

[greybeardedchild]

It’s like he didn’t enter the portal but was waived.

He's untouchable, would almost think he had kneeled for the anthem

 

[NCsker]

I think their argument would be if not for the interference of the other school, they would have had him playing in 2026. Having to play a lesser QB would be detrimental to the program.

I assume the context also includes language stating he can't okay anywhere else for the duration of the contract

You spelled Dylan Raiola wrong

 

[Red Dog]

So pumped a school that isn’t us is drawing a line in the sand

 

[Pepe Silvia]

So pumped a school that isn’t us is drawing a line in the sand

Up next, Dylan Raiola becomes the first player to sue a former school for the right to come back

 

[Ext. 55]

Up next, Dylan Raiola becomes the first player to sue a former school for the right to come back

I’m for it. We need scout team depth.

 

[PonyBoy]

 

[PonyBoy]

 

[Pepe Silvia]

I'm going to go out on a long and guess that any attorney who posts on Twitter is not the kind of attorney you want handling a multi-million dollar law suit