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Because so many top teams now rely on the portal for big numbers each year, a helpful mathematical certainty (for next tier teams) occurs: there will be fewer spots on the top teams for top HS players than there once were. The five stars and highest rated four stars will all still find a place...

“Irreparable harm” isn’t language in the NIL contract. Irreparable harm refers to a court rule: one of the items a litigant (such as Duke) must show in order to get a court to issue an injunction (in this case, preventing Mensah from transferring to Miami). The issue of irreparable harm never...

Exactly. Final ranking dropped because he shut down suitors. But he is still the same player that he was as a four star.

There is sometimes anguish on this board over the ratings of players the Gophers recruit and sign. The ratings most of us look to are 247, which offers--at least for me--the simplest access. But 247's simplicity of access does not confer canonical status to its rankings. There are at least three...

At present, it seems that only federal legislation can control this 50-state, totally unregulated beast that feeds on literally tens of billions of dollars in revenue a year. But I doubt there is much appetite for a fix in Congress, because the country's got a lot more important things to...

Correct about a TRO, which is temporary, essentially, emergency relief. All a TRO does is stop the supposed bad guys from taking further action in derogation of the petitioner’s (Duke’s) alleged rights until there can be a hearing on a preliminary injunction, with full briefing and argument. So...

I think your last sentence has a decent likelihood.

Portal is closed. Players can still sign, of course, but I suspect the number of open spots on teams is now very small or nil. When the 2026 HS signing classes and portal transfers are aggregated, it is very common now to see combined signings in the 35-50 range, meaning many teams are now...

The only transferring-out Gophers who haven't found a home yet are (1) Kicker David Kemp, (2) WR Christian Driver and (3) RB Johann Cardenas. Cardenas signed with the Gophers as a transfer, but left school before the season began. Wasn't on the Gophers roster in 2025; didn't play anywhere...

Miami is one of the few teams with the resources and inclination to jump into such a tortuous and expensive contest. To retain its relevance, it needs a top-flight QB next year, as it doesn’t have one on its roster. And there aren’t many (any?) uncommitted top-flight QB options laying around...

Yes, the court did say the kid can’t play at any school (except Duke) for now, pending a decision on a permanent injunction. I made it specific to Miami (for non-lawyers) simply because that’s the only other realistic alternative at this time. But as you no doubt know, in order to get a TRO...

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Update: Court in NC has ruled that Mensah can enter transfer portal but cannot play for Miami. Mensah's NIL contract was apparently picked up directly by Duke after the House settlement. Court won't force Mensah to play for Duke, but has forbidden him to play for Miami. This poor kid probably...

I think that estimate probably includes millions that will be paid to Duke and/or a Duke booster holding Mensah's NIL rights to settle claims they might have for breach of contract, tortious interference with contract, etc. Mensah isn't going to be getting it all.

Answer: first distinguish between personal labor and monetary enticements. 1. The 13th Amendment to the Constitution forbids enforced peonage. No court will force a person to work or labor when the person doesn't want to. Period ... with the exception of forced labor in prisons, and folks in...

Collective bargaining agreement in pro sports, none in college sports. It makes a world of difference.

Drake was a RS Freshman QB on a team that had the least rushing yards per game of any team in the B1G; a team that had a mixed-quality OL; a team whose top WRs had real trouble finding separation. Yet the team won 8 games, should have won 9 but for a DC debacle and unreliable K (NWern), and...

He'll be in his home state. That means a lot to some kids.

Some of his best players, even this year, are the "core" guys he brought over form JMU. No prima donnas. Played with a chip on their shoulders. Cig is going to get another good (great?) transfer QB this year, but I think he is going to lose that JMU base--which I believe was a unicorn assemblage...

Five minute showers ... that's a rule.