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Interesting! Thank you. For those who care about this detail, I have been talking about the court/legal requirement that for a party to get a TRO it must show the court that it will suffer irreparable harm unless a contract breach were enjoined. Pompous rightly points out that Mensah, in his NIL...

After federal and Oregon taxes, more like $1.30 to 1.35 M to invest?

Might have lost those guys primarily over playing time or role on team? I think PJ was talking about straight up financial l over-bidding that couldn’t be close to matched.

Yes, a lot of good players are staying in college an extra year (at the top-paying schools) for the $$$. This is another factor clogging up the rosters of top-15 schools and pushing more 4* and higher rated 3* HS recruits to places like Minnesota. We get to see more talent. Maybe we lose some of...

Maybe one super-predator team might poach one player a year from a team that is funded at the Gophers' level (about $18M, mostly in House settlement B1G revenue sharing). The math just isn't there for wholesale poaching. The 15 or so super-predator teams have roster limits. And they already have...

Because of PJ's style, the Gophers play a lot of one score games each year. We win a few in ways that seem miraculous, and we lose a few in ways that seem to defy the natural order of the Universe. We will beat Akron and Eastern Illinois. I think we will beat Wisconsin, even though it will be...

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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...

https://www.si.com/college/minnesota/gophers-football/ranking-the-difficulty-of-minnesota-s-12-regular-season-games-in-2026?utm_source=gol

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...