Wisconsin Badgers are idiots

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MGGopher said:
Not that it matters much because I’ll revel in Wisconsin’s misery regardless of circumstance, the buzz I’ve seen on Reddit is that this kid signed an NIL deal with Wisconsin in early-Dec but then got contacted by Miami and asked to enter the portal. Collective and staff were blindsided and trying to triage both the tampering and the kid reneging on his commitment, thus the delay in entering him.

It really is a new world out there.
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jovs said:
Sounds like they are going to push the contract side of things. If Wisconsin try's to enforce that type of thing they are going to scare lots of recruits away. I had an agreement with my first corporate job based on training, wanted out as soon as the contract was up
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gopherbadgerman said:
And got a pile of money up front is the rumor...
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To add a bit to the above, it seems that Lucas agreed to some type of an NIL deal in Madison and got some money up front. He went home for break (cuz no bowl practices at wisconsin :)) and his Mom, who never wanted him to leave Florida in the first place, got in his ear about other opportunities. I haven't seen any actual reporting that Miami contacted him or that their NIL group made an offer, but that seems to be universally accepted as true. He then asked to enter the portal and wisconsin is dragging its feet because they want the up front money paid back to the NIL collective. Once they enter him in the portal, they lose some leverage they have to get that.

There is no thought that they can make him stay at wisconsin or that he's going to have a change of heart and want to stay, only a dispute over what, if anything, can be done to recoup the NIL money. I have seen no reporting on what the NIL agreement actually says. Right now, it appears that each side is using what they have to their advantage in hopes of pressuring the other side to acquiesce. For Lucas, that's generating bad publicity for the badgers in hopes that they will cave and enter him into the portal. For wisconsin, that's letting time pass without entering him into the portal in hopes that Lucas sees rosters filling and classes starting at other schools and gives back the money.

It should be fun to see how it plays out.
 

2nd Degree Gopher said:
To add a bit to the above, it seems that Lucas agreed to some type of an NIL deal in Madison and got some money up front. He went home for break (cuz no bowl practices at wisconsin :)) and his Mom, who never wanted him to leave Florida in the first place, got in his ear about other opportunities. I haven't seen any actual reporting that Miami contacted him or that their NIL group made an offer, but that seems to be universally accepted as true. He then asked to enter the portal and wisconsin is dragging its feet because they want the up front money paid back to the NIL collective. Once they enter him in the portal, they lose some leverage they have to get that.

There is no thought that they can make him stay at wisconsin or that he's going to have a change of heart and want to stay, only a dispute over what, if anything, can be done to recoup the NIL money. I have seen no reporting on what the NIL agreement actually says. Right now, it appears that each side is using what they have to their advantage in hopes of pressuring the other side to acquiesce. For Lucas, that's generating bad publicity for the badgers in hopes that they will cave and enter him into the portal. For wisconsin, that's letting time pass without entering him into the portal in hopes that Lucas sees rosters filling and classes starting at other schools and gives back the money.

It should be fun to see how it plays out.
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Lucas should just say he's committed to Miami. That would turn up the heat on the badgers. It's not his fault they gave him money up front and there not as smart about payouts like DTA is. Ultimately there's nothing Wisconsin can do about it.
 

Strongazzoffer said:
Lucas should just say he's committed to Miami. That would turn up the heat on the badgers. It's not his fault they gave him money up front and there not as smart about payouts like DTA is. Ultimately there's nothing Wisconsin can do about it.
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Wisconsin should just say he's committed to Wisconsin and not enter him into the portal.

Its not his fault? TF is wrong with you?

It's entirely on him to live up to the deal he agreed to and took money from.
 


I wonder if the NIL contract has so sort of language about paying back the up front $$?
 



USAF said:
Wisconsin should just say he's committed to Wisconsin and not enter him into the portal.

Its not his fault? TF is wrong with you?

It's entirely on him to live up to the deal he agreed to and took money from.
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It's business, people change jobs all the time after getting a raise or a promotion etc. There was upfront money in his deal and then he received a financially better opportunity. At this point Wisconsin would be smart to let this kid go. No court system or arbitrator will side with them and they are opening themselves up to an additional civil suit. Whatever dollar amount the collective gave him will be significantly less than what they will end up paying.
 

Strongazzoffer said:
It's business, people change jobs all the time after getting a raise or a promotion etc. There was upfront money in his deal and then he received a financially better opportunity. At this point Wisconsin would be smart to let this kid go. No court system or arbitrator will side with them and they are opening themselves up to an additional civil suit. Whatever dollar amount the collective gave him will be significantly less than what they will end up paying.
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LOL.

Just pull **** out of your ***.
 




USAF said:
LOL.

Just pull **** out of your ***.
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Yeah this would entirely depend on the contract language, but do they want to take that to court and the risk of civil litigation for not releasing him from the school will get really hairy in todays age
 

USAF said:
LOL.

Just pull **** out of your ***.
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Labor law 101. Also if money was taken, it wasn't taken from the university it would have been taken from a collective that's technically not associated with the university, which also doesn't give them the right to do this.
 

Strongazzoffer said:
Lucas should just say he's committed to Miami. That would turn up the heat on the badgers. It's not his fault they gave him money up front and there not as smart about payouts like DTA is. Ultimately there's nothing Wisconsin can do about it.
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He can't commit to any school, because he's no in the portal.
 




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