How common is this going to become?

[boilerzz]

Parts of the sport I love are hardly recognizable any more.

 

[Rod Dangerfield]

Is anything good, anything at all, coming out of the ACC these days?

 

[Kevin Bryan]

Is anything good, anything at all, coming out of the ACC these days?

Certainly not basketball.

 

[lurkeraspect84]

Certainly not basketball.

 

[kyjeff1]

Well, if you promise to pay up to get a commitment and the kid chooses you over other schools that were also offering money, you should get sued.
That’s just bad business.
Those players certainly signed something saying they were going to get paid a certain amount of money.
If I were FSU, I would find a way to make these kids happy, or you can kiss future talents goodbye.

 

[GE Nole]

Well, if you promise to pay up to get a commitment and the kid chooses you over other schools that were also offering money, you should get sued.
That’s just bad business.
Those players certainly signed something saying they were going to get paid a certain amount of money.
If I were FSU, I would find a way to make these kids happy, or you can kiss future talents goodbye.

Funny enough, they actually didn’t have a written agreement. At least not for the amount they are now claiming.

That said, there was def a sketchy NIL collective that’s now essentially defunct that seems to have pulled some dick moves.

Obviously Ham isn’t the one responsible for cutting the checks. But in rule 101 in law suits is name as many people with deep pockets as you can.

 

[coryfly]

Without anything written I would imagine it would be difficult to win, though FSU probably settles for some smaller amount just to avoid the press.

I'm all for NIL for the most part, but it went from one extreme to the other overnight so things like this were bound to happen.

 

[Courtsensetwo]

These agreements need to be standardized. Signing documents changes the dynamic.

A recent recruit in the BIG was promised some $$ that wasn’t going to materialize and he decommited last minute. Had an agreement been in place he could have sued.

 

[kyjeff1]

Funny enough, they actually didn’t have a written agreement. At least not for the amount they are now claiming.

That said, there was def a sketchy NIL collective that’s now essentially defunct that seems to have pulled some dick moves.

Obviously Ham isn’t the one responsible for cutting the checks. But in rule 101 in law suits is name as many people with deep pockets as you can.

Yeah, from everything I know about Ham, he wouldn't do something like this.
Whoever decided to pull the funding, needs to be the one that gets hammered here, but that guy is just sitting in the background, Hamilton and FSU are the ones taking the heat.

 

[kyjeff1]

Without anything written I would imagine it would be difficult to win, though FSU probably settles for some smaller amount just to avoid the press.

I'm all for NIL for the most part, but it went from one extreme to the other overnight so things like this were bound to happen.

The lawsuit might not stick without a contract, but the damage done by the process would really hurt.
I wonder if there are any text messages with proposed dollar amounts, that would be enough in a court case I would think.

 

[GE Nole]

The lawsuit might not stick without a contract, but the damage done by the process would really hurt.
I wonder if there are any text messages with proposed dollar amounts, that would be enough in a court case I would think.

I can’t imagine this not settling. That’s the point of 90% of lawsuits, just reach a settlement.

And FSU can’t handle any more extensive litigation right now anyway, with the whole “sue the ACC” still ongoing.

 

[954gator]

So it's the coach that's promising these kids money?