Some NIL Dirty Business

[OMW]

if it happens in football...

https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/other/he-was-the-13-million-qb-recruit-now-he-s-suing-the-boosters-who-never-paid-up/ar-BB1mMSgN?ocid=msedgntp&pc=HCTS&cvid=f6213cfa3f964d41acbaa33f3e6f13af&ei=6

 

He Was the $13 Million QB Recruit. Now He’s Suing the Boosters Who Never Paid Up. (msn.com)

Edited May 21 by OMW

[Wrestleknownothing]

Sounds like a bunch of verbal promises with no contract. Seems like Rashada is getting educated after all. Hard to believe he had an agent and still wound up in this mess.

[Elevator]

4 hours ago, Wrestleknownothing said:

Sounds like a bunch of verbal promises with no contract. Seems like Rashada is getting educated after all. Hard to believe he had an agent and still wound up in this mess.

This assumes a verbal promise is not an enforceable contract.   Why not?

[Wrestleknownothing]

1 minute ago, Elevator said:

This assumes a verbal promise is not an enforceable contract.   Why not?

Its the difference between book law and legal reality. How will you prove it?

[jdalu75]

Funny how the article didn't mention how his grades were.

Forgot, that doesn't matter.  Honestly, why do we even bother to pretend that these are student-athletes?

[boconnell]

3 hours ago, jdalu75 said:

Funny how the article didn't mention how his grades were.

Forgot, that doesn't matter.  Honestly, why do we even bother to pretend that these are student-athletes?

I'm sure they won't mind if you stop pretending.

[Husker_Du]

kid seems like a cancer to me but that might be off topic.

i suppose the point is: "What's enforceable/legally binding?"

i don't believe there was ever a contract signed. 

[Bulldog]

A bunch of unregulated, ultra-rich bros promising 17-year-olds 10 million plus dollars to sportball... What could possibly go wrong?

[AgaveMaria]

12 hours ago, Elevator said:

This assumes a verbal promise is not an enforceable contract.   Why not?

A verbal contract isn't worth the paper it is printed on.

Circumstances vary but one had a tough time trying to enforce verbal agreements and promises.

Edited May 22 by AgaveMaria

[Gus]

7 hours ago, Husker_Du said:

kid seems like a cancer to me but that might be off topic.

i suppose the point is: "What's enforceable/legally binding?"

i don't believe there was ever a contract signed. 

Agreed. He had no written contracts and was given a $1 MILLION signing bonus when he signed with the Gators and now he is complaining.

[ionel]

1 hour ago, AgaveMaria said:

A verbal contract isn't worth the paper it is printed on.

... but what if its on Tik Tok? 

[Idaho]

1 hour ago, ionel said:

... but what if its on Tik Tok? 

If it's accompanied with a pepper eating challenge, it's probably legit. 

[lightweight]

9 hours ago, AgaveMaria said:

A verbal contract isn't worth the paper it is printed on.

Circumstances vary but one had a tough time trying to enforce verbal agreements and promises.

Tiger Woods's girlfriend thought she could continue to live in his house after they broke up because she had an "oral tenancy".

I'll let others insert the obvious misspelling.

  

[1032004]

On 5/21/2024 at 3:48 PM, Wrestleknownothing said:

Sounds like a bunch of verbal promises with no contract. Seems like Rashada is getting educated after all. Hard to believe he had an agent and still wound up in this mess.

Probably.  Although the article says student-athletes “can’t directly be paid to play.”   Didn’t you say that is not technically the case based on an Athletic article?

[Wrestleknownothing]

3 minutes ago, 1032004 said:

Probably.  Although the article says student-athletes “can’t directly be paid to play.”   Didn’t you say that is not technically the case based on an Athletic article?

Correct. While that is what the rule says, a federal judge in Tennessee issued a temporary restraining order barring the NCAA from enforcing that element of the rule.