Xavier Lucas in the portal

[Cane44]

Is there a miami spring registration date they are trying to delay til, to ***** the kid from playing spring ball??

 

[Allabouttheu95]

Does he not have an agent?

 

[TheOriginalCane]

A little over an hour til midnight there. They’re 2 hours ahead of Cali time.

Assuming Xavier Lucas is telling the truth when he says he gave the paperwork to Wisconsin, he HAS met the deadline. Names pop up in the Portal AFTER the deadline all the time, due to schools processing said paperwork "longer than they needed to".

 

[TheOriginalCane]

There's something else at play here. Doesn't pass the sniff test. Lucas is a talent, but we're not talking about Travis Hunter here. Someone with some power over that program is taking this personally.

Yes. And his name rhymes with Duke ****ell.

 

[TheOriginalCane]

We have noles and gators on here who are undercover. Even Notre Dame fans.

Absolute truth.

They also have undercover posters on their boards. Such as myself.

 

[TheOriginalCane]

When can we expect all this to get cleaned up?

By the Ides of Never.

 

[TheOriginalCane]

Do one doting the I

Which eye?

 

[TheOriginalCane]

Is there a miami spring registration date they are trying to delay til, to ***** the kid from playing spring ball??

January 22

 

[Cane44]

Or is there a chance he filled out the paper work wrong and they are using that to hold it and will just deny it at the last sec and blame him for improper paperwork?!?!

 

[dycane]

Let's clarify on this point.

There is a legal contractual remedy called "specific performance" which allows the court to order someone to fulfill the contract as stated. This is not very common, is mostly used in disputes involving the sale of goods (as opposed to the performance of services) and will NOT be used (and has never been used) in an NIL context.

Not gonna happen.

On the other hand, "monetary damages" are a much more reasonable and likely remedy here. And, again, I would ask people to hold their opinions until they have read the contract. Because if the contract DOES NOT require repayment with specific language, then Xavier Lucas DOES NOT need to repay any money. No matter how many cheeseheads howl about the fundamental unfairness of the world.

I'll just say, of the handful of NIL agreements I've seen, there have been no "repayment schedules". And I'm not sure many recruits would sign many NILs that DID contain such language.

Could still have unjust enrichment claim. Can't just walk away with a windfall. But those contracts are usually so poorly drafted and filled with ambiguity (on purpose) that they leave room to find the necessary consideration. Also could have a fraud claim, if Lucas had no intent to perform.

 

[Canes Legacy]

Maybe Lucas insulted one of their grass fed cows (women) that works in administration and this is their payback.

 

[TheOriginalCane]

Or is there a chance he filled out the paper work wrong and they are using that to hold it and will just deny it at the last sec and blame him for improper paperwork?!?!

When they've had 8 days to ask him to correct the paperwork?

I guess they could try to make that argument in a courtroom, or to the NCAA...

 

[Peachycarnahan]

here is a specimen NIL contract (University of Buffalo) for aspiring legal beagles --> sample nil contract It is for the University of Buffalo, but I think we can assume that Lucas' contract is mostly the same. I found the following clause, which if the same in Lucas' contract would be pertinent here:

 

[Cane44]

When they've had 8 days to ask him to correct the paperwork?

I guess they could try to make that argument in a courtroom, or to the NCAA...

Are they obligated to inform him? If he has ghosted them, they could claim they made attempts to notify him with no response. In the end this may cause lawyers to submit papers on behalf of athletes.

 

[TheOriginalCane]

Could still have unjust enrichment claim. Can't just walk away with a windfall. But those contracts are usually so poorly drafted and filled with ambiguity (on purpose) that they leave room to find the necessary consideration. Also could have a fraud claim, if Lucas had no intent to perform.

Unjust enrichment is usually a claim rooted in equity or public policy, when all other contractual remedy avenues have failed.

I highly doubt that such an argument would ever fly in a court of law hearing an NIL claim.

Based on the NIL agreements I have seen, the "services to be performed" are shockingly minimal. To my eyes (and I started my first summer job when I was 12, working for family friends in restaurant furniture manufacturing), **** near ALL of these NIL deals are "unjust enrichment". Only...not in the way that Wisconsin would try to argue it.

 

[TheOriginalCane]

Are they obligated to inform him? If he has ghosted them, they could claim they made attempts to notify him with no response. In the end this may cause lawyers to submit papers on behalf of athletes.

Wellllll...

They have his e-mail address. They can leave a voicemail. They could send a registered letter.

There are sooooo many valid ways in which Wisconsin could establish "we tried to notify him" that go beyond calling his cell phone a couple of times and hanging up after 10 rings.

 

[Cane44]

Wellllll...

They have his e-mail address. They can leave a voicemail. They could send a registered letter.

There are sooooo many valid ways in which Wisconsin could establish "we tried to notify him" that go beyond calling his cell phone a couple of times and hanging up after 10 rings.

I got you. Im just thinking of every lil pathetic angle they could be trying to point this.

 

[TheOriginalCane]

I got you. Im just thinking of every lil pathetic angle they could be trying to point this.

I realize that, I ain't mad at ya. I figured I would put it into writing so that our Wisconsin readers could see it too...

Our tiny "never shows up to home games" fanbase is not solely responsible for the massive page-view numbers on CIS...

 

[Hoyacane1620]

Wellllll...

They have his e-mail address. They can leave a voicemail. They could send a registered letter.

There are sooooo many valid ways in which Wisconsin could establish "we tried to notify him" that go beyond calling his cell phone a couple of times and hanging up after 10 rings.

there is a report they emailed his mother and got no response.

 

[TheOriginalCane]

there is a report they emailed his mother and got no response.

Wisconsin can report that they e-mailed his girlfriend's cousin's sister's friend for all I care.

Xavier Lucas's mother is not Xavier Lucas.

The idiot cheeseheads can take all their "we are blameless, we tried everything" excuses and ram them up their massive asses. Individual asses and/or collective ***.