Xavier Lucas wants to be in the portal but Luke Fickell pays to watch men ramrod his wife

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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.
regarding your last paragraph, how often would you say agents/lawyers are reviewing the agreements before the athletes signs them?
With Deloitte supposedly setting up a clearinghouse, any chance we will be able to get a standardized template contract form that is used?
That would shorten some of the review time as we move forward, yes?
 
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regarding your last paragraph, how often would you say agents/lawyers are reviewing the agreements before the athletes signs them?
With Deloitte supposedly setting up a clearinghouse, any chance we will be able to get a standardized template contract form that is used?
That would shorten some of the review time as we move forward, yes?


That's a very good question.

I would imagine that with the bigger "collective" deals, there is a greater chance of solid legal review, at least on ONE side (maybe not as much on the player side). For smaller "autograph signing" deals, little one-offs, I don't think there is much scrutiny at all. For a larger "Dr. Pepper" deal with a large publicly-traded corporation, I'm sure there is a whole legal team that has reviewed the deal on the corporate side.

If there will be a "Clearinghouse", then the smartest possible thing to do would be to create a special template. In it, you would include:

A. Standard language that should govern ALL of the NIL deals, such as the language above about "not compromising eligibility" and approved language on "needing to be geographically available to perform such services".
B. There should be a clear "fill-in-the-blanks" recitation of payments to be made and services to be performed.
C. Finally, there should be an "additional clauses" section, where you could insert anything unique or unusual to the contract, and THIS is the stuff that Deloitte would really need to scrutinize (actually, lawyers would need to do that, as Deloitte US is just an accounting firm, while in other countries Deloitte can provide legal services).
 
I’m sure this has already been said, but if you’re Wisconsin, do you not realize how terrible this looks?? Like, if I’m a recruit, no shot I’m going there at this point.
They don't care. They're at the entry of the acceptance phase realizing Fickell ain't it and will eventually be let go.
 
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That's a very good question.

I would imagine that with the bigger "collective" deals, there is a greater chance of solid legal review, at least on ONE side (maybe not as much on the player side). For smaller "autograph signing" deals, little one-offs, I don't think there is much scrutiny at all. For a larger "Dr. Pepper" deal with a large publicly-traded corporation, I'm sure there is a whole legal team that has reviewed the deal on the corporate side.

If there will be a "Clearinghouse", then the smartest possible thing to do would be to create a special template. In it, you would include:

A. Standard language that should govern ALL of the NIL deals, such as the language above about "not compromising eligibility" and approved language on "needing to be geographically available to perform such services".
B. There should be a clear "fill-in-the-blanks" recitation of payments to be made and services to be performed.
C. Finally, there should be an "additional clauses" section, where you could insert anything unique or unusual to the contract, and THIS is the stuff that Deloitte would really need to scrutinize (actually, lawyers would need to do that, as Deloitte US is just an accounting firm, while in other countries Deloitte can provide legal services).
Yes, I 100 percent agree there are lawyers who review it on the collective side.
Just not sure how often players are utilizing lawyers - are the agents typically equipped with ability to interpret contracts/give legal advice?

That’s exactly how we would handle creating a template. Then questions like this would be much easier to navigate, at least for the intitial get him into the portal. It still might take a minute to figure out who owes who, but the intended goal would be accomplished much more efficiently.

So I’m gonna guess that is exactly what is not going to happen, lol. Each collective will have their contract instrument and Deloitte will. have to sift through each document.
 
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