[Agreement Reached] Miami Emerges As Favorite For Duke Transfer QB Darian Mensah/Plus hidden menu items at Publix, Greatest Wrestlers debate

[DoctorKrazey]

I don't know but I just don't see how a judge can stop Mensah from enrolling and playing cause that screams to me that they're treating him like an employee?

….which none of these schools want to do because they don’t wanna take on all the responsibilities that go along with making them employees(long-term disability, workman’s comp, etc.) Which is why I just don’t see this getting solved for a very long time because they don’t want to take on that burden. It’s going to take a come to Jesus moment for that to change.

 

[RVACane]

Man if you think the tobacco road mafia got off ******** us with the refs...they are about to take it to a whole new level.

I will say it again - I have no doubt that if the CFP committee told the ACC that only one ACC team could get in to the playoff an the ACC can choose it / that the Tobacco Road asswipes 100% would have put forward a 5 loss Duke team as their entry. Get us out of here and in to the B12 please.

 

[Alex Del Piero]

 

[Don't Know Why I Joined]

Without having read the order denying the TRO, my guess is this is not a slam dunk for Duke as some are claiming. An element of a TRO is that a court has to find a likelihood of success on the merits. If the court didn’t find that then it doesn’t bode well for Duke . . . Also, if the contract is pay to play then it’s illegal and unenforceable but again haven’t read the complaint, the order, or supporting case law.

 

[ristwasdown]

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Duke fans are so confident lol

They will "win".

But mensah isn't playing there. They going to get a bit of money that Miami already forecasted.

The only risk is a rogue judge that either forces specific performance (which never happens) or delays this forever with an injunction vs enrollment. If either happens, it'll go through a process.

The most realistic worse case at this point is mensah enrolls in summer. Or somehow mensah changes his mind -- which has been reported as highly unlikely and would kill team culture at Duke.

 

[Caniac16]

Even the lawyers are fighting.

I find Mars to be an inconsistent *** hole who just chases the money. At least Heitner is consistently pro-player.

 

[Notsince1985]

If Duke goes forward with the lawsuit/case AND gets another QB in the portal, one would think they'd lose support they have in the court of public opinion.

 

[Torocane]

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Duke fans are so confident lol

If remember correctly.....literally the **** Wisconsin fans were saying last year.
Down to their superstar legal team blah blah

 

[pacusmc]

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Duke fans are so confident lol

They are literally just adding sht to the contract.
If he sits or fakes injury then he has to pay legal bills and also not get paid.
Someone check the tap water for lead.
Wow.

 

[Gi0logy]

Let's ride.

 

[Brains]

@Manfred_Cane if the NC judge issues a TRO, if Mensah goes ahead and enrolls anyway, wouldn’t Duke be forced to then try to get a miami court to enforce it?

I believe so.

 

[Torocane]

I will say it again - I have no doubt that if the CFP committee told the ACC that only one ACC team could get in to the playoff an the ACC can choose it / that the Tobacco Road asswipes 100% would have put forward a 5 loss Duke team as their entry. Get us out of here and in to the B12 please.

Absolutely!!!!

 

[Notsince1985]

So who is right? The Duke AD who says a TRO was issued yesterday or Heitner who says it was denied?

I'm so confused.

 

[Ghandi]

Odds are he plays for Miami next year, but this is in no way a done deal. Sophisticated parties represented by counsel (bad lawyers for Mensah) negotiated and executed an agreement. Mensah breached the agreement.

Normally, courts do not enforce these kinds of injunctions when monetary damages are easily calculable and appropriate. Probably that's the end result. But sometimes judges enforce the letters of agreements, especially when both sides are sophisticated and supposedly have lawyers representing them (as opposed to a consumer signing a form agreement with a big institution).

Duke could easily drag this out so it's not resolved for months.

So what’s keeping this from being a done deal?

 

[El Orange]

These are state court decisions correct? If the state of North Carolina says he can't play anywhere other than Duke, why does that have any impact on what team he can play for in the 49 other states?

 

[Brains]

I honestly don't know why these reporters keep saying "enter his name into the portal."

duke is going to confirm he is no longer enrolled at the school. That's it.

The Lucas case already demonstrated that the "transfer portal" is not a legal entity.

 

[Ghandi]

Lucas's agreement was different from this one. This one is pretty tight imo. I read the complaint and contract last night.

What parts of the agreement make this “tight”?

 

[Manfred_Cane]

Thanks Stew

 

[MiamiCanesFan77]

Can UM use any of that $20 million they are getting from the CFP run to help pay a buyout or settlement?

 

[Gi0logy]

I honestly don't know why these reporters keep saying "enter his name into the portal."

duke is going to confirm he is no longer enrolled at the school. That's it.

The Lucas case already demonstrated that the "transfer portal" is not a legal entity.

So them entering his name has no bearing on his ability to enroll?