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UM Law Professor Jim Sallah Explains Latest Mensah Developments

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MedleyCane said:
We rarely, if ever, recruit against them in football, and they know it.
So this isn't a risk for them in this regard.
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You're not wrong... we don't typically go "head-to-head" with Duke in recruiting... but in today's era of college football with NIL / Portal, smaller schools (or the schools that aren't historically any good) are now in a better position to get looks from better players.

I get what you're saying, it may not be much of a risk in terms of Miami vs Duke, but I would hope that the Wake Forests, the NC States for example... the second tier schools use this case to keep Duke down.

Eff Duke and eff Manny.
 
klineski96 said:
You're not wrong... we don't typically go "head-to-head" with Duke in recruiting... but in today's era of college football with NIL / Portal, smaller schools (or the schools that aren't historically any good) are now in a better position to get looks from better players.

I get what you're saying, it may not be much of a risk in terms of Miami vs Duke, but I would hope that the Wake Forests, the NC States for example... the second tier schools use this case to keep Duke down.

Eff Duke and eff Manny.
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You may be right, but kids have short memories.
Look at the disgusting stuff that occurred at StatePenn and how their recruiting wasn't adversely affected after a year or two.
 
Manny showing the world of college football Duke means business.

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Unclear to me why a TRO was issued when monetary damages can make Duke whole.

I would expect Mensah to counter-sue and allege that the TRO was improper, arbitrary and capricious, and denied Mensah the ability to (i) earn NIL at Miami and (ii) get an education.

I am working on a case now where a bitcoin mining operation was shut down for 2 weeks via TRO, and the bitcoin guys sued the railroad that filed for the TRO and ended up getting $2M because they were allegedly wrongly shut down for 2 weeks.

That the judge granted the TRO doesn't make it correct or absolve Duke of liability, IMO.

If duke can be made whole by Miami or someone else reimbursing them $4M or some other number, there was no reason to file for the TRO. I think they exposed themselves.
 
TwentySix said:
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Mensah want to go to Miami.

Duke want Mensah to stay. Duke can’t make Mensah stay, Duke want to be pain in the *** because they can’t make Mensah stay.

Duke probably get money, Miami get Mensah. Duke laugh because Duke made kid’s life difficult. Miami laugh because Miami have better quarterback and lot of money👍
 
Jayden Hewitt said:
Mensah want to go to Miami.

Duke want Mensah to stay. Duke can’t make Mensah stay, Duke want to be pain in the *** because they can’t make Mensah stay.

Duke probably get money, Miami get Mensah. Duke laugh because Duke made kid’s life difficult. Miami laugh because Miami have better quarterback and lot of money👍
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klineski96 said:
Agreed, I said this in another thread but I hope other schools are noticing this.
I hope Miami (and others) are using this to negatively recruit against Duke.
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I mean they opened themselves up to it, same with Wisconsin when they did this last year.

And the irony given that Manny Diaz himself did the same thing when he was at Temple and came over to Miami as soon as Blake James came calling.
 
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HurricaneU said:
Duke just wants Miami to pay. Financially. And I think they are trying to send a message to future programs.

But it won’t stop big banks from eating little banks.

And the message to recruits is probably going to be toxic.
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Kids and agents need to stop locking into these multi year deals. One year deals with no BS language… talents like Mensah don’t need to be limiting themselves

Yeah I can see if your a mid tier transfer your kinda stuck in a tough spot and get what you can but for these top talents ZERO reason to lock yourself up
 
TexasCane90 said:
Kids and agents need to stop locking into these multi year deals. One year deals with no BS language… talents like Mensah don’t need to be limiting themselves

Yeah I can see if your a mid tier transfer your kinda stuck in a tough spot and get what you can but for these top talents ZERO reason to lock yourself up
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Agree. And I think there are some really foundational but basic realities of the new college athletics landscape. NCAA and Congress may change them in the future but for now, its what is real.

Portal is always open. Agents gonna agent year round. As they should for their clients.

You are really building your roster for that next year only.

Manage your talent budget in tranches. Its an investment portfolio. Some will pay out, some won't.

When it looks like it isn't going to pay out, from the program side, professionally and respectfully let the athlete go somewhere else. Protect your brand in the talent market. It matters. Programs have zero supply side power. This is Duke's f up.

The valuable ones, don't let it get to a serious conversation of transferring (see Pringle).

Duke can only blame themselves for trying to be cute and game the new market reality.

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So, what are we guessing on the settlement number?
Dealing with old friend Manny has proven costly through the years. Wrote a $4 million check to free him from Temple (Talk about money down the drain) & then eventually a buyout to make him go away.
And now gonna write a big check to his Duke program, plus a nice NIL deal for his QB.
 
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