Dabo waffles on accusations

One thing I haven’t seen in media accounts of Dabo’s press conference is the following direct quote beginning at 21:45 of his statement:
“Maybe I’m wrong. Maybe this isn’t tampering. I don’t know. … So if it’s not, my apologies.”

Attorneys often advise clients to insert language like that into accusatory statements. The difference between a positive assertion of fact and a mere expression of opinion, can often be the difference in a suit for defamation. Clever move by Dabo to slip it in, knowing that the media will run with the sweeping accusations instead of his plausible deniability ploy.

Another thing the media hasn’t picked up on: About 20 times Dabo said Ferrilli was “signed,” but he artfully avoided saying exactly what was signed. Notably, he did NOT claim that any NIL and/or rev sharing contract was ever signed. And he did NOT claim that the player ever signed a formal request to withdraw from the portal. Those are the important documents if you’re going to claim tampering, and Dabo never even claimed they were signed. If they existed, he could have easily shown the receipts, which he didn’t.