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re: The agreement Demond Williams signed with Washington included a provision. Uh oh, LSU.
Posted on 1/7/26 at 4:03 pm to jangalang
Posted on 1/7/26 at 4:03 pm to jangalang
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A 4 million dollar contract being unenforceable is absurd. Cant wait until you're wrong.
Again, one more time for those in the back, the question is not limited to enforceability. The question is one of REMEDY. Not even addressing the errors in the language and potential loopholes...
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Posted on 1/7/26 at 4:05 pm to kywildcatfanone
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Did he sign a contract?
Why, yes he did. Either his lawyer or agent is a dipshit for allowing him to sign it with the verbiage.
Posted on 1/7/26 at 4:06 pm to LSUminati
Remedy: Pay back that money and court costs and we will enter you into the portal. Until then have fun washing dirty laundry with the football manager.
Posted on 1/7/26 at 4:08 pm to CelticTiger
quote:Correct.
Realize the 13th Amendment also prohibits involuntary servitude. Accordingly, there is essentially a per se rule against specific enforcement of a personal services contract. You cannot MAKE someone work for you, even if they agreed to do so at one point. A number of remedies may be available for such breach, but most are monetary.
Posted on 1/7/26 at 4:08 pm to jangalang
He would just quit then before washing jockstraps.
Posted on 1/7/26 at 4:13 pm to jangalang
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Remedy: Pay back that money and court costs
So we agree! Well maybe not about the court costs - financial damages are likely (assuming no loophole is utilized)
But I will help you out a bit since you and everyone's primary concern is actually preventing LSU getting a badass QB, using feigned outrage as your vessel . . . the best avenue for that is potential tampering allegations if the NCAA wants to enforce. That could help you all realize your goal
You know what they say about stones and glass houses though
Posted on 1/7/26 at 4:16 pm to jangalang
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Until then have fun washing dirty laundry with the football manager.
What a simpleton. You really think that’s how that would go?
Posted on 1/7/26 at 4:17 pm to LSUminati
All I care about are financial damages appropriately rendered to the offending party so that then every fricking conference can adopt the model so that NIL investments and college football are better protected.
Posted on 1/7/26 at 4:18 pm to Havoc
quote:In an ideal world LSU would still have Brian Kelly as well
What a simpleton. You really think that’s how that would go?
Posted on 1/7/26 at 4:20 pm to ipodking
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So Washington is going to force a player to play for them when he wants to leave.
Doesn't have to play, he just can't leave.
Posted on 1/7/26 at 4:26 pm to WildcatMike
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It may, but I can see this drawing out for months to get settled. May not go smoothly as expected for LSU.
Familiarize yourself with this:
Wisconsin refused to put his name in portal, he just unenrolled and enrolled in a new school
A school cannot prevent a player from transferring. It's against NCAA rules.
They can come after him monetarily, they cant do anything to prevent him from transferring schools.
This post was edited on 1/7/26 at 4:28 pm
Posted on 1/7/26 at 4:34 pm to WildcatMike
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am sure this will be tied up in the judicial system. We will see where this goes.
They can’t stop him from playing
Posted on 1/7/26 at 4:37 pm to That LSU Guy
After all the talk about a Big 10 "template" I went looking and found this:
Inside a Big Ten Athlete Revenue Sharing Agreement
Key points:
1. The athlete is signing over his NIL rights to the university in exchange for compensation
2. Surrenders any legal claim to employee status
3. School will be reimbursed for some revenue already paid if the athlete transfers or even enters to portal
4. Allows the school to adjust the payment to the athlete up or down based on his performance (WOW!!)
5. No mention of "liquidated damages" in the template.
The article is a year old and is just one reporter's reading of one agreement, so take it FWIW, but found it interesting.
Inside a Big Ten Athlete Revenue Sharing Agreement
Key points:
1. The athlete is signing over his NIL rights to the university in exchange for compensation
2. Surrenders any legal claim to employee status
3. School will be reimbursed for some revenue already paid if the athlete transfers or even enters to portal
4. Allows the school to adjust the payment to the athlete up or down based on his performance (WOW!!)
5. No mention of "liquidated damages" in the template.
The article is a year old and is just one reporter's reading of one agreement, so take it FWIW, but found it interesting.
Posted on 1/7/26 at 4:56 pm to WildcatMike
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Guess his agents didn’t read the fine print. This will get tied up in court.
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The agreement Demond Williams signed with Washington included a provision. Uh oh, LSU.
WildcatMike,
I hope you never give anyone legal advice. You are absolutely clueless.
So the question remains, is he an employee? If so, there is no court matter whatsoever. None. Zero.
Want to know why? Washington is an at-will employment state. This means that both employers and employees can terminate the employment relationship at any time, for any reason, or for no reason at all, as long as the termination does not violate any laws. Walking out on a contract is not a VIOLATION of any LAW. No matter what the fine print says, At Will Employment allows one to quit, take another job etc for any reason. Trying to make someone work for you does break a law covered by 13th Amendment.
Now, if you don't consider he is an employee (pandora's box) but simply more like a paid contractor with a contract then there could be "actual monetary" penalties which must be substantiated or there could be a non-compete clause which is the most common. I doubt that Washington could prohibit an athlete from playing a sport in a conference that is not related to the one he is leaving. In other words, they can't stop him from playing football. To attempt to do so even thru the conference or the NCAA would be firmly illegal.
If you care to discuss more please do. My experience with employment contracts, licensing agreements, At Will Employment, remediation and all associated areas is deep.
penalties
Posted on 1/7/26 at 5:07 pm to NFLSU
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Since he’s an employee, right?
When did being an employee become a requirement to sign a contract?
Posted on 1/7/26 at 5:12 pm to BevoBucks
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Pushing this will end up worse for Washington than LSU.
Good luck explaining this to a 50+ year old who says “lulz” in the year of our lord 2026
This post was edited on 1/7/26 at 5:13 pm
Posted on 1/7/26 at 5:14 pm to BevoBucks
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Pushing this will end up worse for Washington than LSU.
Didn't for Wisconsin
Posted on 1/7/26 at 5:24 pm to ipodking
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So Washington is going to force a player to play for them when he wants to leave.
Happens every single fricking day in the NFL, MLB, NBA and so on. It’s called a contract. All that poor sob amateur shite went out the window when they cashed in.
Posted on 1/7/26 at 5:38 pm to thunderbird1100
I collectively hope for the sake of college football all Washington goes after this kid monetarily and sue the hell out of him.
Posted on 1/7/26 at 5:39 pm to WildcatMike
Why do we let dumb people post dumb things.
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