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Syracuse going reverse uno. This season they typically shot 55%+ inside and 32% outside. Tonight its 56% outside and 33% inside.

I gave a leg for your astute observation, but I want to take away 100 for it being fact!

Syracuse hitting every 3 pointer they are throwing up.

I agree. In fact I'd go so far as to say that - of the two teams in the championship game - Miami is the one whose blue print is most relevant to us.

Miami:

1. Dumped a bunch of money into the program after being brokeass for 1.5 decades
2. Hired a program builder
3. Tapped into new donors
4. Paid to get fantastic players

That's a model VT can follow.

Funny enough, UVA is attempting the Indiana model for the second year in a row. But Tony Elliott ain't Curt Cignetti

This is going to be a two hour stomach ache isn't it?

Glad I was wrong!

Go HOKIES!

The denial of the TRO into the portal makes sense. The judge did put in a TRO on the NIL rights and ability to enroll in another school. In essence, this results in him being able to enter the portal but not able to sign with another NIL deal or attend another University. This is a huge win for Duke early.

If they granted the TRO on entry into the portal, then the whole case would have been moot as he wouldn't be able to transfer due to the portal window closing. And the entry of the portal does not adversely affect Duke with the TRO granted on the NIL rights.

This will be an interesting case as it will primarily be based on contract rights. Generally, you always have freedom to break a contract as long as you justly compensate the other party for breaking the contract. Furthermore, you cannot force a person to perform against their will (because there are laws against slavery). There are a couple of interesting issues here:

1) Would buying back his NIL rights (which Duke purchased at $4M) be enough to be considered just or can Duke argue that the harm of him leaving can result in greater amount of damages (e.g., due to loss of speculative ticket sales, media compensation, etc.).

2) With the portal now closed and no other QB valued at Mensah's value (and notably, each individual is considered to be unique with unique attributes and abilities) can Duke establish that there truly is irreparable harm here as no remedy can truly replace Mensah.

3) How does all the violations of the contract (which amount to tampering) get sorted out? Will the court provide some guidance on remedies for specific tampering violations that may provide some guidance.

4) There is also an issue on the one-sided enforcement clause. Duke has the ability to sue Mensah (which clearly they have here) but Mensah only had the ability to seek arbitration.

I'm definitely interested to see how this plays out. My hope is that this will make schools more cautious about how they "tamper." But notably, it's not like Miami is on trial here.

Looks like he's following his brother's move to LSU...

Need a good game from Gurdak/Dorn. Hansberry needs to stay out of foul trouble. Let Lawal do his pogo stick thing with some back door alley oops. Bedford, Schutt, and Hammond have solid games. And dang it Neo... no lazy passes!

Stop.

Which boat are yall on? Which ports? How old are kids?

This is getting out of hand