no more excuses next season. we better be winning this conference and getting to the playoffs
Bad look for Wisconsin trying to hold a kid against his will.
Yeah ESPN has an article out where Wisconsin and the Big Ten are accusing us of tampering. They “claim” they have credible evidence to the fact. I really hope Mario/Staff have not screwed up this programming for any potential tampering violations. I have no idea IF this is true and IF it is what sort of penalty we would face.
It now creates a slippery slope in college sports if a student athlete can bypass the portal this way. Man…
This is an interesting side story…
“NCAA rules do not prevent a student-athlete from unenrolling from an institution, enrolling at a new institution and competing immediately,”
So the transfer portal is smoke and mirrors… Hahahaha.
This is going to open up quite a Pandora’s Box. I am seeing the lawyers getting paid trying to figure this out, and possibly this ending up in Congress… again. Oh, and more realization that the NCAA is toothless and unnecessary.
Honestly, does anyone see any potential legal issues, fines, probation, etc…IF we did do any tampering in this situation?
My guess, and it’s just that…A guess…Is no. The whole nation is tampering. The portal is the wild Wild West.
Let’s hope whatever “evidence” they say they have doesn’t damage us.
Regardless, the NCAA is now left with ANOTHER loophole to close. If Lucas is really successful in this then what’s stopping any student athlete to just up and leave and not have to enter the portal? The NCAA has created a mess all in the name of money
I am going from memory but didn’t Lucas say that he requested his name be put in the portal and the school refused? Actually, this is sort of news to me. I always thought the student put their name in the portal (school be damned).
Hard to imagine it took this long for a school to say “no” if they have the power to do so.
That is the thing about POWER. Those that have had it their way for a very long time …dislike when it is taken away. A few years back they would have kicked him off the team, then string him along for a few months before giving him a release. Of course he would then have to sit out a year at any power 5 program before being able to play
Thank the old gods that Ed O’ Bannon formally and legally got the ball rolling taking on the NCAA.
You can abandon any academic scholarship at any school and enroll at another which will accept you provided that you have the grades and funding…but for college football you are a serf ?!
I heard an interview with his attorney today.
Apparently, Wisconsin violated an NCAA bylaw by refusing to put Lucas in the transfer porthole.
The attorney contacted the NCAA prior to launching a lawsuit against Wisconsin along restraint of trade grounds hoping to find a workaround solution. My understanding is that the NCAA suggested Lucas simply withdraw from Wisconsin and enroll at Miami. According to Lucas’ attorney, the NCAA does not feel Wisconsin had the right to prevent Lucas from entering the porthole and feels Wisconsin is in the wrong. He was actually shocked that Wisconsin and the Big 10 took the positions they did and considers their stance to be irrational. He also stated that “tampering” doesn’t really apply in this case as there is no employer/employee relationship (and, in fact, the NCAA has gone out of its way to prevent such relationships from taking hold.as it would potentially blow up the NCAA’s stranglehold on college athletes.)
If that is indeed the case, it seems likely Lucas will join the Hurricanes either in the Spring or the Fall and Wisconsin is simply making a lot of noise that will serve no purpose. Lucas is presently enrolled at Miami.
Not a good look for Wisconsin. Reportedly, Lucas’ father is ill and he wants to play closer to home. However, Wisconsin seems hell bent on making him an indentured servant against his will. Good luck to them recruiting in South Florida again anytime soon after this PR disaster.
Either way, WE need to keep our nose clean in this situation AND in all areas of recruiting going forward. We can ill afford another round of sanctions.
There really are no “grounds” for sanctions. The school deliberately drags its feet and since all the schools and the NCAA fought tooth and nail to not have the kids be labelled as employees how can you accuse Miami of “tampering”?
He was not on salary. There are no job secrets that he brings which would cause irreparable harm to a business. He is not “under contract” (again not employed).
Truth be told …hold up Wisky’s argument to the bright light of day and it is laughable almost to the point of embarrassing .