Georgia's athletic department is headed to court to try to obtain $390,000 in damages from a former standout defensive end who transferred from the school after his sophomore season in a potentially precedent-setting case. ...CONTINUE READING...
Georgia's athletic department is headed to court to try to obtain $390,000 in damages from a former standout defensive end who transferred from the school after his sophomore season in a potentially precedent-setting case. ...CONTINUE READING...
So the kid got $30,000 and uga is suing for $390,000?!?
The collective reassigned the contract to uga when it became legal for the schools to pay directly.
"Legal experts say Georgia's attorneys will have to convince an arbitrator that $390,000 in damages is a reasonable assessment of the harm the athletic department suffered due to Wilson's departure. Liquidated damages are not legally allowed to be used as punishment or primarily as an incentive to keep someone from breaking a contract."
There is absolutely no way that uga can prove damages without proving that NIL value was there to begin with...
"Schools and collectives have not used the negotiated buyout clauses that typically appear in coaching contracts for athletes because the teams aren't technically paying them to play their sport. Instead, the school pays players for the right to use their name, image and likeness in promotional material. Paying for play could make it more likely that courts would deem athletes to be employees, which almost all college sports leaders want to avoid."
IMHO, this case will no doubt be thrown out of court!
