Cincinnati sues QB for transferring to Texas Tech

[Newell]

Cincinnati sues Sorsby over $1M exit fee after Texas Tech transfer

Cincinnati is suing former quarterback Brendan Sorsby, alleging he breached his NIL contract with the Bearcats by refusing to pay a $1 million exit fee following his transfer to Texas Tech.

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Apparently they had a $1 million exit fee in his deal and he didn't pay it. Perhaps we should do something similar. Texas Tech reportedly paying him $4 to $6 million. Somebody in Northwest Iowa needs to strike oil.

 

[Drew0311]

Yeah these college kids are going to start learning about contracts and how you can be sued for not living up to them. I think every college has this right if the kids sign the contract.

 

[coolerifyoudid]

That was quite the slimy grenade lobbed at future Cincinati recruits:

"University of Cincinnati, through its revenue-share structure, paid him $875,800 for a season he fully completed and in that time, he generated millions in value for the program," Ron Slavin of Lift Management said. "Attempting to recover those funds now sends the wrong message to current and future student-athletes and risks damaging the long-term credibility of Cincinnati football."

No dog in the fight, but I'm pulling for Cincy on this one

 

[ZorkClone]

That was quite the slimy grenade lobbed at future Cincinati recruits:

"University of Cincinnati, through its revenue-share structure, paid him $875,800 for a season he fully completed and in that time, he generated millions in value for the program," Ron Slavin of Lift Management said. "Attempting to recover those funds now sends the wrong message to current and future student-athletes and risks damaging the long-term credibility of Cincinnati football."

No dog in the fight, but I'm puling for Cincy on this one

I know he has to say something like this, but what a dumb statement. If anything, it shows that Cincinnati will hold to the contract.

 

[not-the-manager]

Yeah these college kids are going to start learning about contracts and how you can be sued for not living up to them. I think every college has this right if the kids sign the contract.

I think one reason lawyers lick their chops about this stuff, though, is that he can claim it was a violation of his rights to impose any sort of penalty for transferring

 

[FerShizzle]

i am glad that schools like cincy and ksu are taking the initiative and showing isu the pr nightmares of suing 18-22 year old student athletes or refusing to pay contracted coaches their buyouts. let them pay the price for being cringe.

 

[Cyched]

I’ve become an accelerationist wrt college sports. Scorched earth pls.

 

[Big_Sill]

"student athlete" "breach of contract"

Looking forward to the day we just have employees and this is all over.

 

[Antihawk240]

That was quite the slimy grenade lobbed at future Cincinati recruits:

"University of Cincinnati, through its revenue-share structure, paid him $875,800 for a season he fully completed and in that time, he generated millions in value for the program," Ron Slavin of Lift Management said. "Attempting to recover those funds now sends the wrong message to current and future student-athletes and risks damaging the long-term credibility of Cincinnati football."

No dog in the fight, but I'm pulling for Cincy on this one

Yep. This is a huge step in a critical direction to maybe...just maybe....this boat can get steered in the right direction. I'm with ya, if these athletes want the money and a donor is willing to pay them- OK. But sign the contract that says if you leave early you pay it back prorata.

 

[BWRhasnoAC]

I think one reason lawyers lick their chops about this stuff, though, is that he can claim it was a violation of his rights to impose any sort of penalty for transferring

Kavanaugh will likely agree.

 

[ISUTex]

That was quite the slimy grenade lobbed at future Cincinati recruits:

"University of Cincinnati, through its revenue-share structure, paid him $875,800 for a season he fully completed and in that time, he generated millions in value for the program," Ron Slavin of Lift Management said. "Attempting to recover those funds now sends the wrong message to current and future student-athletes and risks damaging the long-term credibility of Cincinnati football."

No dog in the fight, but I'm pulling for Cincy on this one

Ron Slavin is part of the problem with college sports.

 

[blutarsky]

Yeah these college kids are going to start learning about contracts and how you can be sued for not living up to them. I think every college has this right if the kids sign the contract.

Have no clue on the details about this particular story. Gotta say. I like it. Schools needs some kind of recourse against players/agents.

 

[Drew0311]

Have no clue on the details about this particular story. Gotta say. I like it. Schools needs some kind of recourse against players/agents.

Sounds like they had him signed until 12/15/2026. So he did a basic two year deal with them.

I think one reason lawyers lick their chops about this stuff, though, is that he can claim it was a violation of his rights to impose any sort of penalty for transferring

More than Likely. However, the counter to this is they are allowing him to transfer, they are just saying you broke an NIL deal that you signed. If the kid signs a contract and does not live up to it. It should take the transfer part out of it. I mean they did allow him to transfer, they are just not allowing him to break an NIL deal.

 

[alenz95]

I would be curious to see how the conversations between UC and its attorneys looked. Did the kid breach the contract? Probably. Will UC be able to recover the exit fee or a substantial portion thereof? Probably. Is the recovery amount worth the publicity this will garner and potential harm it could do to their athletic department? Probably not, but time will tell.

 

[not-the-manager]

Sounds like they had him signed until 12/15/2026. So he did a basic two year deal with them.



More than Likely. However, the counter to this is they are allowing him to transfer, they are just saying you broke an NIL deal that you signed. If the kid signs a contract and does not live up to it. It should take the transfer part out of it. I mean they did allow him to transfer, they are just not allowing him to break an NIL deal.

Ah, good point. They could keep it very narrow, all focus on the penalty, rather than what a contract with a "student-athlete" truly means

 

[Antihawk240]

It'll just evolve into player negotiation but it at least protects the school and gets some of their collective's money back. Players will have no problem signing a contract that states a repayment penalty. When another school comes calling the athlete will just say- "I'll come but you have to payoff my contract also to (prior school)" and more than like the new school will do it.
We see it annually with coaches.

 

[JM4CY]

"student athlete" "breach of contract"

Looking forward to the day we just have employees and this is all over.

There will still be contracts and stuff.

 

[Big_Sill]

There will still be contracts and stuff.

Yes, this is my point. Lets actually have enforceable standardized employement contracts free of ambiguity of "student athlete" and NCAA and lawsuits. Finally call a spade a spade.

 

[Peter]

The easy days of the transfer portal are over. Schools are gonna have to lawyering up now on top of all of the money they have to raise for to get these guys. You gotta think the pendulum is gonna start swinging back a little on the transfer stuff.

 

[CascadeClone]

I think one reason lawyers lick their chops about this stuff, though, is that he can claim it was a violation of his rights to impose any sort of penalty for transferring

He signed the contract. No one forced him. Its not some kind of after the fact penalty or violation of his rights.

The lawyers are just there to get 1/3rd of any settlement savings.