Meh. It's essentially someone taking a job with the promise of certain level of compensation, and accusing the employer of not delivering what they said they would. It's unfortunate, but it's a dispute that happens, and legal action like this takes place pretty regularly.
I can tell you that my daughter had classes with a couple football players and one WBB player (off the top of my head) and the answer to if they attend class or work on projects together, is rarely.
It sounds like the coach told them that he could get them NIL deals with his business partners. They aren’t suing him as the coach of FSU
That compared with potentially losing the allure of feeling like they've directly contributed to the team's success.
I'm the sure the actual truth is quite this straightforward... but if it's even close to remotely true Wisconsin both looks terrible and is totally in the wrong. It's a pretty clear cut requirement they need to enter a player's name into the portal within two business days. It's one of the few things the NCAA still has power on and I would expect them to hammer Wisconsin for the PR points.
Assuming that this is actually what happened, someone in the reddit thread on this made the pretty good point that Wisconsin may be kind of in the middle of a rock and a hard place. If they don’t let him go they are in violation of an NCAA rule, if they do, they are potentially opening themselves up to legal liability for tortious interference (because they would be helping Lucas break a contract).
Definitely not a lawyer but that would seem to be the definition of an unenforceable contract. And let's be real, does anyone with a shred of common sense believe a collective supporting Wisconsin athletics would actually sue Wisconsin for tortious interference?
Deion had a video go out before the Alamo Bowl that he didn’t want to smell smoke in the hotel. To answer your question I think the only thing that can make you ineligible anymore is if you get caught gambling.
I don’t think it’s a huge stretch. The collective could argue for specific performance. Do I think they’d win? No, but I wouldn’t want to do anything until it got sorted.
I still say this blows up in a massive Title IX class action lawsuit by the schools taking NIL in-house. Once there's enough proof and a big enough amount of money that's been instructed by schools to divert donations to the school instead to collectives, it could spell legal trouble.
