@MusicWeek @axs @AXS_UK Worst customer service. They should all be fired. Your app/website won’t let me buy the tickets. Been trying for the last 24 hours. Put in a help ticket and no response. Waited on hold forever. Ridiculous
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Zach Johnson
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@MarchMadnessMBB is your ticket site @axs down? Been trying to purchase a ticket and keeps giving me errors. Tried multiple times with different cards. Please help!
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Zach Johnson retweetledi
"We all know that this freaking state hates Iowa because they beat Nebraska in everything... they're (Nebraska) going to the second weekend for the first time ever, and in your damn way is the bleeping Iowa Hawkeyes...,"
On Early Break @937JakeSorensen unloaded this morning about having to play the ever so bothersome Iowa Hawkeyes in the Sweet 16 for a third time this season, and contemplating maybe wanting to play the one seed Florida Gators instead.
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@heitner And it should be a small fraction compared to NFL salaries. As far as revenue and TV deals, college football generates a small fraction of what an NFL team generates. Also almost double the roster size.
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And LSU isn’t alone when it comes to $40 million+ football rosters. Still a small fraction of the combined salaries on an NFL team roster.
Danny Kanell@dannykanell
Brian Kelly just told us on @SXMCollege that Lane Kiffin's current roster at LSU is over $40 million 👀
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@JamesSurowiecki You’re not going to point out that it was one of Irans own rockets that hit the school?
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You're a member of Congress. Don't call the U.S. "they."
Rashida Tlaib@RashidaTlaib
Both the U.S. and genocidal Israel doesn't care about the laws. This is who they are.
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This is what you all wanted!!!
Good for you
No3 Sports@No3sports
NEWS: Anonymous Florida Gators donor shares insight into Eugene Wilson III’s NIL demands, Per @PeteNokos_ •Remain on field unless tired •$350k upfront, $75k every three months until end of season • team issued photographer to follow him around all times on campus
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I should have been paying more attention to the Olympics . This event is electric !
Kakashi@kkashi_yt
I just found out there is a sport called horse skiing
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@BarstoolNate Wrong. I love football guys are like, noooo, put the football back on!
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The funniest part of the culture war over Bad Bunny is the super manly "I LOVE FOOTBALL" dudes who are like "nooooo, I wanted a different theater kid to sing me songs! I wanted different choreography!".
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@heitner Are Rev Share deals classified as license agreements?
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This exposes the fiction of #NIL "license agreements." They're employment contracts disguised to avoid labor protections, workers' comp, and union rights.
If players are employees in all but name (fined for tardiness, required to attend, and subject to performance obligations), they deserve employee protections. Can't have it both ways. Either these are real licensing deals (and you can't fine someone for being late to practice) or admit it's compensated labor.
College Football Alerts @CFBAlerts_
Colorado Football and Deion Sanders plan to issue fines to players for misconduct 🤯 Some fines include: - Late to practice: $500 - No show: $2,500 - Late to meeting or film: $400 - No show meeting/film session: $2,000 - Late to conditioning: $1,000 - No show conditioning: $1,500 - Late to treatment: $1,000 - No show to treatment: $1,500 - Violation of team rules: $1,000-$2,500 - Public or Social misconduct: $2,000-$5,000 Thoughts on this? 💭⬇️
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@McCannSportsLaw He should be able to go play some where else. He should NOT be able to get paid by any one else for NIL and he should owe Duke a buy out. If Miami wants to pay him, they should have to use all Rev Share money to pay him.
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Judge grants Duke a restraining order to block Darian Mensah from transferring--for now. I think there's a good chance this leads to a settlement. But if not, this case could lead to major Qs about NIL, revenue sharing and employment.
My @Sportico take: sportico.com/law/analysis/2….
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@heitner So Mensah had no clue if any one would pay him more than the $4 million or a potential buyout before he entered the portal? Just blindly hopped in on the last day of the portal after Miami missed out on their other options. You can’t be a serious person.
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I'm not condoning this behavior, but if these allegations are true, it shows a shocking lack of awareness. Anyone operating in the #NIL space should know better than to leave a paper trail of what could be considered tortious interference and/or an NCAA rule violation.
Jon Blau@Jon_Blau
Dabo Swinney says the Ole Miss GM communicated to Luke Ferrelli's agent that he wanted no part of this but "Pete Golding just does what he does." Ferrelli got a text while he was in his 8 a.m. class. "I know you're signed. What's the buyout," Golding allegedly said.
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@PeteThamel There are no rules. What does a deadline even mean any more? We have a NFL draft deadline. Same with NBA draft deadline. But players can clearly come back to college even if they declare themselves “pro”.
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The argument Mensah's lawyers make here is that the TRO that prevents him from enrolling in another school "could permanently foreclose opportunities for Mensah to enroll at other collegiate institutions." The Feb. 2 hearing would be after "critical enrollment deadlines" have passed.
Pete Thamel@PeteThamel
Duke QB Darian Mensah has filed a request to reconsider the temporary restraining order. It also asks for an expedited preliminary injunction hearing. It also asks the court to "reconsider" the earlier TRO ruling that prevents him from enrolling in another institution "in light of new evidence" and to "prevent manifest injustice."
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@cmrdu @mckenzielaw College football is the nfl now if you didn’t realize.
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The TRO is out. There is no question Duke won—and won big—round one. The court enjoined Mensah from enrolling anywhere, playing anywhere, or licensing his NIL anywhere. The court did not enjoin Mensah from entering the portal, but so what?
The portal carve-out is meaningless for now. Yes, the order states that "nothing in this temporary restraining order shall be construed as to prevent Mensah from entering into the transfer portal." The court offered no explanation for this carve-out. No findings of fact. No legal reasoning. It simply appears in the decretal language without support.
But at this time, and I stress "at this time," every school considering Mensah now knows three things. First, Mensah cannot enroll. Second, he cannot play. Third, Duke holds exclusive rights to his NIL through December 31, 2026. Any school that signs him takes on a player who cannot suit up and cannot generate NIL revenue— the two categories that presumably matter most for a college quarterback.
Yet, this is only temporary, and things may change soon— though I honestly doubt it based on the public and court record of this dispute. More to come on Duke v. Mensah. The preliminary injunction hearing is February 2. The actual merits go to arbitration. But the early returns suggest North Carolina courts still enforce agreements as written.
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Zach Johnson retweetledi
Jamie Diamond- it’s a swamp- when he’s asked about raising taxes he says it all goes to special interest groups listen to the audience chuckle - they know
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@EdLawDude @ImmaculateView But ultimately, how does he get PAID at the new school if NIL is the only way kids are allowed to get paid?
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@ImmaculateView The primary value to both programs is he throws a football
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There are things sports lawyers say about employment law that make me cringe. This is one of them.
Employment contracts don’t force people to stay—they price the exit. Occasionally, they also restrict where employees can go.
Sports Business Journal@SBJ
Duke is suing QB Darian Mensah to block a transfer, alleging he breached a multiyear NIL contract that runs through Dec. 31, 2026. Mensah’s attorney says a judge would not allow Duke to keep him out of the portal & a source says Mensah intends to sign with Miami once it’s resolved. Via @MiamiHerald | ow.ly/iJmH50Y0nel
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@WinterSportsLaw How would you work around this issue? I understand he can ultimately PLAY some where else if he wants to. But how does he get paid if his new school cannot buy any of his NIL rights?
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This is starting to become standard language in school rev share contracts.
Pete Thamel@PeteThamel
Sources: If quarterback Darian Mensah were to leave Duke, it’s the school’s understanding that his contract calls for them to have his exclusive NIL rights and only Duke has the ability to cancel that.
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@PeteNakos @On3 How does one get paid when you don’t have your NIL rights to sell?
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Darian Mensah's contract calls for Duke to have his exclusive NIL rights, and only the Blue Devils have the ability to cancel that. Sources have also told @On3 that there is no buyout.
on3.com/news/duke-qb-d…
On3@On3
BREAKING: Duke star QB Darian Mensah plans to enter the NCAA Transfer Portal, @PeteNakos reports. Miami is the school to watch. on3.com/news/duke-qb-d…
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I'm surprised this hasn't received more attention. The CSC's funding structure creates built-in tensions. The organization is being paid by the very institutions it is supposed to police.
Ben Portnoy@bportnoy15
Not sure I’d seen this addressed: During the QA session with the College Sports Commissionthe group was asked “Who is actually paying all of you?” Seeley said the group’s funding comes 50% from the P4, 25% from the NCAA and 25% billed to those schools that have opted in.
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@GrahamCoffeyDC @TaylorWFUGA What would be your number one priority for our Athletic Dept if you were Jere/Brooks? I would give Kirby every thing he needs to have the best resources. Right now, we aren’t doing that. There are ways, currently within the rules, to give our football team more resources.
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Idk what to think of NIL Go yet, but it won’t really matter long term unless the CSC is signed or congress does something. I wouldn’t be surprised if some of the deals signed this portal window get kicked back and you wind up with players who’re either ineligible or making way less than they had signed for
Regulation is coming one way or another. Too many stakeholders on all sides want it. Fans want to win now and they should but the reality is that we’re in a small window before a re-leveling of the rules occurs and guardrails are drawn in ink again. Maybe NIL Go is the one doing the vetting or maybe it’s some other entity, but it is coming in some form sometime soon
Morehead has been a great president for UGA Athletics though. Gave Kirby the nation’s largest recruiting budget and stamped upgrades of facilities across the board. Got lots of hires right. Supported sports way more than Adams and understood how they and the university work together. Idk about the age thing. He was in his mid-50’s when he was hired. He’s still in his late 60’s now. Likely headed for retirement in the near future but I don’t think that’s overly old for the position.
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UGA President Jere Morehead among those encouraging other admins to sign the CSC agreement
Would create hard penalties for circumventing the rev share cap outlined in the House Settlement
Ross Dellenger@RossDellenger
More university leaders publicly encouraging their colleagues to sign the CSC participation agreement, this time in the form of a joint letter from presidents at Virginia Tech, Georgia, Arizona and Washington.
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