2025 College Football Thread

[toldozer]

8 hours ago, OldhamA said:

Were you sad when Duke stole Mensah from Tulane?

He didn't have a contract in place. Don't blame the players but if they sign a 2 year nil deal other schools should be punished for trying to get them to break it especially last minute like Miami did. It was fuging dirty and so was what ole miss did to Clemson

[OldhamA]

5 hours ago, toldozer said:

He didn't have a contract in place. Don't blame the players but if they sign a 2 year nil deal other schools should be punished for trying to get them to break it especially last minute like Miami did. It was fuging dirty and so was what ole miss did to Clemson

So the answer is no. You weren't sad when Duke tampered with Mensah during the season when he was at Tulane.

[HPPantherzfan]

15 hours ago, OldhamA said:

Were you sad when Duke stole Mensah from Tulane?

Mensah was not under any NIL contract at Tulane.  There was no stealing, he entered the transfer portal free and clear of any contract.  Not even comparable to what Miami is doing 

[Davidson Deac II]

Not a Duke fan, so I hope he leaves.  That being said, I am glad Duke is suing him.  If you sign a contract, both sides should have to honor it.  And there should be penalties if said contract is not honored.  

And I don't really blame Miami that much.  This is mostly on Mensah.  

Edited 6 hours ago by Davidson Deac II

[toldozer]

1 hour ago, Davidson Deac II said:

Not a Duke fan, so I hope he leaves.  That being said, I am glad Duke is suing him.  If you sign a contract, both sides should have to honor it.  And there should be penalties if said contract is not honored.  

And I don't really blame Miami that much.  This is mostly on Mensah.  

Dude is what, 20 years olds. The adults in the room should be held accountable not the kids. He is getting an extra 2 million dollars plus they are paying his sister and I believe he is getting a deal with adidas too. I don't blame the player one bit for taking the most money he can get. The schools should be held to a higher standard than a child.

[toldozer]

3 hours ago, OldhamA said:

So the answer is no. You weren't sad when Duke tampered with Mensah during the season when he was at Tulane.

If he was under an nil contract then yes I would have been mad.

[OldhamA]

5 hours ago, HPPantherzfan said:

Mensah was not under any NIL contract at Tulane.  There was no stealing, he entered the transfer portal free and clear of any contract.  Not even comparable to what Miami is doing 

What is an NIL contract?

These are not paid employees - and college teams absolutely don't want them to be.

[OldhamA]

5 hours ago, Davidson Deac II said:

Not a Duke fan, so I hope he leaves.  That being said, I am glad Duke is suing him.  If you sign a contract, both sides should have to honor it.  And there should be penalties if said contract is not honored.  

And I don't really blame Miami that much.  This is mostly on Mensah.  

Mensah's side have come to a settlement with Duke - as was always going to be the case.