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 Thursday at 11:51 AM 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.

[Davidson Deac II]

On 1/29/2026 at 8:00 AM, toldozer said:

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.

I completely disagree.  If one is 20 years old and doesn't have the sense to understand what a contract is, shouldn't be signing them. And from what I understand, these guys have agents advising them.  

Once the contract is signed, both the school and the individual signing should be bound by it as long as it follows the law.  Otherwise, what is the point of the contract?

[toldozer]

2 hours ago, Davidson Deac II said:

I completely disagree.  If one is 20 years old and doesn't have the sense to understand what a contract is, shouldn't be signing them. And from what I understand, these guys have agents advising them.  

Once the contract is signed, both the school and the individual signing should be bound by it as long as it follows the law.  Otherwise, what is the point of the contract?

I'd say to keep other teams from poaching the player. As a player I don't know why they would sign a two year deal though unless they don't think they're very good. In the NFL you have 31 other suiters in free agency and they have salary caps. Ncaa you have 100+ and no rules on how much they can spend.