That is just lawyer 101 game plan to settle on a higher number.
It’s like used car salesman staring at sticker. Lawyers aren’t really any different when they start litigation
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It’s like used car salesman staring at sticker. Lawyers aren’t really any different when they start litigation
LovelandBuckeye
You never lose to those pricks. Ever. Ever. - UFM
They paid him 110k but still not the 500k total they were going to pay him.
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ScriptOhio
Everybody is somebody else's weirdo.
Georgia football: Missouri LB Damon Wilson II sues Bulldogs
Damon Wilson, a former five-star edge rusher, is battling back against Georgia in court
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Missouri's Damon Wilson II sues Georgia, claims Bulldogs trying to 'penalize transfer decision'
Damon Wilson, a former five-star edge rusher, is battling back against Georgia in court
Missouri linebacker Damon Wilson II is suing the University of Georgia's athletic association and its Classic City Collective, which he says is attempting to "punish" him through a "coordinated campaign" for his decision to transfer. Earlier this month, Georgia sought $390,000 in damages citing a clause in Wilson's NIL contract after his departure to another SEC program.
The lawsuit initiated what appears to be a landmark case in college football, which now includes the plaintiff fighting back with his own legal documents. Highlighting a 42-page complaint filed Dec. 23 in Boone County, Missouri, Wilson's attorneys claim Georgia tried to sabotage their client's potential destinations after employees "falsely" told "at least three programs that -- if Wilson left Georgia and joined their programs -- Wilson would be subject to a $1.2 million buyout."
The complaint claims Georgia "continued to assert similar demands in an effort to harass Wilson and impair his on-field performance for a conference rival" throughout the 2025 regular season.
Wilson signed a new deal with Georgia's NIL collective in December 2024 during the College Football Playoff, but entered the transfer portal and moved to Missouri weeks later. While documents show Georgia paid Wilson $30,000 under the terms of the new deal before his departure, the athletic department states Wilson owed a $390,000 lump sum within 30 days of his exit.
The contract was a 14-month agreement worth $500,000, which was set to be paid in monthly $30,000 increments. Georgia would have also paid Wilson two $40,000 retention bonuses at the end of the NCAA transfer portal windows. The exit clause states that Wilson would owe a lump-sum payment worth the total he would have received if he remained with the program through the duration of the contract.
"The era of universities exerting total control over the career trajectories and rights of their student-athletes has been dead for nearly half a decade," Wilson's complaint said. "Nonetheless, UGAA has demonstrated that, left to its own devices, it will attempt to exploit every loophole to deprive student-athletes like Wilson of the ability to reap the benefits of full and fair competition for their NIL rights."
The previous term sheet signed by Wilson, his representation argues, was not a "legally binding document" as Georgia states.
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TampaBuckeyes
Assistant Coach
I mean he left the schools a few weeks after signing a contract. If a coach leaves a school a few weeks after signing a contract they would owe more in a buyout than they had been paid. That’s how it works. Buyouts typically go down with time. This is real life now. Read the contract before you sign it. He made more ($110k) in a few weeks than most Americans make in a year. He can afford a few thousand for his agent or lawyer to read a contract. He also should have been advised to not leave a few weeks after signing it or should have been advised not to sign it if he was thinking of leaving.
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LovelandBuckeye
You never lose to those pricks. Ever. Ever. - UFM
I agree. I missed the part that he left weeks after signing.
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TampaBuckeyes
Assistant Coach
They lied through their teeth. In a contract? For the first time in my life I’m rooting for UGA. This is ridiculous. Contracts must be enforced.
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Buckeye86
I do not choose to discuss it
Because college football would suck worse if players are allowed to sign an NIL contract, immediately break it, and the school is still on the hook to pay for a portion of the broken contract. Shits crazy enough without that being thrown at schools as well.
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I guess I didn't see it like that. Though I think he should have to pay back what they paid him. And yes, that would be WAY worse for CFB. My bad @TampaBuckeyes I see your point
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buckeyeintn
Legend
In addition, say a school has X in their NIL pot to spend. (Not necessarily Georgia, but say a school with much more limited funds.) They allocate Y to a particular player and he signs his deal. The signing period comes and goes. The portal opens and right before it closes said player bounces for a bigger bag. Now the school isn't out those funds, but it is too late to use them for the current roster. It could be argued that even though the school isn't out all of the funds allocated for the year they are out the value of the use of the funds for the current year.
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