If winter is complete we still have the spring and summer.
These two Miami Student writers are doing a nice job updating the comings and goings:
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Coach Martin mentioned Tuesday night that he is close to being finished in the portal - still talking to a couple players.
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We need at least one more portal DL
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From Ross Dellenger:
Who pays player buyouts? Darian Mensahâs transfer highlights the confusion
We are choosing today to write about buyouts. Not the ones found in coaching contracts, but the relatively new concept of buyouts embedded within the school revenue-share contracts of the athletes themselves.
Here is the gist of how it works: When School A acquires a player under contract from School B, School A must pay any stated buyout in that playerâs contract and file that payment into the CAPS roster management system. Most importantly for this story, under House settlement rules codified by the NCAA, School A must then reduce its revenue-share pool in the following year by the total amount spent on buyouts.
Plenty of schools are already navigating this. Several administrators told us they have alerted the College Sports Commission about buyouts paid and received to ensure future pool reductions are accounted for. The topic even surfaced during Dabo Swinneyâs tampering presser, where he alleged that Ole Miss coach Pete Golding texted a Clemson signee to ask, âWhatâs the buyout?â
Two high-profile situations recently played out that highlight the complexities of liquidated damages: QB Demond Williams and Washington (who stayed) and QB Darian Mensah and Duke (who left after a settlement). Both contracts gave the schools rights over the athleteâs NIL, prohibiting other universities from compensating them. Notably, neither deal included a specific, pre-stated buyout amount.
In their own ways, these situations show revenue-share contracts working as intended.
In Situation No. 1, the player â and potentially his suitor, LSU â found it too expensive to break the deal. Washington likely requested the full $4 million value of the contract. Between that buyout, the subsequent $4 million reduction in LSUâs future revenue-share pool, and the $5 million salary Williams would require, the total acquisition cost hit a staggering $13 million. No dice.
In Situation No. 2, Darian Mensah paid his way out of his Duke agreement to enroll at Miami. Just like a coach, if you want to break a signed contract, you have to buy your way out. While terms werenât public, Duke, having gone as far as suing its own quarterback, likely didnât settle for much less than the $4 million remaining on his deal.
Now, the vexing question: Does Miamiâs 2026-27 revenue-share pool get reduced by what Mensah paid? One administrator says it âshould,â but itâs complicated. Miami wasnât a party to the settlement. The deal was between Mensah and Duke to resolve a lawsuit.
If Miami over-compensates Mensah through their own rev-share deal to reimburse him, they face a pool reduction. If they use third-party NIL avenues, those deals must pass a clearinghouse. The real question is whether the College Sports Commission will find enough evidence to enforce these provisions.
Of course Miami of Florida should loose pool money, and also get the death penalty for clearly tampering
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Can anyone confirm that Tito Glass is returning? I hope so. But considering that he got 9 carries this season and Jones became the power back, I wouldnât blame him if he left. Especially if he can make some money and play more.
The one Iâm curious about is Keith Reynolds.
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I am curious about both Reynolds and Glass. Also the status of Kam Wilson and DL Hammonds- also Elli Compass.
I think coppess and Reynolds are staying. Just solely based on the fact I donât see a portal post on their account anymore. Same with Hammonds. Glass still has his portal post and transfer portal in his bio so my guess is heâs still leaving. Wilson no idea
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Hammonds was Mr. Defensive Lineman in Indiana his senior year in High School. He has talent. We donât want to lose him, but we need to develop him If it works out, great. If not, wellâŚ
reynolds is back
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So is Tag Team.
Iâll be here all week
Hammonds went to Wayne in Ohio so it would kind of hard to get an award in Indiana
Yeah, but heâs that good.
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Oops. Who am I think of? Beats me. Blame it on my brain injury. I will do so as long as I can get away with it.
Not sure. I just blame it on getting old!
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Cordale Russell transferred to Stephen F Austin
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Why in the hell would someone who was what, a 4 star ever want to transfer to Stephen Fâout in the scrubs of where ever the hell is Nacogdoches, texas isâAustin University? Donât tell me itâs because of the fab engineering school. Is this one of those schools where all exposed 4 stars go to die?
Apologies to all Stephen F. Foster University MHT degree holders and their friends and families.
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