Donald Wine

What we want to get out of this case, what we want to see happen emotionally, like as a fan, as a alum, and as a supporter of Duke football, what do we want from this?

The law does not care about emotion.

In theory, it takes emotion out of that equation.

And so the emotion thing will be the words that you're about to hear come out of my mouth might be something that you may not want emotionally.

And the only thing that lawyers and doctors have in common is if we don't like the answer that a lawyer or doctor gives us, our natural disposition emotionally is to run and find a second opinion.

You're welcome to do that.

But this is how I'm interpreting things from what I'm reading.

And again, using my background and also, again, trying to shed the knowledge or the emotion out of it.

The other thing I will say is some of this is going to be legalese.

I'm going to try and put it into layman's terms as much as I possibly can.

But sometimes that's not quite possible.

So bear with me if it feels like this is a little bit verbose.

Go ahead.

So let's start with a very simple question.

What is Duke asking for?

So Duke has filed what is called a temporary restraining order and a preliminary injunction.

What they're trying to do basically is say, hey –

Darian Mensah is violated, has breached his contract, and because of that, we are in harm right now, immediately and in perpetuity, and we want damages.

What do they want?

They want basically to say – that the court to say that Derry Mensah can't enter the transfer portal, that he can't enroll at another school, that he can't play football at another school, and that he can't license his NIL anywhere else.