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Duke Basketball Roundup
DBR Bites #136 - More on Mensah's Portal Entry

And maybe again, as you mentioned, maybe he doesn't care about those because he's not going to be playing with a lot of Miami guys at the next level, too.

Duke Basketball Roundup
DBR Bites #136 - More on Mensah's Portal Entry

But that is part of this process is why the brotherhood in basketball is so profound and how so many other universities have tried to mimic that kind of fraternity because it means something.

Duke Basketball Roundup
DBR Bites #136 - More on Mensah's Portal Entry

And at the next level, no matter what, those guys see each other and they know that they're a part of something bigger than themselves.

Duke Basketball Roundup
DBR Bites #136 - More on Mensah's Portal Entry

And that bridge will forever be connected.

Duke Basketball Roundup
DBR Bites #136 - More on Mensah's Portal Entry

So there's that part.

Duke Basketball Roundup
DBR Bites #136 - More on Mensah's Portal Entry

I want to switch to another thing that obviously has come up, and that's the contract that Derry Mensah reportedly had with Duke.

Duke Basketball Roundup
DBR Bites #136 - More on Mensah's Portal Entry

It was two years, up to $8 million, so up to $4 million per year, and according to several reports out there,

Duke Basketball Roundup
DBR Bites #136 - More on Mensah's Portal Entry

there was this provision that Duke held the exclusive NIL rights for Gary Mensah for the life of the contract.

Duke Basketball Roundup
DBR Bites #136 - More on Mensah's Portal Entry

And that if he wanted to leave and go somewhere else, those NIL rights did not follow with him.

Duke Basketball Roundup
DBR Bites #136 - More on Mensah's Portal Entry

Duke held onto them unless they and they alone were able, decided they wanted to terminate the contract.

Duke Basketball Roundup
DBR Bites #136 - More on Mensah's Portal Entry

Now, as I mentioned a little bit on the Bites, this presents a tricky situation because the natural reaction Scott, for most Duke fans, was sue.

Duke Basketball Roundup
DBR Bites #136 - More on Mensah's Portal Entry

Sue them to oblivion, right?

Duke Basketball Roundup
DBR Bites #136 - More on Mensah's Portal Entry

Sue them, sue them, sue them.

Duke Basketball Roundup
DBR Bites #136 - More on Mensah's Portal Entry

That's not always the right answer.

Duke Basketball Roundup
DBR Bites #136 - More on Mensah's Portal Entry

And I'm saying this as an attorney who makes a living off of other people suing people, right?

Duke Basketball Roundup
DBR Bites #136 - More on Mensah's Portal Entry

It's not always the end-all, be-all, best-case scenario.

Duke Basketball Roundup
DBR Bites #136 - More on Mensah's Portal Entry

The question is that you have to ask yourself, if you're Duke University,

Duke Basketball Roundup
DBR Bites #136 - More on Mensah's Portal Entry

There's three questions.

Duke Basketball Roundup
DBR Bites #136 - More on Mensah's Portal Entry

Can they enforce it?

Duke Basketball Roundup
DBR Bites #136 - More on Mensah's Portal Entry

Would they enforce it?