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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.
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.
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.
And that bridge will forever be connected.
So there's that part.
I want to switch to another thing that obviously has come up, and that's the contract that Derry Mensah reportedly had with Duke.
It was two years, up to $8 million, so up to $4 million per year, and according to several reports out there,
there was this provision that Duke held the exclusive NIL rights for Gary Mensah for the life of the contract.
And that if he wanted to leave and go somewhere else, those NIL rights did not follow with him.
Duke held onto them unless they and they alone were able, decided they wanted to terminate the contract.
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.
Sue them to oblivion, right?
Sue them, sue them, sue them.
That's not always the right answer.
And I'm saying this as an attorney who makes a living off of other people suing people, right?
It's not always the end-all, be-all, best-case scenario.
The question is that you have to ask yourself, if you're Duke University,
There's three questions.
Can they enforce it?
Would they enforce it?