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Duke Basketball Roundup
DBR Bites #138 - Duke & Mensah Settle Lawsuit

My bet is that if Duke fans heard the figure, they'd be upset because I think we are all very, very angry.

Duke Basketball Roundup
DBR Bites #138 - Duke & Mensah Settle Lawsuit

And we wanted Duke to get many, many, many, many, many millions.

Duke Basketball Roundup
DBR Bites #138 - Duke & Mensah Settle Lawsuit

And I don't think we got many, many, many.

Duke Basketball Roundup
DBR Bites #138 - Duke & Mensah Settle Lawsuit

So on the settlement and on the amount of it, even though we have no idea, I feel pretty comfortable that it's probably north of a million dollars.

Duke Basketball Roundup
DBR Bites #138 - Duke & Mensah Settle Lawsuit

It could be multiple millions of dollars.

Duke Basketball Roundup
DBR Bites #138 - Duke & Mensah Settle Lawsuit

I want to point out something to folks because it's very easy for us as fans to say, you know, oh, an extra million here or there, extra couple, few, maybe even more than that million doesn't make up for the fact that we're not going to have

Duke Basketball Roundup
DBR Bites #138 - Duke & Mensah Settle Lawsuit

a really dynamic Heisman Trophy candidate kind of quarterback on our team.

Duke Basketball Roundup
DBR Bites #138 - Duke & Mensah Settle Lawsuit

The fans who feel that way are not wrong.

Duke Basketball Roundup
DBR Bites #138 - Duke & Mensah Settle Lawsuit

But I want to point out a couple things.

Duke Basketball Roundup
DBR Bites #138 - Duke & Mensah Settle Lawsuit

The first one is this.

Duke Basketball Roundup
DBR Bites #138 - Duke & Mensah Settle Lawsuit

The money that Duke takes in, while not being money that we can spend on NIL for players, you know, that money is capped.

Duke Basketball Roundup
DBR Bites #138 - Duke & Mensah Settle Lawsuit

That money is very specific to

Duke Basketball Roundup
DBR Bites #138 - Duke & Mensah Settle Lawsuit

let's say Duke took in two โ€“ I'm just going to โ€“ again, I have no idea.

Duke Basketball Roundup
DBR Bites #138 - Duke & Mensah Settle Lawsuit

Let's say Duke took in $2 million here.

Duke Basketball Roundup
DBR Bites #138 - Duke & Mensah Settle Lawsuit

Well, there are other things that Duke can do with that $2 million.

Duke Basketball Roundup
DBR Bites #138 - Duke & Mensah Settle Lawsuit

Maybe it's something with facilities.

Duke Basketball Roundup
DBR Bites #138 - Duke & Mensah Settle Lawsuit

Maybe it's something with coaching salaries.

Duke Basketball Roundup
DBR Bites #138 - Duke & Mensah Settle Lawsuit

Maybe it's something in terms of other benefits to the football team.

Duke Basketball Roundup
DBR Bites #138 - Duke & Mensah Settle Lawsuit

And as a result of that,

Duke Basketball Roundup
DBR Bites #138 - Duke & Mensah Settle Lawsuit

Duke may be able to free up money from donors.