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

The fact that this case caused a little bit of a headache for Darien Mensah, but then eventually he got what he wanted.

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

He paid to get what he wanted, but he got what he wanted.

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

And I'm very confident that whatever Miami is paying him is more than making up for whatever he is paying to Duke to make the contract go away.

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

I would like to live in a world where multi-year contracts are something that could be real.

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

for college athletes, whether it be football or basketball or any other sport.

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

I think having some roster stability and having some ability to say, okay, we're making a commitment to you and you're making a commitment to us and that commitment matters the same way it does in pro sports.

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

In every other pro sport, you can sign a multi-year contract and that binds you to your team.

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

I wish we were in a world where that kind of thing could happen in college.

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

And I get why Duke settled.

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

It all makes perfect sense.

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

But there's a little piece of me that was kind of hoping that we would hear something that would make it so that people would understand.

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

And by people, I mean athletes and agents.

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

oh, if I sign a multi-year deal, I need to adhere to it because I don't think we heard that from this settlement in any way, shape or form.

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

And I worry that the Wild West that currently exists has not been tamed at all.

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

Yeah, no, I would like to see something happen to make this kind of situation not befall other schools because Duke got a little bit screwed here.

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

There's no question about it.

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

Absolutely.

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

Yeah, exactly.

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

All right.

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

So I was going to say, speaking of next year's Duke football team, we just got the schedule.