Scott Rich

Or is the punishment designed to make society better and make sure that that crime doesn't happen again, et cetera?

And that's a philosophical question for another day.

But I think it does sort of fit here because Duke fans would feel a hell of a lot better if we sue Darian Mensah into oblivion.

But does that punitive nature of that, you know, of doing that actually accomplish anything?

Does it make the Duke program better?

Does it make the college football landscape better?

That I'm not entirely sure of.

The other element of this is that it almost feels like the NCAA is daring someone else to do their job for them.

The NCAA would love for Duke to sue, would love for this to get settled in the court of law, and then the NCAA can put up his hands and say whatever the ruling ends up being, that's the policy.

And...

The issue with that is no university is going to want that on their plate.

No single program is going to want to put their neck on the line for the sake of the NCAA.

And I don't think Duke should be doing that.

Duke should not be putting its reputation on the line trying to do the job of the NCAA.

And that's why I think in all likelihood, this is going to get settled with, you know, some sort of compensation, you know, some sort of buying out the contract rather than any sort of prolonged, you know, punitive lawsuit.

And this is why the only solution to this moving forward is either the NCAA or

finding the cojones or getting the power to, you know, actually regulate the sport or which is something that is, you know, gaining more and more momentum, you know, as we speak, treating the players as employees and collectively bargaining.

That I'm more and more convinced is the only way that,

We get something that bears a passing resemblance to the college athletics that we know and love.

That is the only way that, hey, contracts are part of the CBA.