Duke, Zion Williamson, Accusations

[jontaejones]

Nah, Duke doesn't have to do illegal shit.

Perhaps they did to get where they are, but that would have been a long time ago.

 

[Indrid Cold]

Well, Nike didn't go out of their way to give him the best SHOES possible, did they?

 

[douggie]

 

[douggie]

Pat Forde isn't a journalist, he's become a "sensationalist" in order to get views and clicks

 

[Darrell Green Fan]

So it's my understanding that Williamson signed a horrible deal with the agent, that's on him. Then he reneged on the deal he signed with another and she is suing him.

In the process we learn that there were payments made before he attended Duke University. As if we didn't know this already seeing as his parents got 3 nice cars and moved from a $900 rental to a million dollar house before he left Duke. Now there is paper trail of evidence of the payments.

But as we saw with North Carolina the blue bloods never get punished, they save that for the other schools.

 

[douggie]

 

[michaeljordan_fan]

Just let the kids go pro out of high school.

THEN if they don't make a team, welcome to CBB.

The kids can go pro out of high school.

 

[Hitman Hart]

these players have a choice to go to college, the G-League or overseas

how attractive those choices are to blue chippers are irrelevant. they're still viable choices, whether they like it or not. if you don't want to speak lithuanian but still want to get paid, go to the G-League

or you could always bring up the fact that the NBA has played a heavy role in creating the current black market that exists for blue chip basketball prospects. the NBA's current draft rules are dumb as hell

 

[Darrell Green Fan]

these players have a choice to go to college, the G-League or overseas

how attractive those choices are to blue chippers are irrelevant. they're still viable choices, whether they like it or not. if you don't want to speak lithuanian but still want to get paid, go to the G-League

or you could always bring up the fact that the NBA has played a heavy role in creating the current black market that exists for blue chip basketball prospects. the NBA's current draft rules are dumb as hell

How would you change the draft rule? Eliminate the 1 year of college rule I assume?

 

[Hitman Hart]

How would you change the draft rule? Eliminate the 1 year of college rule I assume?

yeah, the 1 year rule is ridiculous

dudes like Zion should be able to play in the NBA at 18 years old

 

[tomcat1]

yeah, the 1 year rule is ridiculous

dudes like Zion should be able to play in the NBA at 18 years old

The names Kobe and LeBron have a ring to them at the NBA level without attending college.

 

[douggie]

June 17, 2020: Zion's Wednesday win leaves case to be litigated in choice forum-

Another major developed took place in the Zion Williamson case on Wednesday as a Florida Appeals Court stayed Gina Ford’s Florida lawsuit.
The order, handed down in a one page decision, halts the litigation in Florida and moves the matter back to North Carolina - a venue sought by Williamson and his legal team initially in their hopes to invalidate a contractual agreement between the former Duke star and Prime Sports Marketing, LLC.
By virtue of Wednesday's appeals court ruling, the parties will now litigate the heart of the matter in the North Carolina forum. With the battlefield now set, it would appear as though Ford and her argument are unlikely to prevail owing to the fact that North Carolina's Uniform Athlete Agent Act (UAAA) expressly forbids a person from acting as an agent in the absence of obtaining registration from the North Carolina’s Secretary of State’s office. Ford was not registered at the time she signed Williamson, nor when she first contacted his parents in January of 2019.

While Ford provided no evidence of any of the allegations made last week, according to TheAthletic's legal analyst Daniel Wallach, now that the case will be adjudicated in North Carolina the issue of improper benefits - real or imagined - is irrelevant.

"Student athlete status comes from engaging in games," Wallach wrote while citing the relevant statute on his social media account. "[It's] independent from eligibility."

Last week's efforts drew a stern rebuke from Williamson's attorney, Jeffrey S. Klein who issued a statement calling the filing "a shameful attempt to distract from [her and Prime Sports Marketing]'s admitted violation of North Carolina law" and "a continuation of the predatory acts the agent statement was designed to protect against."

 

[redseat]

June 17, 2020: Zion's Wednesday win leaves case to be litigated in choice forum-

Another major developed took place in the Zion Williamson case on Wednesday as a Florida Appeals Court stayed Gina Ford’s Florida lawsuit.
The order, handed down in a one page decision, halts the litigation in Florida and moves the matter back to North Carolina - a venue sought by Williamson and his legal team initially in their hopes to invalidate a contractual agreement between the former Duke star and Prime Sports Marketing, LLC.
By virtue of Wednesday's appeals court ruling, the parties will now litigate the heart of the matter in the North Carolina forum. With the battlefield now set, it would appear as though Ford and her argument are unlikely to prevail owing to the fact that North Carolina's Uniform Athlete Agent Act (UAAA) expressly forbids a person from acting as an agent in the absence of obtaining registration from the North Carolina’s Secretary of State’s office. Ford was not registered at the time she signed Williamson, nor when she first contacted his parents in January of 2019.

While Ford provided no evidence of any of the allegations made last week, according to TheAthletic's legal analyst Daniel Wallach, now that the case will be adjudicated in North Carolina the issue of improper benefits - real or imagined - is irrelevant.

"Student athlete status comes from engaging in games," Wallach wrote while citing the relevant statute on his social media account. "[It's] independent from eligibility."

Last week's efforts drew a stern rebuke from Williamson's attorney, Jeffrey S. Klein who issued a statement calling the filing "a shameful attempt to distract from [her and Prime Sports Marketing]'s admitted violation of North Carolina law" and "a continuation of the predatory acts the agent statement was designed to protect against."

 

[douggie]

This thing is just about to be over with a 360 Zion slam dunk!

 

[Hitman Hart]

The names Kobe and LeBron have a ring to them at the NBA level without attending college.

never heard of them

must be WNBA players

 

[redseat]

This thing is just about to be over with a 360 Zion slam dunk!

or a broken/exploded shoe

 

[HammerDown]

I should have put an asterisk indicating Louisville excluded.

How can there be any integrity until Louisville and North Carolina are handed the death penalty?

 

[Darrell Green Fan]

Duke fans celebrate their player getting paid and getting away with it. Great look.

 

[tomcat1]

never heard of them

must be WNBA players

Nah, they played in the G-League or overseas.

 

[douggie]

Duke fans celebrate their player getting paid and getting away with it. Great look.

Nice False Dichotomy, ooh, and BTW, Fuck Maryland