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Wisconsin DB’s unprecedented move could shake up the landscape of the NCAA and NIL

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Wisconsin cornerback Xavier Lucas (6) is accompanied by a member of the training staff during the fourth quarter of their game against South Dakota on Saturday, Sept. 7, 2024, at Camp Randall Stadium in Madison, Wisconsin.

The landscape of college athletics may be on the verge of another major change, and it all stems from the move of one player.

Wisconsin defensive back Xavier Lucas enrolled in Miami earlier this week, but did so without even entering the transfer portal, and despite recently signing a revenue-sharing agreement with Wisconsin.

Lucas announced he would be entering the transfer portal in a since-deleted post on X (formerly Twitter) on December 19. But Wisconsin refused to put its name in the portal despite an NCAA rule that requires schools to enter a player into the portal within two years. business days of your request.

To compound the situation, the true freshman and Wisconsin signed a two-year revenue-sharing agreement during the season. That agreement gave the university non-exclusive rights to the player’s name, image and likeness, preventing another school from using the player’s NIL rights for the duration of the agreement, according to Yahoo Sports.

Unable to speak to other schools because he was not in the portal, Lucas withdrew from classes at Wisconsin and enrolled as a student at Miami, but without formally signing with the Hurricanes.

Darren Heitner, an attorney representing Lucas, told Yahoo that his client requested a transfer after learning that his father suffers from a “serious, life-threatening illness,” but, according to Heitner, Wisconsin refused to comply. with Lucas’ request and instead tried to convince him to stay in Wisconsin.

Lucas is from Pompano Seaside, Florida, and played at nearby American Heritage Excessive College.

By not signing with Miami, Lucas appears to have avoided violating NCAA rules for now.

“NCAA rules do not prevent a student-athlete from withdrawing from one institution, enrolling at a new institution and competing immediately,” an NCAA spokesperson told Yahoo! in response to Lucas’s decision.

But if Lucas intends to play for the Hurricanes, Wisconsin is expected to try to block the move in court.

What’s more, an agreement reached in 2024 that establishes many of the rules for revenue sharing has not yet been approved. Lucas’ move could also affect those proceedings.

Lucas made 12 tackles and had one interception in 11 games with the Badgers this season.

–Media at field level

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