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re: Ole Miss Files Breach-of-Contract Lawsuits Against Devin Harper & Princewill Umanmielen

Posted on 7/28/26 at 7:01 pm to
Posted by idlewatcher
Planet Arium
Member since Jan 2012
98273 posts
Posted on 7/28/26 at 7:01 pm to
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Kiffin must be dying to tweet


Posted by skullhawk
My house
Member since Nov 2007
27959 posts
Posted on 7/28/26 at 7:01 pm to
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Why would you not just go behind the scenes and ask talk to LSU about this?


They did. LSU told them to frick off.
Posted by Asleepinthecove
Lafayette
Member since Jan 2023
2266 posts
Posted on 7/28/26 at 7:05 pm to
Truth is, if the kids signed a revenue deal with Ole Miss and got up front money and the contract was specific with details of what the money was tied to, they should pay the money back. I would hope the same for LSU if a player wants to leave and signs a revenue sharing deal. What they shouldn’t be required to do is stay, if the coach they want to play for leaves.
Posted by misey94
Member since Jan 2007
36318 posts
Posted on 7/28/26 at 7:11 pm to
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This. Take off the purple and gold glasses. Players should be held accountable for contracts they sign.


I don’t need any color glasses to see how petty and pathetic Ole Myth looks doing this very publicly just before the season. This could have been handled in a million different ways. As in every fricking case since Kiffin left, they have chosen the angry, bitter, overly-dramatic jilted lover route.

If this were LSU, I wouldn’t be a fan. Handle this shite earlier or after the season is over.
Posted by BiggaGeauxrilla
North Louisiana
Member since Dec 2017
3954 posts
Posted on 7/28/26 at 7:11 pm to
Is there a bigger bunch of butt hurt, baby back bitches anywhere else in America? The cast of The View has more credibility and is more self aware than anyone in Oxford, Miss currently.
This post was edited on 7/28/26 at 7:14 pm
Posted by pickle311
Liberty Hill TX
Member since Sep 2008
1378 posts
Posted on 7/28/26 at 7:16 pm to
Ole Miss is trying to out aggie the aggots over hiring Kiffin. I've never seen the leadership of an entire organization this butt hurt.

That said, people are held to the contracts they sign on a daily basis. It was only a matter of time before this happened in the NIL era, it just happened to be these salty bastards.
Posted by CatfishJohn
Member since Jun 2020
21682 posts
Posted on 7/28/26 at 7:18 pm to
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I don’t know why anyone would have a problem with this.


Every school needs to do it, I’m just happy they’re going first and will be remembered for doing it amongst players.
Posted by Sharlo
Van down by the river.
Member since Oct 2021
1778 posts
Posted on 7/28/26 at 7:25 pm to
Probably needs to be done.

Glad somebody did it.

Glad it wasn't LSU.

Glad it was the SharkyBearRebs.
Posted by sqt18
New Orleans
Member since Jun 2017
196 posts
Posted on 7/28/26 at 7:26 pm to
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I don’t know why anyone would have a problem with this.


The hypocrisy is my only issue with it. The same university was texting a dude who was literally in class on another campus telling him to break his agreement.

And poor optics. They look petty simply because it's LSU players. I agree wholeheartedly that the "kids" should be held accountable to their obligations. This just seems like the wrong 1st fight to pick.
Posted by Nitrogen
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since Aug 2016
9746 posts
Posted on 7/28/26 at 7:29 pm to
Have we ever had so much drama leading up to a single game before? Jesus man
Posted by Alt26
Member since Mar 2010
36033 posts
Posted on 7/28/26 at 7:29 pm to
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It was only a matter of time before this happened in the NIL era, it just happened to be these salty bastards


This isn’t the first breach of NIL contract suit filed in college football. It’s just the first you’ve paid attention to because it is against a current LSU player.

LSU fans/boosters would demand the same thing if the roles were reversed. If you want to try to curtail the transfers/NIL negotiations, this is a means of trying to do so.

LSU is not a party to the lawsuit because LSU is not a party to the contract. The players are. Now, I have no doubt Ole Miss tried to leverage LSU to pay the money with threats of a claim for intentional interference with a contractual relationship (ie tampering). However, I don’t think Ole Miss wants to go there because doing so would open the floodgates for numerous such suits, filed all over the country against many teams. Including against Ole Miss by Clemson and maybe others
Posted by king47
Member since Aug 2020
2242 posts
Posted on 7/28/26 at 7:34 pm to
The problem isn’t that they are doing it, it’s the timing and the public nature of it… I’m sure there are players from other schools who left and breached contract that you aren’t hearing about
Posted by MasterAbe1
Member since Oct 2016
7158 posts
Posted on 7/28/26 at 7:37 pm to
Yeah this isn’t the fight they want to start due to the Ferrelli ordeal. Makes them look hypocritical
This post was edited on 7/28/26 at 7:38 pm
Posted by Adajax
Member since Nov 2015
8770 posts
Posted on 7/28/26 at 7:44 pm to
Are you telling me of the hundreds of players who transfered via the portal, these are the only two who were under a contract? Ole Miss really has LSUDS.
Posted by Henry Jones Jr
Member since Jun 2011
77723 posts
Posted on 7/28/26 at 7:46 pm to
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The same university was texting a dude who was literally in class on another campus telling him to break his agreement.
Thats the thing. He didn’t have an agreement with Clemson. He signed his scholarship papers but didn’t sign his rev share contract but Clemson (stupidly) thought he had.

Princewill and Harper had signed rev share deals with OM less than 10 days before they left for LSU. They either thought LSU would pay or thought Ole Miss would just let it happen
This post was edited on 7/28/26 at 7:48 pm
Posted by cyarrr
Prairieville
Member since Jun 2017
4318 posts
Posted on 7/28/26 at 7:48 pm to
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Yes, that's not the issue here. They're only doing this public to try to dunk on LSU and their players. That's it. Do you realize there's players that left LSU as well as came to LSU who were still getting paid? .


Not quite, they were the only two who had signed revenue sharing contracts before leaving for another school.

That said, it could negatively impact their recruiting unless all schools start enforcing.
Posted by The Hurricane
Gulf of Mexico
Member since Aug 2011
10481 posts
Posted on 7/28/26 at 7:52 pm to
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they should pay the money back

Players should be responsible if they accepted any payment. A precedent must be set. Problem is that situation is magnified because it’s LSU and Ole Miss.
Posted by BROpaneTANK
Mandeville
Member since Apr 2010
3123 posts
Posted on 7/28/26 at 7:54 pm to
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Players should be responsible if they accepted any payment. A precedent must be set. Problem is that situation is magnified because it’s LSU and Ole Miss.


The thing is, that’s what we’ve all been arguing over online but doesn’t seem to be the case. Ole Miss isn’t suing for money back that they paid out. They are suing for enforcement of an early termination clause that was in their contract. Will not be as cut and dry and leans much more into a lot of early discourse that this is a petty lawsuit.
Posted by John Casey
New Orleans
Member since Nov 2016
4231 posts
Posted on 7/28/26 at 7:57 pm to
Have copies of these contracts with the buyout language been posted anywhere?
Posted by tigahlovah
virginia beach, va
Member since Oct 2009
5169 posts
Posted on 7/28/26 at 7:58 pm to
I haven't heard about any cases other than this one where schools have PUBLICLY gone after players who left after breaching a contract. Clemson is stirring it up a bit with Ole Piss and that LB (hypocrite much), but hasn't gone there yet.

So congratulations Ole Piss, you're now known in the recruiting/NIL world as a cheap, vindictive, and bitter school in regard to how you handle these kinds of problems.

They're probably not legally wrong, but most other (and smarter) schools realize this is the cost of doing business in big time recruiting, and let shite like this go or handle it quietly.
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