Report: Ole Miss Is Considering Legal Action For Buyout Payments From Two LSU Players

Ole Miss athletic director Keith Carter recently spoke with the Clarion Ledger and said that the University is considering legal action to collect buyout payments from two former players who transferred to LSU.

Those players are Princewill Umanmielen and Devin Harper.

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In an interview with the Clarion Ledger that covered a variety of topics, Carter said July 10 that going to court is one of the avenues Ole Miss is considering to make sure the buyouts are paid.

"That would be an option, going and asking a court to get that money for you," Carter said. "Contracts are with the players. LSU could pay that on behalf of the players. So we're kind of exploring all of that right now."

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Carter said there has been general hesitancy among college football athletic departments to enforce buyout payments against 18-year-olds. Because the Umanmielen and Harper deals were broken shortly after they were signed, Ole Miss feels collecting is the right move.

"Those are the kind that, having signed a brand-new rev share contract basically a week or two before wanting to leave, those are the kind that put you in a bind, especially there in the portal cycle," Carter said. "Those two we're going to continue to figure out how to collect. We feel like based on the contract we deserve to collect."

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Ole Miss and LSU meet on the field this season in Week 3 in Oxford.