NIL Moves from Compensation to Litigation: NIL has yet to stop surprising the legal world. Within the first weeks of 2026, it has transformed from a mechanism for athlete compensation into a litigation strategy, with universities suing their own quarterbacks over alleged NIL contract breaches tied to transfer decisions. What started with Washington’s Demond Williams and has escalated into Duke’s lawsuit against Darian Mensah creates a new reality: NIL contracts are no longer

The Demond Williams Jr. transfer saga lasted barely 48 hours, yet it managed to encapsulate nearly every unresolved tension in modern college sports: NIL, revenue sharing, transfer rights, contract enforceability, the amateur/employee distinction, antitrust risk, and, most importantly, the human reality of a young athlete trying to make a career-defining decision in a system that still hasn’t decided what it wants him to be.   Earlier this week, Williams announced via Instag

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