So much for a fifth year of eligibility.
In his lawsuit, Zeigler alleged the NCAA’s rule that permits four seasons of eligibility within a five-year eligibility window “is an unlawful restraint of trade under federal and state antitrust laws.” Nonetheless, the federal judge disagreed.
Litson PLLC and Garza Law Firm represented Zeigler in the lawsuit. Based on analysis from Spyre Sports Group, an NIL collective that Tennessee works with, Zeigler’s legal team projected a fifth season for the two-time SEC Defensive Player of the Year to be worth between $2 million and $4 million.
He played a full four years, but when it comes to playing for an everything school, you should expect to get everything you ask for right? Just ask Grant Frerking.
The TLDR version of this latest chapter in Appalachian Lore takes Grant, who was a Volunteer football player through 2022, was touting a million dollar company as a teenager, was double dipping by working for On3 and Tennessee as an NIL coordinator, which is a conflict of interest, at a minimum. Additionally, he was contracting pine straw services through his girlfriend, who received Venmo payments but then didn’t actually deliver any pine straw…ever.
Empty promises and recruiting shenanigans. Good ‘ole Rocky Top, amirite?
Frerking unbelievable!
The player in question only lost on the preliminary injunction which is how Pavia is getting his extra years of NIL before the outcome of the suit is decided. It doesn’t mean the NCAA has won. It just means he doesn’t get injunctive relief to play while the case proceeds.
Esteemed members of the bar, did I get that right?
Sounds right, I’m not a member of the bar but, I’ve been in many bars.
Ditto the bars, Otis. Additionally, I did sleep at a Holiday Inn Express last night!
Grampa always said you cain’t trust a pine straw girl.
“They low-down, they dirty, they some non-existent pine-straw b*tches.”
As Ranger Russ would say, FTMFs
God Rest His Soul