Seems he failed to pay his buyout in time. Although the entire article is behind a pay wall, the gist is here.

Oregon sues former football player over alleged breach of contract - oregonlive.com

Not sure on how to come down on this.

I´m not against the university suing.

I´m happy they agreed to ask for $10,000 less than the contract required.

It seems a little ticky-tack to be suing because the payment wasn´t received on time.

I didn´t read all the details behind the paywall, but if they did receive the money, albeit late, why not drop the suit? This might be a bad look.

Thanks, Steven, in this brave new world of over-the-table pay-for-play, programs need to strictly enforce written agreements with players. If every agreement is not enforced, large to small, the first time a player being paid six figures or more leaves, one of the 1st objections raised by defense counsel will be selective enforcement.

These young people have agents who, at all times, are doing their best for themselves. Not all agents, of course, but unlike the NFL, CFB agents do not have to be approved by the NCAA or any other governing body.

The suspect agents couldn't care less about a contractual commitment. 'After all, coaches can leave wherever they want.' A bogus argument because coaching contracts provide for liquidated damages to be paid to a coach's former employer.

In the NFL, if a player attempts to transfer outside of the free agency period, his agent would lose his certification, and the cost to the new team between fines and loss of draft picks would be devastating.

In CFB, Miami, Ole Miss, and others won't be concerned about poaching until there is a legal precedent, a bargained-for agreement with the athletes, or the College Sports Commission steps up to enforce the terms of the House settlement agreement, or conferences enforce rules against poaching.

Congress to the rescue? Hmmmm.

Until or if CFB has enforceable rules and regulations, out here in the Fields, you have to make players fight for their meals. 😁 Any Who ...

29 minutes ago, Jon Joseph said:

agents who, at all times, are doing their best for themselves.

And it could be that a player is short payback money due to agents already having their share and it isn't available for their portion of the payback although the agent would have already cashed in on the new deal.

That was gold JJ!

It’s a dirty dirty business…need to be on it and sounds like they are.

Look....if players want to sue willy-nilly because they don't like a rule, or they got their feelings hurt, then I have no problems with the university suing any of these players for things like this.

1 hour ago, spartan2785 said:

Look....if players want to sue willy-nilly because they don't like a rule, or they got their feelings hurt, then I have no problems with the university suing any of these players for things like this.

Does the NCAA still have the power to bench a player for gambling?

Brendan Sorby's layer, Jeff Kessler, has filed an injunction in Lubbock, Texas, asking for Sorby's eligibility to be reinstated because of Sorby's addiction to gambling.

When Sorsby hired Kessler, I figured some kind of Americans with Disabilities Act was forthcoming.

Texas Tech coach McGuire believes Sorby's attempt to have his eligibility restored is 'courageous.' Is it more courageous to fight for $4 million while seeking help, or simply to seek help?

If 'Judge Roy Bean' decides Sorsby is good to go, then what is left for the NCAA to enforce if it can't enforce rules against gambling? What's to prevent, 'It isn't my fault, I only shaved points because I have a disease?'

Texas Tech QB Brendan Sorsby files injunction against NCAA amid gambling probe - CBS Sports

The eyes of the NCAA and CFB are upon Lubbock, Texas.