Those who know please inform us who are not in the know what happened with him. Did he sign a NIL deal with Baylor after his freshman year? Was it binding? Does Baylor, or the appropriate entity, put liquidated damages clauses in those contracts? If not, why not?

Did his decision to accept BYU's money impact this year's Baylor team because we had counted on him as our point guard?

I understand money and wanting the best deal, but did he commit to Baylor, sign a deal and then back out?

If so, how does Baylor (or any other school) protect itself in the future?

GruntTuff said:

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Those who know please inform us who are not in the know what happened with him. Did he sign a NIL deal with Baylor after his freshman year? Was it binding? Does Baylor, or the appropriate entity, put liquidated damages clauses in those contracts? If not, why not?

Did his decision to accept BYU's money impact this year's Baylor team because we had counted on him as our point guard?

I understand money and wanting the best deal, but did he commit to Baylor, sign a deal and then back out?

If so, how does Baylor (or any other school) protect itself in the future?

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Georgia football is going after a player for $300000+ because he transferred out.

I guess we will see how that plays out.

I want to see Doug go after Wright for the $ if this is the case. Unacceptable if Baylor doesn't.

This article got posted a few months back and is as close as we've gotten to anything on the topic being released publicly: https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6713454/2025/10/14/baylor-scott-drew-roster-rebuild/

From what I've been able to glean, it sounds like we signed him to a $1.7mm NIL deal, which is evidently not binding. As the article above states, his age t then contacted us, said he was entering the portal and we weren't going to get the opportunity to match the offer he was getting. Obviously sounds like tampering, but I don't think programs tend to rat each other out.

No clue on if we actually delivered any money to Wright or his agent, but I would assume, based on the timing of his leaving, that whatever money we did give him was minimal.

Until contracts become binding on both parties, preferably two year deals where breaches are aggressively pursued, things will be chaotic. Maybe they have buyouts like coaches deals?

If all P4 schools could agree on a form of contract that reads this way, and then make agents jointly and severally liable, things might begin to return to some semblance of normalcy.

That's a lot to ask.

Strange that we weren't given the opportunity to counter. I hadn't heard that.

True Grit said:

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Strange that we weren't given the opportunity to counter. I hadn't heard that.

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Not really. Pretty typical bargaining trick especially when one side is more sophisticated than the other. Get them greedy and then close it with take or leave it limited time offer. If I remember correctly, his "agent" was his dad or some other family member. BYU probably couldn't believe how gullible they were.

GruntTuff said:

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Those who know please inform us who are not in the know what happened with him. Did he sign a NIL deal with Baylor after his freshman year? Was it binding? Does Baylor, or the appropriate entity, put liquidated damages clauses in those contracts? If not, why not?

Did his decision to accept BYU's money impact this year's Baylor team because we had counted on him as our point guard?

I understand money and wanting the best deal, but did he commit to Baylor, sign a deal and then back out?

If so, how does Baylor (or any other school) protect itself in the future?

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There 100 percent needs to be changes to how NIL is structured in college sports, but come on, Rob Wright is not to blame here... Going from being paid $1.7 million to $3.5 million is a 105.88% increase, and there isn't a single person who wouldn't take that offer, regardless of what your respective line of work is. If Baylor didn't even consider the possibility that he could transfer, or, presumably, set up clauses in his NIL contract to recoup that money if he left, then that's all on the University. College basketball and football players are not your normal student-athletes, nor should they be treated like one, or be held to the same standards as they once were in the pre-NIL era. Getting mad at Rob Wright for not having any "loyalty" to Baylor is absurd. The kid got an offer to double his salary, and he made a wise business decision. Be mad at the NCAA, not the teenagers they employ.

Dan_Skillings_Calf_Raises said:

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GruntTuff said:

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Those who know please inform us who are not in the know what happened with him. Did he sign a NIL deal with Baylor after his freshman year? Was it binding? Does Baylor, or the appropriate entity, put liquidated damages clauses in those contracts? If not, why not?

Did his decision to accept BYU's money impact this year's Baylor team because we had counted on him as our point guard?

I understand money and wanting the best deal, but did he commit to Baylor, sign a deal and then back out?

If so, how does Baylor (or any other school) protect itself in the future?

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There 100 percent needs to be changes to how NIL is structured in college sports, but come on, Rob Wright is not to blame here... Going from being paid $1.7 million to $3.5 million is a 105.88% increase, and there isn't a single person who wouldn't take that offer, regardless of what your respective line of work is. If Baylor didn't even consider the possibility that he could transfer, or, presumably, set up clauses in his NIL contract to recoup that money if he left, then that's all on the University. College basketball and football players are not your normal student-athletes, nor should they be treated like one, or be held to the same standards as they once were in the pre-NIL era. Getting mad at Rob Wright for not having any "loyalty" to Baylor is absurd. The kid got an offer to double his salary, and he made a wise business decision. Be mad at the NCAA, not the teenagers they employ.

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I am glad that players are getting compensation, and yes, in an open market, athletes are absolutely entitled to get the best $ they can. The issue with Rob Wright is he had just signed a contract. I understand why Baylor and/or Baylor NIL representatives did not pursue legal action against a player for breach of contract, or another University NIL for tortious interference, but not doing so is a disservice to donors/investors. Players need to understand the implications of a legal agreement. Consider this, if a player who signs a shoe deal with Nike on a Monday, and has the agent call on Thursday saying they got a better deal, he needs to understand the level of legal ****storm that Nike will bring down on all parties. Such is the real world.

Dan_Skillings_Calf_Raises said:

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GruntTuff said:

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Those who know please inform us who are not in the know what happened with him. Did he sign a NIL deal with Baylor after his freshman year? Was it binding? Does Baylor, or the appropriate entity, put liquidated damages clauses in those contracts? If not, why not?

Did his decision to accept BYU's money impact this year's Baylor team because we had counted on him as our point guard?

I understand money and wanting the best deal, but did he commit to Baylor, sign a deal and then back out?

If so, how does Baylor (or any other school) protect itself in the future?

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There 100 percent needs to be changes to how NIL is structured in college sports, but come on, Rob Wright is not to blame here... Going from being paid $1.7 million to $3.5 million is a 105.88% increase, and there isn't a single person who wouldn't take that offer, regardless of what your respective line of work is. If Baylor didn't even consider the possibility that he could transfer, or, presumably, set up clauses in his NIL contract to recoup that money if he left, then that's all on the University. College basketball and football players are not your normal student-athletes, nor should they be treated like one, or be held to the same standards as they once were in the pre-NIL era. Getting mad at Rob Wright for not having any "loyalty" to Baylor is absurd. The kid got an offer to double his salary, and he made a wise business decision. Be mad at the NCAA, not the teenagers they employ.

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I get mad at the $12/hr kid behind the counter at Wendy's when he screws up my order.

I'll get mad at the millionaire kid that just shot a hole in my expectations for the coming season.

The millionaire kid makes enough money that he can afford the counseling for the depression my booing may bring him.

The kid at Wendy's can survive the disgruntled look on my face and the request to remake my burger correctly.

You apparently believe we can't have opinions about these guys while you have opinions about us….


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