Originally Posted by
AZLA
They (CAA, Zion and family) need to figure out how to quietly settle and move on. They’re hoping to get out of it on a technicality that won’t happen. I don’t feel sorry for CAA but they got screwed too. I guarantee they weren’t disclosed the information Zion signed previously. I’m concerned that they will keep trying to suggest / prove Zion was an underaged amateur and to try and get more leverage under the SC state law. Which to convince any legal authority as such, they would have to document funds received, or have signed documentation of such prior to declaring and more than likely before his 18th birthday or during the Duke basketball season. More than likely the family had been talking with Ford for a while. I’m guessing one parent was pushing for it but not in agreement with the other; or all agreed but when CAA came along with a better package they signed thinking some state law loophole would nullify Fords agreement. It would be interesting to see what the out clause was. But pleading the ‘i didn’t know or I was taken advantage’ approach isn’t going to work. The way this all went down is and should be absolutely shocking considering he was the presumed and proven to be #1 draft pick. Ford has all the leverage. After taxes, management fees to Ford, CAA representation fees, lawyer fees, There might be 40% to 30% leftover for income. Sheesh.
I believe NC law may apply because of where the signing took place.
Sage Grouse
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