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Wisconsin Football Launches Shocking Legal Battle That Could Shake College Sports Forever

Wisconsin Football Launches Shocking Legal Battle That Could Shake College Sports Forever

“In a first-of-its-kind and, perhaps, a precedent-setting move, Wisconsin is seeking unspecified financial damages and a declaratory judgement deeming UM’s actions as wrongful for interfering with a binding revenue-share contract between UW and Xavier Lucas, a former defensive back who left the program in January to compete at Miami. It was a groundbreaking decision in which Lucas transferred without entering the portal (it had already closed) and after signing the contract with the Badgers.”

MADISON, WI – SEPTEMBER 19: The Wisconsin Badgers marching band performs before the college football game against the Troy Trojans at Camp Randall Stadium on September 19, 2015 in Madison, Wisconsin. (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images)

But Wisconsin isn’t standing on their own in this suit. The entire Big Ten Conference has come out in support of the Badgers football program, releasing this statement:

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