But not unexpected. A player who receives NIL money from one school and leaves that school seeking to transfer to another school for NIL money, but members of the prior school lie about the player's performance and such which reduces the player's value may have a cause of action.
The real problem for the defendant, in this case Rhoades, is that he will look bad to players he wants to "hire." Whether the allegations are true or not, the court of public opinion will weigh in. And if Clary has the "receipts" it will look very bad even if he is unsuccessful in his lawsuit. And of course Penn State has a history of dealing with allegations of crimes against one of their coaches. Rhoades isn't being charged with a crime, but Penn State expects him to run a clean program. This could get interesting.
