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It was a matter of time before we reached this point. A disgruntled quarterback claiming he never paid the money he was promised months ago. A university—or a "collective" or whatever we're calling the entities funneling money to student athletes these days—saying that said quarterback created a football ultimatum to continue playing.
In a business or any normal setting with reasonable checks and balances, these types of matters would be handled with care. Or maybe they would go to court. Either way, a process with proper guardrails with reasonable expectations would be followed.