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Amanda Christovich with Front Office Sports reports that Arkansas has "sent two demand letters to players asking to fulfill buyout clauses."

The report comes just two days after former Arkansas quarterback Madden Iamaleava transferred to UCLA, having spent only a few months with the program.

Arkansas Athletic director Hunter Yurachek sent a message out on social media Tuesday in favor of enforcing player buyouts. Per On3:
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“Arkansas’s NIL collective has sent two demand letters to players asking to fulfill buyout clauses, source tells Front Office Sports,” Amanda Christovich wrote on Twitter. “The AD’s comments yesterday were referring to multiple players who left before NIL contracts expired, including Madden Iamaleava.”

Nakos reported it’s related to two freshmen transfers, one being Madden Iamaleava. He’s expected to join brother Nico Iamaleava at UCLA, who left Tennessee earlier this month.

According to Nakos, Arkansas is demanding roughly $200,000 back from Madden Iamaleava. Iamaleava enrolled earlier this year and spent just a few months with the program.
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Is this groundbreaking? Contracts 101. Who doesn't put some sort of penalty in a contract for the party that does not fulfill their obligation?
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Good. This needs to happen.
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Shooter2 days
The sport is crumbling before our eyes!
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Golfer18652 days
This could backfire on Arkansas.
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InVolNerable2 days
Yeah, how dare they enforce a signed contract!
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Fan19582 days
Ya know, you commented in the same vein on another article on this site regarding this issue. Are you an Imaleavin mouthpiece? This is the perfect test case and SOMEBODY has to do it. Let's take this scenario: A guy signs an NIL deal with University A for X dollars and gets paid. Four months later, after never playing a down for University A he says eff this, hits the portal and signs a $400k deal with University Y, and gets paid. Pretty sweet deal isn't it?
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Golfer18652 days
I agree. It is a test case. And as this case progresses, Arkansas will gain the perception that they are difficult for players to deal with, so players will choose to go elsewhere. Arkansas is taking a big risk.
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