Say Hey Deac
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In 2009, a women's basketball player committed to Western Carolina sued the NCAA after Western refused to release her from her letter of intent after the Western coach left to take the job at NCSU. The theory of the case was so simple, it was kind of amazing no one had raised it before: she signed a contract as a minor and it was not approved by a Superior Court judge (as is required under NC law). Western ended up backing down and releasing her 2 weeks after the lawsuit was filed, which is actually a little unfortunate because it would have been really interesting to see what the result of that case would have been.
You can read more about it here:
http://www.newsobserver.com/2009/09/18/58399/letters-of-intent-might-not-stand.html
You can read more about it here:
http://www.newsobserver.com/2009/09/18/58399/letters-of-intent-might-not-stand.html