The University of Wisconsin and its zero collective has submitted a lawsuit Friday against the University of Miamiclaims torture interference. Although not mentioned in the case, the complaint is cited instead as ‘student athlete A’, and focuses on the defensive back Xavier Lucaswho left Wisconsin to Miami this winter.

Lucas never entered the transfer portal. Lucas, an outstanding first -year corner kick in 2024 for the Badgers, placed 18 sneakers and an interception in seven games. Lucas withdrew from the classes in Wisconsin and enrolled in Miami in January and bypassed the NCAA’s transfer portal.

Wisconsin seeks financial damages and a statement that Miami’s actions “contractual obligations”. Lucas’s attorney, Darren Heitnersaid in the winter that Wisconsin violated the NCAA rules by refusing to place Lucas in the transfer portal.

In the complaint filed on Friday, Wisconsin claims that a staff member of Miami and alumnus Lucas and his family met in a family member in Florida in December 2024 after the defending back signed a two-year income part with Wisconsin. This includes a ‘compensation commitment’ of Miami which was ‘more profitable’ than Wisconsin’s agreement.

“Representatives of Miami communicated with student athlete A and his family members, including a visitors of December 2024 from a Miami coach and a prominent alumnus in Miami in the Florida house of a relative of student athlete A,” said Wisconsin’s complaint. “The information related to the home visit was communicated to UW-Madison on December 18, 2024 by a relative of student athlete A.”

Heitner denied the allegations and said on Saturday at 3 that Lucas never met with a coach of Miami and prominent alumnus in December 2024. Heitner previously threatened to submit an antitrust proceedings against Wisconsin if Lucas could not play in Miami.

“The allegations of Wisconsin that my client, Xavier Lucas, met with a Miami coach and prominent alumnus in December 2024, is false,” Lucas lawyer Darren Heitner told On3.

Heitner is a deputy professor in zero at the University of Miami School of Law.

In the lawsuit, Wisconsin claims that Miami communicated with Lucas, and consciously indicated him to do so, despite being contracted with the Badgers. Wisconsin wrote in the filing that he hopes that the lawsuit will “promote the overall integrity of the game by legally holding programs accountable when they mistakenly interfere with the contractual commitments.”

The University of Miami has yet to respond to a request for comment. The BIG supports Wisconsin and tells OP3 in a statement that “the actions of the University of Miami are incompatible with a sustainable sports frame for the university and are supportive of UW-Madison’s efforts to preserve.”

It is an unprecedented moment in university football, with one university accusing another of tampering, and it will put the NCAA transfer portal rules on the test.

“These are the kinds of allegations of tampering that are usually fought behind closed doors at professional sports level based on the league’s collective bargaining agreement,” Sports Attorney and Professor said And lust Tell 3 Friday. “Here, in the absence of any similar mechanism at collegial level, this dispute in the open court will be fought for the world to see the complex interaction of powers in and around the transfer portal. It is truly an unprecedented case and one that gives the attention of the university sports world.”