Xavier Lucas' lawyer calls on the NCAA to penalize Wisconsin even more

When the offseason hit for the Wisconsin Badgers, a story lit the NCAA football world on fire. It was the story of Xavier Lucas signing a deal to stay with the Badgers, only for him to be recruited away to play for Miami and then Luke Fickell and Wisconsin, barring his entry to the transfer portal. It took another twist when Lucas decided to transfer without using the portal.

That story is still unresolved and when Wisconsin was hit with recruiting violations last week for something silly. Xavier Lucas' lawyer, one of Wisconsin's most hated persons, took to social media to say that the NCAA shouldn't stop at those recruiting violations, but they should be penalized even more. Considering Miami's tampering to get Xavier Lucas, this is probably a good time for Darren Heitner to keep his mouth shut.

Maybe he needed a case study of what it looks like to care about the splinter in someone else's eye while you have a log in your own.

Miami's infractions are so much worse than anything Wisconsin was involved in

Let's start with Darren Heitner's claim of 13.1.1.3.1, which he said Wisconsin should be penalized for now. This is for universities to place a player's name in the portal when they request it during the open windows. Wisconsin does not claim that it didn't break this one but instead that the Badgers have a far stronger claim with a few other bylaws, which many pointed out to Heitner on social media.

Things like 13.1.3.4.1, which states, "Enrolled student-athletes or other enrolled
students shall not make or participate in telephone calls to prospective student-athletes at the direction of a coaching staff member or financed by the institution or a representative of its athletics interests..."

Or 13.1.1.2, which states, "An athletics staff member or other representative of the institution’s athletics interests shall not make contact with the student-athlete of an NCAA or
NAIA four-year collegiate institution, directly or indirectly, without first obtaining the written permission of the first institution’s athletics director (or an athletics administrator designated by the athletics director) to do so, regardless of who makes the initial contact."

It seems unwise for Xavier Lucas' lawyer to continue to draw attention to this issue because Wisconsin feels it has clear evidence that tampering occurred. Even without evidence, you can only tell from basic logic and facts. Lucas planned to stay with the Badgers, signed a NIL deal, then suddenly changed his mind with a specific destination in mind with a higher reported NIL deal. How would he have even known that if there wasn't some sort of tampering, even if done through back channels?

The drama doesn't seem to be over yet, and if Lucas' lawyer continues to push, Wisconsin may end up actually taking this through the system.