I drove up to Fort Lauderdale to do a story on DeMarcus DeRoche. I left with six interviews, because the rest of that roster turned out to be worth a video of its own. This is the first episode of FIELD TRIP — a new series where I go to a South Florida high school, talk to the players nobody's put a camera on yet, and let them tell you who they are before a recruiting service gets around to it. Cardinal Gibbons is a real place to start. Matt DuBuc has gone 100-27 there since 2016, won three state titles, and keeps sending players up. These six are what's next. Avery Williams 2030 DT (Miami offer) 6-3, 250 Wooby Toussaint 2030 OT (6-7, 290) Tyson Henley 2028 CB, brother of former cane CB Terrance Henley QB Tyler Chance 2027 Jacory Noel, 6-5, 240 ATH (DL) LB Caelin Fealey 2029 downhill LB , national all american as an 8th grader The Echevarria Law Firm — proud title sponsor of Canes Pulse. Free consultation → calleche.com Instagram & TikTok: @echevarrialegal The Echevarria Law Firm — Check the scoreboard. Paper Boy Co - Stickers, Banners, Posters, Wall Vinyl, and more. paperboy has you covered. https://www.instagram.com/paper.boy.co?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&igsh=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw== Ariz Law PA: Coral Gables Law Firm – Estate Planning, Business Law & Real Estate Attorneys Specializing in Corporate Law, Probate, Wills & Trusts Protect the People and Assets You Value Most. Plan Your Future arizlawpa.com

An NFL rookie had two sacks in his preseason debut on Saturday. On Wednesday he sued the NCAA to go back to college. Today a judge said yes. Jack Pyburn and 15 other football players — several of them sitting in NFL training camps right now — were granted a restraining order in Louisiana allowing them to return to college football this season. It's the second major eligibility ruling in three weeks, and it broke through the one wall everybody thought would hold. Because here's what almost nobody caught: the big federal ruling on July 31 that gave the entire high school class of 2022 a fifth year specifically does NOT cover anyone who signed a professional contract. Pyburn didn't wait for that ruling to save him. He filed his own lawsuit, in his own name, in his own jurisdiction — and won. That's a blueprint. And NFL cuts are August 30, when more than a thousand players hit the street in a single afternoon. In this stream I break the whole thing down from zero — no legal background required. What the rule change actually was, why the NCAA keeps losing, what the NCAA can still do to fight it (they have five weapons and two of them are working), how many more cases are coming, and the honest version of what any of this means for Miami. WHO ACTUALLY QUALIFIES — THE THREE-BOX TEST Started playing college sports in the 2022-23 season (high school class of 2022) Competed in NCAA Division I Used all four seasons under the old rules by the end of 2025-26 Redshirted? Took a medical year? Sat one out? Then you already had eligibility left and were never part of this. Being class of 2022 is not enough — it has to be four seasons in four years. THE FOUR LIMITS ON THE FEDERAL RULING (per Judge Sweeney's Aug. 2 clarification) Athletes over 24 are excluded Transfer rules still apply Schools still bound by the 105-man roster limit and the revenue-sharing cap Anyone who signed a professional contract is excluded That last one is why Pyburn had to file his own case instead of relying on the class ruling. WHAT'S SETTLED AND WHAT ISN'T None of this is final. Every ruling discussed here is preliminary. The NCAA has appealed the July 31 class ruling to the Tenth Circuit and asked that court to freeze it while the appeal plays out. Briefing is complete and a decision could come any day. If it's granted, every player who gained eligibility from that ruling loses it again — including athletes already enrolled in fall classes. The NCAA is also winning some of these. An Ohio appeals court froze a separate July 9 eligibility ruling on Aug. 17. Players at USC, UCLA and Vanderbilt have been denied. And nothing in this video is reporting that any specific player is returning anywhere. No school has announced anything. Nobody has played a down. The Echevarria Law Firm — proud title sponsor of Canes Pulse. Free consultation → calleche.com Instagram & TikTok: @echevarrialegal The Echevarria Law Firm — Check the scoreboard. Paper Boy Co - Stickers, Banners, Posters, Wall Vinyl, and more. paperboy has you covered. https://www.instagram.com/paper.boy.co?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&igsh=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw== Ariz Law PA: Coral Gables Law Firm – Estate Planning, Business Law & Real Estate Attorneys Specializing in Corporate Law, Probate, Wills & Trusts Protect the People and Assets You Value Most. Plan Your Future arizlawpa.com

Miami is a private university, so everybody assumes you can't see what its athletic department actually makes. That's not necessarily true and the federal filing tells a story nobody in the Canes media space has told yet. Miami men's basketball generated $17,865,162 in revenue and turned a $3.5 million profit during the season the Hurricanes went 7-24 and Jim Larrañaga resigned in the middle of the year. That's the floor. That's what this program is worth when it's actively bad. Since then: Jai Lucas got a five-year extension after ONE season. Miami has signed a top-25 national recruit in three straight classes for the first time in program history. The transfer portal class went from 19th in the country to 6th. And the Hurricanes held a scholarship open in August on the chance a federal judge would rule Malik Reneau eligible for a fifth year. In this video I break down exactly what Miami basketball is worth, how the ACC's new revenue formula changed what winning is worth, what a college basketball roster actually costs in 2026 (hint: it's not the revenue-share number everyone quotes), where Miami realistically ranks with Reneau back — and the one thing this program still can't buy, which might be the reason Jai Lucas eventually leaves. The numbers in this video: ▪ Miami athletics revenue: $230,484,608 — 12th nationally, 1st in the ACC ▪ Football $99.8M vs men's basketball $17.9M ▪ The ACC's new formula: 60% of TV money by 5-year rolling viewership, basketball weighted at 25% ▪ What a national title in basketball actually pays vs. Miami football's $20M playoff run ▪ What Miami's roster likely costs — and how it compares to Kentucky's $22M ▪ Watsco Center holds 7,972. The 50th-best attendance in America was 8,000. The Echevarria Law Firm — proud title sponsor of Canes Pulse. Free consultation → calleche.com Instagram & TikTok: @echevarrialegal The Echevarria Law Firm — Check the scoreboard. Paper Boy Co - Stickers, Banners, Posters, Wall Vinyl, and more. paperboy has you covered. https://www.instagram.com/paper.boy.co?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&igsh=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw== Ariz Law PA: Coral Gables Law Firm – Estate Planning, Business Law & Real Estate Attorneys Specializing in Corporate Law, Probate, Wills & Trusts Protect the People and Assets You Value Most. Plan Your Future arizlawpa.com