Former Georgia Bulldog takes legal stance against UGA he may learn to regret

Earlier this month Georgia made headlines because they were taking former Bulldog Damon Wilson to court. Wilson played for Georgia through the 2024 season before packing his bags and transferring to Missouri, but it was his decision to transfer that caused UGA to take him to court.

Georgia claimed that Wilson owes them $390,000 in damages over an unpaid NIL buyout. Wilson however does not think he owes Georgia any money and has decided to sue UGA over attempting to penalize him for his decision to transfer.

Former Bulldog Damon Wilson files NIL suit against Georgia

Wilson's attorneys released the following statement alleging that the facts are not on Georgia's side and that they are just trying to make an example of Wilson.

“Georgia appears intent on making an example of someone, they just picked the wrong person,” said Jeff Jensen, one of Wilson’s attorneys via nytimes.com. “Damon never had a contract with them. I don’t see how Georgia thinks intimidation and litigation will help their recruitment efforts — maybe players could bring lawyers with them to practice.”

Wilson isn't the first big name player to transfer away from Georgia. However, he is the first player that Georgia has sought legal action against after they left the program. So it does seem like too much of a coincidence for them to try and make an example out of Wilson when they could have done that a long time ago with someone else.

Either way it doesn't look like either party is going to go down without a fight. Whether Georgia wins these cases and gets paid from Wilson is one thing, but the last thing anyone should want is negative press. Unfortunately Georgia has already begun to get some negative press, so hopefully both parties can come to an agreement before this gets too ugly.