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    JUDGE BLOWS THE WHISTLE ON AGENCY’S CONTRACT WITH ZION WILLIAMSON AND THROWS IT OUT FOR TECHNICAL FOULS

    While still a college basketball player at Duke University, Zion Williamson signed an agency agreement with Prime Sports Marketing and its founder, Gina Ford.  Six weeks later, Williamson announced he found a better deal and was (fast) breaking the contract to team up with another agent.  He then filed suit in the Middle District of North Carolina seeking a declaratory judgment that his contract with Prime Sports Marketing and Ford was void as a matter of law. Six days later, Ford filed suit in Florida seeking $100 million in punitive damages, while also claiming Prime Sports Marketing sent Williamson’s stepfather $100,000 as an advance on his earnings and that he…