Dexter v. Big League Advance: A Warning to Student Athletes

By Jared P. Vasiliauskas and Michael V. Viverito Recently, former Florida Gator, and current Chicago Bears defensive lineman Gervon Dexter, Sr., brought suit for declaratory relief in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida seeking to void an agreement that was entered between himself and the Defendant, Big League Advance during his junior year of college.  Dexter alleges that the Agreement is void for one or more of the following reasons: (i) the Defendant