Scott Frost is back in the headlines, but this time it has nothing to do with football. The UCF head coach is facing off with his old school in a tax dispute. The numbers are even raising the IRS’s eyebrows. What Nebraska may or may not owe him is quickly becoming a major story in college football.

Scott Frost is taking his old employer to court. He claims Nebraska wrongly stuck him with a huge tax bill on money he says he never actually received. It’s a messy situation involving a big severance package and a disagreement over tax reporting that’s now a formal lawsuit.

The entire issue stems from when Nebraska fired Frost back in September 2022 after going 16-31 over the 4-plus seasons. He was owed a hefty buyout in the ballpark of $15 million. According to the lawsuit filed in Lancaster County District Court, the university reported far more income on his 2022 W-2 form than what he actually took home that year.

Frost claims they included future payments that were part of his severance, totaling about $9.5 million in “phantom income”, even though he hadn’t seen a dime of it yet.

This discrepancy left Frost with a massive and, in his view, incorrect tax liability in excess of $1.72 million. Essentially, he’s saying he got taxed for income that only existed on paper for that specific year. His legal team is arguing that only about $4.8 million should have been counted as actual wages for 2022, not the inflated figure Nebraska reported.

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Frost claims even the IRS actually sides with him. The lawsuit states that the IRS audited the situation and agreed that only the lower figure was correct, not the higher one reported by the university. It is to be noted that

When Frost tried to get Nebraska to fix the mistake, he alleges they were “uncooperative, dismissive, and refused to acknowledge or correct the confusion and harm.” This left him no choice but to sue.

Now, Frost is seeking no less than $5 million in damages. This is for all the trouble, financial harm, and stress it has caused. He wants the court to sort out the university’s right to adjust those future payments and to compensate him for the headache.

The lawsuit was filed on Friday, December 12, 2025. We’ll have to wait and see how this legal battle plays out. But is Frost the only one having to fight legal battles?

Georgia is suing DE Damon Wilson

While Frost is suing his University for damages, the exact opposite is happening for former Georgia State Defensive End Damon Wilson.

It all had to do with his NIL contract with Georgia’s former collective, the Classic City Collective. He had a 14-month deal worth nearly half a million dollars that included $30,000 per month and two $40,000 bonuses for remaining in Georgia. But he jumped ship early and signed with Missouri. Georgia had paid him $110,000. Now, the catch is that his contract had a clause that he would need to repay the state if he left Georgia early. So, he is now contractually obligated to pay nearly $390,000, the balance amount in his contract.

While this is also an ongoing lawsuit, the result could change the entire landscape of college football. Do you think every college should have a similar contract?