"NIL itself isn't causing the current eligibility conflict."
Tell me, why wasn't this an issue when players weren't getting compensated? Why did players returning from the NFL only become an issue when you could get a check for it?
Nope, NIL has nothing to do with this.
It’s honestly impressive how fast college sports have crashed to the ground.
It’s only taken about 5 years with the introduction of NIL and the transfer rules being changed.
The NCAA has dug themselves into a hole they might not be able to get out of.
I think it would be funny if every conference bans it except the MAC and the MAC welcomes them with open arms.
Like yeah, you can come back but you have to play for Kent State
Lawyers, judges, TROs, injunctions being in college sports is absolute loser behavior. None of this belongs in college sports. Zero. Zilch. If you support any of this, you are apart of the problem. Stop ruining this sport.
@StealYoTransfer@_Matt_Bowers_ I agree. Diego Pavia getting a 6th year was stupid. The courts getting involved and allowing players who are ineligible to play is stupid and it should be stopped.
Seriously how close are we to schools filing a lawsuit to overturn losses and force participation in the CFP and March Madness?
This entire situation has become so ridiculous and yet Congress is adding random bullshit to kill any chance the “Save College Sports Act” passes.
The new amended complaint "is sitting on the judge's desk," Clayton said.
Expectation from those in Baton Rouge is that the judge is expected to address the complaint quickly and enjoin the SEC from enforcing its pro-player ban - nine days before LSU's season opener.
@StealYoTransfer@_Matt_Bowers_ To be fair, the 5 for 5 eligibility rules were passed to get rid of medical redshirts and redshirts as a whole, after the courts sided with Chambliss.
Pavia started all this nonsense, but 5 for 5 was implemented due to Chambliss.
@DavidNola985 I know it’s the individual players filing the lawsuits.
What I’m saying is the courts have gotten so involved in ruling who’s eligible and ineligible, what’s going to stop the schools themselves filing lawsuits to overturn results.
Nothing is stopping the players right now.
For everyone arguing NFL players coming back is a one time thing happening this year…..
The NCAA allowed everyone to transfer and not sit out a year in 2020 due to COVID. It’s the norm now.
Highly likely the same thing happens here.
I’m so exhausted by this bullshit refrain.
When schools act through the NCAA, they sue the NCAA. When conferences act, they sue the conferences. Propose federal legislation, and they’ll fight that too. Ask what workable alternative remains, and they say “just bargain”--knowing damn well there is no realistic path to collective bargaining at this point.
For a contingent of clout-chasing lawyers, dysfunction is not a problem to solve. It’s the business model. They claim to champion college athletes while offering no workable system in which college athletics can actually function. They just enjoy watching the whole thing burn.
I suspect they are about to get their rear ends handed to them, and it is absolutely deserved.
I think as fans, we are all on the same page....
College sports should be for college athletes.
It's a pretty simple concept and glad a lot of the conferences are starting to finally drawn a line in the sand.