Federal Judge Temporarily Strikes Down NCAA Transfer Restrictions
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Feels like the death of college sports just keeps getting faster and faster
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If preventing athletes from being penalized for choosing what they think is the best situation for them, is "death" then maybe it's not such a tragic loss.
Good thing the people that have to worry about it get paid handsomely.
If we're paying these kids now, just make them employees already and make them sign contracts... like the real professionals have to.
NFL players can't just leave their team and go play somewhere else whenever they feel like it. They are signed to a contract. If these kids want to be paid... fine... then make them sign a 4 year contract that you can't get out of.
NFL players can't just leave their team and go play somewhere else whenever they feel like it. They are signed to a contract. If these kids want to be paid... fine... then make them sign a 4 year contract that you can't get out of.
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And? Businesses in the rest of the world are constantly dealing with staffing and turnover issues. They can offer better pay/benefits or go without. That's how the real world works. This is just College sports getting welcomed to it.
They've always been meaningless but at least most teams had a full roster.
The Pandora's Box of players skipping them for draft prospects probably won't go away but maybe transferring can be delayed?
Its stupid if a kid chooses he wants a different situation then so be it. Any other student can switch schools with no issue.
Really always have been since the BCS and now the playoffs. I still watch bowl games but we could cut a decent amount out and be fine. .500 teams or less dont deserve a bowl especially in P5 or 3 whatever it ends up being. G5 should have their own bowl system and the big schools can play in lets just say 20 bowls, with the 12 team playoff. The rest are garbage and a waste of time. So with 12 teams in the playoffs that leaves 40 schools for bowl games, seems like that would be enough.
I’m guessing the eligibility limit will be next. Caitlyn Clark playing for Iowa into her mid-30s? Jorbo making a comeback? Why not?
Hopefully the requirements of being a student are removed as well.
Hopefully the requirements of being a student are removed as well.
Regarding bowls I've been thinking about the ramifications of this ruling assuming it holds after the appeal process. Bowl games are played after most schools first semester. A kid could hypothetically finish his classes at one school and transfer to another school and be eligible right away to play in the bowl game or the playoff.
This could have a huge impact. How many kids wouldn't normally transfer but given an opportunity to play in the playoff that would be a huge incentive.
The NCAA brought this on themselves. Battle transferred to WVU, and under the existing rules, was eligible to play immediately. The NCAA changed the rules and applied them retroactively, causing some like battle to sit out an entire year, and for others, to LOSE their final season of eligibility.
I don’t see why not. All other students are allowed to stay as long as they want. Why should athletes be restricted to 4 years?
You mean chasing the highest paycheck? The pro’s aren’t this dumb - that’s why they have contracts and caps.
This. Leagues don't function well without some kind of limits on when moves can occur, pay, etc.
Congress doesn't need to be deeply involved, but they just need to give NCAA an antitrust exemption and be done with it.
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They collectively bargained their situation. They traded their rights as employees for 50% (NBA) and 48% (NFL) of revenues. And the league traded a big hunk of their revenue in exchange for the ability to control player movement without running a foul of employment and antitrust laws. How many schools do you think would be willing to enter into a similar deal?