A Couple of New Articles from CBSSports

[drumlin]

I don't know how many people follow the crazy world of college sports these days, but there seems to be a lot going on in the courts these days. Here are a couple of the latest articles from CBSSports.

$40 million rosters, portal panic and the wildest week yet of college football's unhinged free-for-all era

The reason why college basketball players with no remaining eligibility are entering the NCAA transfer portal

I find the second one interesting ... we could see professional "college" players who play college sports until they retire!

 

[JayM]

I don't know how many people follow the crazy world of college sports these days, but there seems to be a lot going on in the courts these days. Here are a couple of the latest articles from CBSSports.

$40 million rosters, portal panic and the wildest week yet of college football's unhinged free-for-all era

The reason why college basketball players with no remaining eligibility are entering the NCAA transfer portal

I find the second one interesting ... we could see professional "college" players who play college sports until they retire!

I think so. There is also no reason an athlete has be a student. The scholarship was supposed to be a benefit/incentive to a student athlete but if he/she doesn't want it and just wants $ to play sports who's to say he/can't do that? A school or a conference could have a policy requiring athletes to be students but it might put them at disadvantage to schools that don't have the same requirement.

If Tim Tebow had remained a Gator imagine what he could be making and how good we could have been!

I'm not saying I like it but how can you deny folks these basic rights?

 

[drumlin]

I think so. There is also no reason an athlete has be a student. The scholarship was supposed to be a benefit/incentive to a student athlete but if he/she doesn't want it and just wants $ to play sports who's to say he/can't do that? A school or a conference could have a policy requiring athletes to be students but it might put them at disadvantage to schools that don't have the same requirement.

If Tim Tebow had remained a Gator imagine what he could be making and how good we could have been!

I'm not saying I like it but how can you deny folks these basic rights?

Yes, that's a very interesting scenario.
It seems to me that all these rules and restrictions the NCAA has imposed are being challenged in court, and the NCAA is losing every time.
So let's take your suggestion even further .... suppose after Tebow was cut from the NFL, he then came back to Florida to play some more. So the NCAA now becomes a minor league. You can go to the major pro leagues and once you are done there, or let's take Alex Condon for example .... he enters the NBA draft and doesn't get drafted. He comes back to UF and continues there. Who's to stop him?

Here is another twist on the House settlement that I hadn't caught earlier ....

House v. NCAA case: Judge threatens to reject settlement over roster limits, sets hard deadline

There is one point in this article:

Concerns over Title IX and antitrust issues will continue after the settlement is approved. However, instead of the NCAA being the lawsuit target, individual schools may soon become the focus.

If I am understanding this, by entering into this settlement, the NCAA is removing itself from the burden of future lawsuits, and transferring that to individual schools! This is now becoming a farce. For the sake of holding onto power and money, these entities, being NCAA, conferences, schools, are willing to continue to exploit these athletes for money and continue to go to court. The simple solution is just call the athletes employees and be done with it. For years it has been the NCAA, bowl executives, athletic departments making money over the exploited athletes. Now the athletes are exploiting the no-rules that exist and transferring at will for more money wherever they can find it. The people now at the disadvantage are the coaches and fans. I think a boycott would be a great way to show the current system is unacceptable.

 

[Termigator]

Yes, that's a very interesting scenario.
It seems to me that all these rules and restrictions the NCAA has imposed are being challenged in court, and the NCAA is losing every time.
So let's take your suggestion even further .... suppose after Tebow was cut from the NFL, he then came back to Florida to play some more. So the NCAA now becomes a minor league. You can go to the major pro leagues and once you are done there, or let's take Alex Condon for example .... he enters the NBA draft and doesn't get drafted. He comes back to UF and continues there. Who's to stop him?

Here is another twist on the House settlement that I hadn't caught earlier ....

House v. NCAA case: Judge threatens to reject settlement over roster limits, sets hard deadline

There is one point in this article:

If I am understanding this, by entering into this settlement, the NCAA is removing itself from the burden of future lawsuits, and transferring that to individual schools! This is now becoming a farce. For the sake of holding onto power and money, these entities, being NCAA, conferences, schools, are willing to continue to exploit these athletes for money and continue to go to court. The simple solution is just call the athletes employees and be done with it. For years it has been the NCAA, bowl executives, athletic departments making money over the exploited athletes. Now the athletes are exploiting the no-rules that exist and transferring at will for more money wherever they can find it. The people now at the disadvantage are the coaches and fans. I think a boycott would be a great way to show the current system is unacceptable.

My thinking is this might be a bit too farfetched; I think these guys are just trying to get a 5th year which has been talked about by the NCAA for a couple of years now.

 

[drumlin]

My thinking is this might be a bit too farfetched; I think these guys are just trying to get a 5th year which has been talked about by the NCAA for a couple of years now.

You may be right.
But who thought ten years ago that college players would be paid out in the open and would have agents to negotiate contracts and be open to the highest bidder? All while still being enrolled at a particular school?
I think the rules are being stressed by the courts, and we're finding there are no rules any more.