NCAA votes to approve new age-based eligibility

[18IsTheMan]

NCAA votes to approve age-based five-year eligibility rule, reshaping college football, basketball landscapes

Under the new rules, all college athletes will have five years to play five seasons

www.cbssports.com

Aaaaaaand then they were instantly sued:

Suit alleges new NCAA rule unfair to high school Class of 2022

Less than 24 hours after the NCAA Division I Cabinet approved a monumental change in eligibility rules, a group of 15 college basketball players filed a lawsuit claiming the new age-based model unfairly shuts them out of further competition.

www.espn.com

 

[PrestonyteParrot]

Rules are rules and ''victims'' of said rules, and their ambulance chasing attorneys, need to incur some kind penalty/cost for filing frivolous law suits which they lose. We have to stop this out of control judicial roller coaster were on.

 

[Lurker123]

NCAA votes to approve age-based five-year eligibility rule, reshaping college football, basketball landscapes

Under the new rules, all college athletes will have five years to play five seasons

www.cbssports.com

Aaaaaaand then they were instantly sued:

Suit alleges new NCAA rule unfair to high school Class of 2022

Less than 24 hours after the NCAA Division I Cabinet approved a monumental change in eligibility rules, a group of 15 college basketball players filed a lawsuit claiming the new age-based model unfairly shuts them out of further competition.

www.espn.com

I saw the thread topic, and my first thought was "how many days before a lawsuit is filed". I should have thought in hours.

 

[92Pony]

I didn't read the article, but all you have to know is "lawsuit against NCAA", and that some judge will rule in favor of the "student athlete". How will the NCAA ever make another rule? Every time someone thinks a rule isn't fair, they sue and win. What a mess.

 

[muscleknight]

They will still sue even if the Power 4 adopts the NFL model.

 

[18IsTheMan]

I didn't read the article, but all you have to know is "lawsuit against NCAA", and that some judge will rule in favor of the "student athlete". How will the NCAA ever make another rule? Every time someone thinks a rule isn't fair, they sue and win. What a mess.

How far away are we from having sue to change the outcome of a game?

 

[92Pony]

How far away are we from having sue to change the outcome of a game?

Never say never!!!!

 

[Piscis]

How far away are we from having sue to change the outcome of a game?

Not far. A bad call that costs a team a spot in the playoff or a championship will be the basis of a lawsuit.

 

[muscleknight]

We should have sued the bad calls in the LSU game 2 years ago.

 

[Piscis]

We should have sued the bad calls in the LSU game 2 years ago.

It's coming.

 

[CreekSnake]

The only answer is the proverbial poison pill.Athletes as employees and rules colllectively bargained.Give them anti- trust exemption.That’s what keeps pro leagues from enduring all these lawsuits.
Like I said though, this creates a vast number of problems and unintended consequences.
For the first 30 of my 36 years I worked in the property and casualty insurance world representing a large company.We fought tooth and nail to not be considered employees.Once the company learned of all these costs associated with making us employees we heard no more of that.
I’m afraid athletes are forcing this upon themselves and I don’t think either will be happy with the result.