Each P4 conference is consideting passing a rule banning players who have signed a professional contract

[Dawgzilla2]

I support their effort, but they are just begging to be sued along with the NCAA, and possibly charged with antitrust collusion.

 

[dorndawg]

I'm merely curious, how do they define "professional"

 

[patdog]

Going forward after this year, it won't be a problem. It's only a problem this year because the NCAA 17ed up the 5-year rule such that the players thought they had no choice but to go pro. In the future rules preventing pro players from coming back to college should stand.

 

[Anon2444666666]

Student athletes have to be making progress toward a degree from previous semester. How can that not apply to former pro athletes?
You still have to have an academic reason to be here, and we not it's not the reason they want to be here. Seems way to simplistic to me.

 

[Dawgzilla2]

Student athletes have to be making progress toward a degree from previous semester. How can that not apply to former pro athletes?
You still have to have an academic reason to be here, and we not it's not the reason they want to be here. Seems way to simplistic to me.

Answered this in another thread. Their argument is they only went pro because they thought their college career was over. They would not have gone pro, and would have met all other eligibility requirements if they knew they had another year.

I dont think you can hold the academic requirements against them.

 

[Dawgzilla2]

Going forward after this year, it won't be a problem. It's only a problem this year because the NCAA 17ed up the 5-year rule such that the players thought they had no choice but to go pro. In the future rules preventing pro players from coming back to college should stand.

You say that, but just wait until someone leaves school after three years, gets cut from the NFL, and then wants to come back. His argument would be weaker than the current guys, but that doesn't stop him from seeking an injunction.

 

[$altyDawg]

Call it the "Kiffen Rule".

 

[Anon2444666666]

Answered this in another thread. Their argument is they only went pro because they thought their college career was over. They would not have gone pro, and would have met all other eligibility requirements if they knew they had another year.

I dont think you can hold the academic requirements against them.

Sure you can. Did they even complete their last semester? Probably not. Probably dropped out or got a bunch of incompletes and signed up for the draft.

 

[Dawgzilla2]

Sure you can. Did they even complete their last semester? Probably not. Probably dropped out or got a bunch of incompletes and signed up for the draft.

Yes, but only because they were told they couldn't compete in college any longer. If they had known the NCAA was going to extend their career, they would have stayed in school.

Allegedly.

 

[GloryDawg]

Smart money for G5 is to take the opposite approach. Yeah, you won't make as much money as if you were at a P4, but you will get to play, and we will have good football teams.

 

[Captain Ron]

Smart money for G5 is to take the opposite approach. Yeah, you won't make as much money as if you were at a P4, but you will get to play, and we will have good football teams.

I could then see P4 canceling games with them at that point just like with the Texas Tech deal. Not that they wouldn’t survive, but many need the P4 exposure and payouts.

 

[karlchilders.sixpack]

SEC Announcement, shat just hit the fan, on Finebaum.

 

[patdog]

SEC Announcement, shat just hit the fan, on Finebaum.

So what was the announcement?

 

[DesotoCountyDawg]

Going forward after this year, it won't be a problem. It's only a problem this year because the NCAA 17ed up the 5-year rule such that the players thought they had no choice but to go pro. In the future rules preventing pro players from coming back to college should stand.

If the morons hadn’t tabled it back in the winter this wouldn’t have happened.

 

[Rick Danko]

Screw it all. Just call College ball minor leagues from now on. Stay as long as you damn well please if no one picks you up. Let some of these greedy bastards screw some younger guys out of money and see how that flies with people. Hell, where does common sense draw the line at some point. Reason number 327 I’m more and more off college sports. It’s a joke now

 

[patdog]

Screw it all. Just call College ball minor leagues from now on. Stay as long as you damn well please if no one picks you up. Let some of these greedy bastards screw some younger guys out of money and see how that flies with people. Hell, where does common sense draw the line at some point. Reason number 327 I’m more and more off college sports. It’s a joke now

I’m to the point I don’t watch college sports other than Mississippi State & the football semifinals & finals. They can do what they want. I really don’t care.

 

[karlchilders.sixpack]

So what was the announcement?

MSN

 

[Ranchdawg]

I’m to the point I don’t watch college sports other than Mississippi State & the football semifinals & finals. They can do what they want. I really don’t care.

I'm at the same place. College sports have been b*starilized by the "blue bloods" for years and now it is legal for every sport. We are at the point of taking what the SEC deems necessary.

 

[CascillaCountryClub]

The SEC needs to put a law prohibiting transfers from one SEC school to another SEC member if they really want to promote fairness.

 

[patdog]

The SEC needs to put a law prohibiting transfers from one SEC school to another SEC member if they really want to promote fairness.

Pretty sure they put that rule in place a few years ago.