Is chambliss not happy with his NFL draft projection this year or will he make more cash money at ole miss? Both?
Agree on all fronts. NCAA is its own worst enemy. On the other hand, I’m curious as to how the court had jurisdiction. What little I saw about the ruling it seems the Court disagreed with the NCAA on whether he met the criteria for a physical injury to warrant another year. I don’t think any court has plenary jurisdiction over that type of issue and could only rule otherwise if it found an abuse of discretion which is a high standard to meet (assuming jurisdiction in the first place).
Sort of. MLB teams retain exclusive rights to players they draft up until about one week before the following year's draft, which takes place 2-3 weeks after that year's college baseball season ends. So it can work, but there is no guarantee. If, for some reason, the player doesn't sign, team is screwed.
I think the simple answer is the NCAA has no real authority to enforce much of anything. Don't like an NCAA decision? Grab your lawyers and head to court. Judges are the real authority.
FWIW:
as the NCAA is an instrumentally of the colleges with oversight by the schools, the anti-trust finding essentially means the NCAA cannot enforce any rule that the Presidents approved around eligibility - i.e. academic standards, enrolled students, etc. A school can clearly do this on their own as they are not part of the a/t finding by courts.
It’s my understanding that even though the NCAA does not have an Anti-Trust exemption, plaintiffs still have to prove that the challenged action was an unreasonable restriction on free trade. If the NCAA has no rule making authority, then why are athletes limited to 4 years of eligibility unless they redshirt or can prove a physical injury warranting extra year(s) of eligibility. Haven’t seen a link to the decision but it’s my understanding the court found that Chambliss met the NCAA’s criteria for an extra year of eligibility. Unless the court found that the NCAA’s decision that he did not meet that criteria because it was arbitrary and an abuse of discretion courts don’t get to substitute their determinations on factual findings. Notice how the court did not find that limiting the number of years of eligibility violated the Sherman Act but that the NCAA incorrectly decided whether Chambliss met the NCAA’s criteria for an extra year of eligibility.
I assume that if the players unionize, then they have to ratify and abide by any CBA.
A lot of these college players now take a financial hit when they go to the NFL. Because this garbage may start to hurt talent procurement by the NFL, you may see that most powerful sports league start to apply pressure on Congress to enact legislation to reign in this Wild West, and don’t underestimate the power that they now wield. Also, if the NFL now perceives college football as a competing pro league, I wouldn’t be surprised if they begin to schedule Friday and Saturday night games during September, October and November.
CFB provides a HUGE service to the NFL. A developmental league that allows the NFL to then pick and choose (the draft) and field a top quality product. This is provided at no or little cost to the NFL. A simple solution would be to have an age cutoff for college sports. say 24.
Well, something needs to be done, because you’re starting to get many instances in which players are manipulating or totally violating the rules so that they can play college football as a steady job for upwards of sometimes seven years or more; they now are as much students as the maintenance people are at these schools. And like other posters said, the NCAA basically is powerless because you have corrupt judges adjudicating these cases who often are conflicted because of their own fandom and, as we’ve seen, often make rulings that are not supported by precedent and then need to be appealed, often to the Supreme Court.
It’s an old legal tactic. Get an injunction and then delay/appeal for years until it no longer matters.
Mark Madden has a column on the Pitt Trib web site now about how the NFL may start to schedule regular Saturday games in the fall to compete with college football because they now consider it to be a direct competing professional league. He also states in that article that the judge who ruled Chambliss eligible has a law degree from Ole Miss, so why did he not recuse himself for a conflict; these judges, both federal and state, many of whom are unelected, basically now are governing this country rather than interpreting existing laws?
Thank you much, Bvill..
Yes and you are desperately hoping that Mommy doesn’t take your binky and blankey away and kick you out of your safe space before the end of those three years.
Mommy died 6-yrs ago Christmas morning, 5:am-age 94 wise a$$, I'm on my own.
