Regarding transfers

[ragtimejoe1]

https://sports.yahoo.com/lawsuit-aims-t ... 46802.html

[WyoExpat]

They are genuinely trying to kill any goose that might lay a golden egg, aren't they?

Can you imagine complete free agency for every player, every year, with no salary cap in the pros?

Even if we look back at the notion that these young people are supposed to be trading representing the school they attend for the right to attend cost-free, there isn't a university out there that would grant a diploma to someone who has only obtained a single year worth of credits from that institution.

[OrediggerPoke]

Preliminary Injunction against the NCAA handed down today. Players who have previously transferred may now transfer again penalty free (at least for the next 14 days).

For us - Waylee might be a target.

https://www.espn.com/college-sports/sto ... d-transfer

[Expat_Poke]

Preliminary Injunction against the NCAA handed down today. Players who have previously transferred may now transfer again penalty free (at least for the next 14 days).

For us - Waylee might be a target.

https://www.espn.com/college-sports/sto ... d-transfer

Ugh, no one is forcing athletes to be athletes. This whole idea of not being able to have rules to protect the organization is insane. If one doesn't like it fine, leave college and go become pro. Want to play on an NCAA team abide by the rules. Part of the freedom to associate is to allow the formation of groups who can form their own internal rules. What right is being violated by saying you have to sit a year if you transfer? Does one have the right to play for a college football team?

[OrediggerPoke]

Preliminary Injunction against the NCAA handed down today. Players who have previously transferred may now transfer again penalty free (at least for the next 14 days).

For us - Waylee might be a target.

https://www.espn.com/college-sports/sto ... d-transfer

Ugh, no one is forcing athletes to be athletes. This whole idea of not being able to have rules to protect the organization is insane. If one doesn't like it fine, leave college and go become pro. Want to play on an NCAA team abide by the rules. Part of the freedom to associate is to allow the formation of groups who can form their own internal rules. What right is being violated by saying you have to sit a year if you transfer? Does one have the right to play for a college football team?

That's the problem. The organization is conglomeration of 100s of both public and private college entities that, by agreeing to restricting rules, may be colluding to restrict the market. Colluding to restrict the market is the definition of unlawful under the Sherman Antitrust Act. From a legal standpoint to me, the argument seems like it has a lot of merit.

[LanderPoke]

Ugh, no one is forcing athletes to be athletes. This whole idea of not being able to have rules to protect the organization is insane. If one doesn't like it fine, leave college and go become pro. Want to play on an NCAA team abide by the rules. Part of the freedom to associate is to allow the formation of groups who can form their own internal rules. What right is being violated by saying you have to sit a year if you transfer? Does one have the right to play for a college football team?

That's the problem. The organization is conglomeration of 100s of both public and private college entities that, by agreeing to restricting rules, may be colluding to restrict the market. Colluding to restrict the market is the definition of unlawful under the Sherman Antitrust Act. From a legal standpoint to me, the argument seems like it has a lot of merit.

How did the NCAA get away with it for so long?

[OrediggerPoke]

That's the problem. The organization is conglomeration of 100s of both public and private college entities that, by agreeing to restricting rules, may be colluding to restrict the market. Colluding to restrict the market is the definition of unlawful under the Sherman Antitrust Act. From a legal standpoint to me, the argument seems like it has a lot of merit.

How did the NCAA get away with it for so long?

That's a good question. It seems that those things just went unchallenged until the Ed O'Bannon case opened the floodgates.

[ragtimejoe1]

Nobody wants to put academic restrictions on football because you'll be at a disadvantage if you do. It's probably time to remove academic and tax protections from football and bball unless it goes back to a club level.

[laxwyo]

How did the NCAA get away with it for so long?

That's a good question. It seems that those things just went unchallenged until the Ed O'Bannon case opened the floodgates.

The only way to fix the continuation of these lawsuits would be a formation of college football union and subsequent contract negotiations? Or to have individuals sign contracts when they come to a school?