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[laxwyo]

Vanderbilt's Pavia sues NCAA over eligibility limits for former JUCO players

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Vanderbilt quarterback Diego Pavia is suing the NCAA over its rules limiting the eligibility of former junior college players after transferring to a Division I school. Pavia believes the NCAA's rules “unjustifiably” restrain athletes' abilities to earn money under name...

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Just as some of you predicted, eligibility requirements now the target. Every restriction on playing college football is being attacked. There’s only one path and it’s decoupling from the university system and into a pro league with a union and a bargained contract.

 

[ZapPoke]

what if they did like baseball and hockey? You could be drafted out of high school but still play at the college level until you are ready to go pro? With that scenario players sometimes leave before they graduate. Or just do as lax suggested and be done with it.

 

[laxwyo]

what if they did like baseball and hockey? You could be drafted out of high school but still play at the college level until you are ready to go pro? With that scenario players sometimes leave before they graduate. Or just do as lax suggested and be done with it.

Seems like a good idea.

 

[Bryoming]

what if they did like baseball and hockey? You could be drafted out of high school but still play at the college level until you are ready to go pro? With that scenario players sometimes leave before they graduate. Or just do as lax suggested and be done with it.

Baseball has a great system in place. That should definitely be the model for all NCAA/Pro relationships.

 

[ragtimejoe1]

what if they did like baseball and hockey? You could be drafted out of high school but still play at the college level until you are ready to go pro? With that scenario players sometimes leave before they graduate. Or just do as lax suggested and be done with it.

I think the issue is you have billions made off of athletes in cfb and to an extent bball. There's not a path forward that doesn't split the money up.
I like the idea but the money still has to flow to the players somehow.

 

[doreno5]

Baseball has a great system in place. That should definitely be the model for all NCAA/Pro relationships.

The NFL however has no incentive to play along with that sort of system currently. The colleges , especially the power conferences, are already training their draftees without cost to the pros.

 

[cowpokeguy]

The NFL however has no incentive to play along with that sort of system currently. The colleges , especially the power conferences, are already training their draftees without cost to the pros.

That Pavia lawsuit got me thinking, if he's challening a specific restriction on eligibility limits now, what's to say in a few years players don't challenge elgibilty limites overall. And then if schools are paying them, starts to feel a lot like a pro league! Imagine a tenth year player, in the final year of his $10 Million deal with University of Alabama

 

[laxwyo]

That Pavia lawsuit got me thinking, if he's challening a specific restriction on eligibility limits now, what's to say in a few years players don't challenge elgibilty limites overall. And then if schools are paying them, starts to feel a lot like a pro league! Imagine a tenth year player, in the final year of his $10 Million deal with University of Alabama

It’s not hard to imagine. Many have been predicting this. I think, based on the basis of the argument, it could put all eligibility requirements in jeopardy. I think even going to school could be on the line.

 

[cowpokeguy]

It’s not hard to imagine. Many have been predicting this. I think, based on the basis of the argument, it could put all eligibility requirements in jeopardy. I think even going to school could be on the line.

So I wonder if there's a point where the NFL stops viewing college as a feeder and more as a competitor.

 

[OrediggerPoke]

So I wonder if there's a point where the NFL stops viewing college as a feeder and more as a competitor.

Great point! Take away that 4 year limitation and can the NFL really say it has all of the best players?

 

[LanderPoke]

So I wonder if there's a point where the NFL stops viewing college as a feeder and more as a competitor.

This is interesting. Never thought of it like that

 

[LanderPoke]

Would Caleb Williams go back to college next year if that option were available to him?

 

[ragtimejoe1]

Would Caleb Williams go back to college next year if that option were available to him?

He'd probably only get g5 offers after this season, lol. Just kidding of course.

 

[doreno5]

Would Caleb Williams go back to college next year if that option were available to him?

If was not for the pay cut maybe

Heck I understood Florida offered nearly $10 Million to someone so the money is getting closer than I realized.

 

[TheRealUW]

College football, or whatever it turns into, would be awesome with a promotion-relegation system.

Rank the conferences, play a season, top two teams in each conference move up, bottom two teams in each conference move down.

Takes the TV market bullshit out of the equation. All you have to do is win and you continue to move up. The sky is the limit.