Judge might block NCAA from enforcing 5-year eligibility rule

[yoda]

It prove an immutable fact in life -
no matter how long or hard you work to get success -
if you are successful & have something desirable- they will always come after you with lawsuits to take it from you

[daveineureka]

Agree with both NIL and transfer portal are making college basketball less enjoyable. Have posted before about whatever happened to a player going to college to get a education first and foremost. In my humble opinion the current rules are here to stay but can be tweaked somewhat. How about for starters if a player commits to a program for certain amount of money and after one year he decides to go into the transfer portal he must repay all or part of the money he signed on for. If he signed up for more than one year and leaves after his first year that to me is breach of contract and must repay the NIL money back to the university. As for the portal I would limit a player to one transfer during his four year college time. If said player decides to move more than once he must sit out that year. Just suggestions that will probably never be seen. Just my opinion. Any other thoughts.

[Da Coach]

...How about for starters if a player commits to a program for certain amount of money and after one year he decides to go into the transfer portal he must repay all or part of the money he signed on for. If he signed up for more than one year and leaves after his first year that to me is breach of contract and must repay the NIL money back to the university. As for the portal I would limit a player to one transfer during his four year college time. If said player decides to move more than once he must sit out that year. Just suggestions that will probably never be seen. Just my opinion. Any other thoughts.

The court cases that have been decided against the NCAA mostly involve lawsuits against the restriction of athletes' freedom to move to a different school and retain eligibility. So making a player sit out a year won't work. The courts have already ruled that the NCAA can't do that.

And your suggestion about putting stipulations into the NIL contracts that take back some of the money they were promised is a good idea. In fact, I've read that some schools have just started putting such clauses into the NIL contracts. But the money couldn't go back to the school, only to the NIL group that paid it initially.

[daveineureka]

Good to hear that certain schools are putting stipulations into NIL contracts. Maybe going forward more and more will do the same. If players retain agents to negotiate their NIL deals to me they are now living in an adult world and must be held accountable for their decisions. Enough said, now let's get some more recruits and look forward to next season.

[egib52]

The court cases that have been decided against the NCAA mostly involve lawsuits against the restriction of athletes' freedom to move to a different school and retain eligibility. So making a player sit out a year won't work. The courts have already ruled that the NCAA can't do that.

And your suggestion about putting stipulations into the NIL contracts that take back some of the money they were promised is a good idea. In fact, I've read that some schools have just started putting such clauses into the NIL contracts. But the money couldn't go back to the school, only to the NIL group that paid it initially.

Rumor has it that one school my be suing soon to enforce an nil agreement that a player reneged on this spring. We will see if it comes to fruition.