Maybe correct but nobody's really ever tested it in a different sport. I mean O get that JR Smith didn't go to college so he can play 4 years of golf but the "clock starts ticking once you enroll" rule seems arbitrary in comparison. Lets use a true student athlete comparison. Lets say some female swimmer turns pro after her sophomore year but after swimming as a pro for a few years, she wants to finish her degree and play on the softball team. It seems extremely ridiculous that this wouldn't be allowed but they allow college basketball free agency.
Hate to be serious on a jagov post but I'm pretty sure there is an age limit like 28 years old or something. Someone can fact check me on this.
What's the difference though? If a player didn't use 4 years of eligibility and wants to return after playing professionally in a different sport, they should be allowed. I believe they'd win a court case. The courts despise the NCAA. Their rules make no sense whatsoever.
I don't think so, there have been people like 50 years old that played college sports.
I think eventually someone will challenge the "years of eligibility" and there will be guys getting paid to play college football or basketball for 10 years or more.
I wouldn't be so sure, up until now people just accepted things, like 4 years college eligibility, when really it's just all arbitrary.
Agreed. That's another arbitrary rule especially with NIL. If a kid wants to take college classes for 10 years and is making 6 figures, why should they be denied a chance to make a living. Think of guys like BK, Krauser, Fields, guys who cant play in the NBA but are elite college players. If those guys are making 200K playing college basketball, doesn't it seem wrong that the NCAA puts a time limit on their earnings potential?
Poor Chas, cramping and unable to dive. Another movie where Zapka gets his ass kicked and becomes the loser again.The young kids could never execute the triple lindy
Totally forgot Johnny Lawrence was in that flick. I might have to watch it again, but I might have class.
The schools are the NCAA. They want a governing body so they decided to form the NCAA to oversee them. The NCAA doesn't get any revenue in any sense. The revenue is passed on to the schools
Correct.
"Pryor ... said he won't go back on his word now that he's made up his mind even though verbal commitments are non-binding." If the NCAA let's him, he can still fulfill his promise.
Pitt basketball has never landed a recruit who verballed prior to his junior year. Like 0 for 6. Weird.
Sure, there are some executives getting rich but the NCAA just doesn't stash billions in their bank account. They spend it and disburse it. The NCAA isnt some league that the schools joined. Its the opposite. Its the schools that created it to oversee them.
It is the schools. The schools elect the leaders and by and large, set the rules. The NCAA is just oversight, that it's. If the SEC and Big Ten leave the NCAA, they will have to form some other alphabet organization to oversee them.
Keep it for what? They dont keep it to go on vacation. They keep it for administrative purposes and championship tournament purposes. The NCAA answers to its schools. Listen, I hate the NCAA but there's no way they are taking advantage of Power 5 schools. They spend their money as their member schools tell them to spend it.
That site could have a field day with SMF posts.
I’m shocked that SMF has grabbed their attention.
That's awesome. Literally was cracking up when I saw that because they made it sound so ridiculous....and funny. I mean I was being sarcastic in that they should "offer" him. Actually laughing again now thinking of Capel picking up the phone and dialing up Pryor and saying "Son, we would like to offer you a basketball scholarship to the University of Pittsburgh." However, I do think that someone should and will test that rule and that before long, you will see former NFL players playing college basketball and other sports. The NCAA is so arbitrary with their rules that there's no way this would hold up in court. So, 5 years from now when you see an NFL dude playing college hoops, it'll be another W.
