New Court Ruling

[TU_BLA]

So this will be interesting to see if it carries over to all sports or is it specific to just this one athlete's circumstances. A judge in TN just issued an injunction barring the NCAA from counting a Vanderbilt soccer player's JUCO time against their eligibility essentially granting additional years of eligibility for this athlete (this is a Cliff's Notes version of the ruling that I saw on Threads this AM).

If it carries over to all sports and all athletes, you're going to see the JUCP ranks explode with HS talent and you will see the P4s basically only recruit kids in the portal and from JUCO.

One caveat I was thinking about...will those JUCO years count towards the NFL requirement of being out 3 years before being eligible to declare for the draft?

 

[lawpoke87]

So this will be interesting to see if it carries over to all sports or is it specific to just this one athlete's circumstances. A judge in TN just issued an injunction barring the NCAA from counting a Vanderbilt soccer player's JUCO time against their eligibility essentially granting additional years of eligibility for this athlete (this is a Cliff's Notes version of the ruling that I saw on Threads this AM).

If it carries over to all sports and all athletes, you're going to see the JUCP ranks explode with HS talent and you will see the P4s basically only recruit kids in the portal and from JUCO.

One caveat I was thinking about...will those JUCO years count towards the NFL requirement of being out 3 years before being eligible to declare for the draft?

If the ruling survives appeal it would be a huge blow to FCS football. If you’re a borderline FBS kid there is every reason now to go JUCO. Especially for linemen who typically aren’t ready for FBS ball at the age of 18. (See TU this past season).

Ironic the plaintiff here is a soccer player. I could see some impact in men’s soccer due to the depth of talent and limited number of schools playing D1 men’s soccer. I would expect little to no impact on the women’s side due to the poor quality of play in Juco women’s soccer (and females are typically physically developed at 18-19).

 

[Gmoney4WW]

If the ruling survives appeal it would be a huge blow to FCS football. If you’re a borderline FBS kid there is every reason now to go JUCO. Especially for linemen who typically aren’t ready for FBS ball at the age of 18. (See TU this past season).

Ironic the plaintiff here is a soccer player. I could see some impact in men’s soccer due to the depth of talent and limited number of schools playing D1 men’s soccer. I would expect little to no impact on the women’s side due to the poor quality of play in Juco women’s soccer (and females are typically physically developed at 18-19).

I would like to hear the arguments.

 

[chito_and_leon]

The plaintiff in this case was actually a football player, the QB at Vanderbilt, Diego Pavia. The amount of activism from single district court judges in the last several years has been truly breathtaking. It's like the 60s again. Tho this ruling only applies to Pavia, any juco player who is in this judge's district presumably could get the same ruling. Interestingly, bc the ruling doesn't apply nationwide, a player in a different judicial district may lose a similar case and be subject to different rules. I guess there will be strong motivation for juco players to transfer to schools in the middle district of TN.

The lawyer in this case said "we don't mean that the NCAA can't have any eligibility rules" but it's hard to see what the basis would be for any rule if this isn't allowed.

It's a preliminary injunction and still may be overturned at trial or on appeal if the NCAA moves forward.

 

[Gmoney4WW]

The amount of activism from single district court judges in the last several years has been truly breathtaking. It's like the 60s again.

It's like somebody gave them permission to act this way.

 

[lawpoke87]

The NCAA has been taking it on the chin for some time now in court. This appears to the the latest.

 

[astonmartin708]

Deregulation ruins quality. Rules were adopted for a reason.

 

[lawpoke87]

Deregulation ruins quality.

Sometimes. The NCAA ran a highly regulated and unfair monopoly for decades at the expense of student athletes. Its member schools were more than happy to ride along as they were making millions of dollars. The NCAA and its member schools own a majority of the blame for this current mess.