They will grandfather those players in for the 2026 to kick that can down the road to 2027.Serious question. The whole 5 years of total eligibility thing. We have 4-5 guys, some probable starters who are in their 6th year plus. How does this affect them? NCAA says yes you can have a med redshirt and play, now Trump says no you can’t?
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Until the stakeholders who historically had all the power realize the paradigm has shifted, they will keep butting their heads against the wall as they will continue to lose lawsuit after lawsuit to the stakeholders who historically had no power - the athletes.As I would expect the EO does not address the employment and collective bargaining issues that need to be resolved properly for there to be any stability in college athletics.
Is everyone a stakeholder in college athletics except the athletes?
The NCAA is their own worst enemy. These issues could have been addressed and stabilized a decade or more ago.
Until the stakeholders who historically had all the power realize the paradigm has shifted, they will keep butting their heads against the wall as they will continue to lose lawsuit after lawsuit to the stakeholders who historically had no power - the athletes.
The best part is they did it to themselves. They could have continued this charade if they didn't get too greedy, but when conferences are poaching other schools to get bigger TV contracts to the point a nearly century old major conference is basically dead and college coaches make as much, and in some cases, more than NFL coaches it is impossible to look at college football as anything other than a for-profit industry that is restricting the employment opportunities for its employees - the athletes.
Just rip the bandaid off. Announce the athletes are employees and come up with a CBA. Quit delaying the inevitable.
wonder how NILs tied to institutions will/have insulated themselves from this...Read the part about NIL...and rev share tbh..
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I defer to others more knowledgeable on the subject, but the tariffs were upended in court from what I can tell. My company just received guidance on applying for tariff refunds from the government this week.wonder how NILs tied to institutions will/have insulated themselves from this...
the administration will no doubt hold funds from programs. People say EO have no weight yet tariffs were introduced and enacted because of EO. This administration will absolutely 100% withhold federal funds from institutions they feel are violating this. And it can 100% hold up in court.
Also, if NIL collectives are being forced to pay without linking payment to playing, doesn't that do away with these lawsuits against players leaving programs? Because it seems like it's saying payment is based on promotion "that is not tied to participation in the athletics program of a particular higher education institution".