The courtroom drama that Is Chambliss v NCAA continues to unfold. Not long after Chancery Judge Robert Whitwell, and Ole Miss alum, ruled that Chambliss could play an additional year followed by promptly getting his autograph, the NCAA is appealing the decision to the Mississippi Supreme Court.
I can’t imagine what would’ve been authored in a 658 page filing, which is equivalent to the length of Frank Herbert’s Dune. That’s a lot of creative writing by the NCAA’s counsel.
Now, here’s a fun scenario:
- Chambliss risks it all on the chance that he can get another year of a sweet NIL deal through the injunction, playing at Ole Miss and continuing to develop.
- The NCAA is successful in its appeal and the Supreme Court overturns the injunction ruling.
- Chambliss has missed the Combine, and will be lucky to get drafted late in the Draft if he can’t get a workout with a team.
- Chambliss then sues the NCAA for potentially lost revenue by not getting to participate in the full Combine Process.
- The Falcons sign him to a multi-zillion dollar deal, anyway. I kid. Kind of.
Something tells me this saga is far from over, especially if the NCAA is successful.
I hope Pete Golding is hanging on to that win over Georgia, it might the lone bright spot right now for him as he deals with the remnants of Kiffin’s mess in Oxford.
I guarantee you the NCAA did not write a 658 page brief. Evert appellate court has rules limiting the page length or word length of briefs. The Mississippi Rules of Appellate Procedure limits the appellant’s brief to 50 page. The 658 pages includes the brief, copies of exhibits put into evidence at the trial and copies of any citations of law, stuff such as that.
I was going to say the same thing, and will add that not only is there a page limit but the pages are almost always limited to a specific font often 14 point size and the margins claim a lot of paper real estate. Appellate judges are usually pretty old. A ‘page’ in this context is usually about 75% of a normal page. I do agree that if the appeal is successful the Falcons will snap him up. Sigh.
And in an “emergency” appeal like this, you have to attach your own exhibits/record, because the Clerk has not prepared it yet….
Just more “reporting” by people who have no inkling or clue about what they are “reporting” on – highlighting something that seems “big”, but really means nothing in the grand scheme of things……
Ole Miss? FTMF.
How is it that a state court has jurisdiction over the ncaa?
My dawg senses tell me that Kirby is going to burn oxford to the muthafuckin ground … no matter if Trinidad and Tobago plays or not.
The Falcons will draft him, but only after signing Phillip Rivers to a two year $48 million contract.
For which both will be injured, never play again, but receive guaranteed payments.
It’s interesting that you should mention Dune. So, I guess you have to read the first 100 to 150 pages before you really “get into the grove” with this filing.
I’m currently sitting in a CLE in Bay St Louis with a bunch of legal nerds (ok, actually pretty smart ones) who probably don’t care about the beautiful intricacies of college football except for myself and my friend sitting by me who actually played college football. His general response that I pretty much agree with is “fucking NCAA, should be embarrassed of all their ass whippings and just stfu, let him play, and figure out how to make their own dime off him like they always did on every other player in the past.”