A school year 2021 recruit declared for the draft after year two of playing at a school. They don’t get drafted but plays in the NBA G League for two years but it’s not going great. Literally played five minutes last week and scored 4 points in G League play.
It’s still within his five year eligibility window, so said athlete says to hell with it, I can make more money with NIL, so I’m goin to sue and get back on my old team and play immediately.
Sounds far fetched, eh? At Alabama, you can do that!
Cool, huh? Apparently since he didn’t play in the NBA or got drafted, that’s different. Kind of like Quincy Carter and minor league baseball or Chris Weinke, but it’s not really the same, is it?
Dan Hurley takes a shot at the idea..
Anyway, enter the heavy hand of the NCAA.
Yeah…that was Tuesday. The TRO was issued Wednesday.
Guess what will happen by Saturday?
Roll Tide, roll.
Glad we won when we did.
Fat lady is singing.
The NCAA may not have power over the kid due to the injuction, but Bama is a voluntarily member school. So if I am the NCAA I follow that up with the ruling that if he steps foot on the court, Bama game and do it so the subsequent court filings will be in Indiana not Bama courts or a federal court.