Category Archives: It’s Just Bidness

Opting out isn’t just for players any more

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We Are Marshall.

https://twitter.com/clowespn/status/1868037550205513901?s=46

The greed of college administrators started this ball rolling down the hill. NIL and the collectives added fuel to accelerate it. The transfer portal and the NCAA’s decision to cave on the revised transfer rules have turned it into a high-speed snowball.

I hate this for college sports below the P4 level.

Marshall, App State, and Georgia Southern were three proud brands of Division 1-AA football back in the day. It was stupid for them to make the jump to FBS.

I would love to ask Erk if he believed the Eagles jumping to the Sun Belt from the SoCon was worth the money.

Refugees, love to hear from you.

The Jenga tower is swaying

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This is the only clip I can come up with that demonstrates what is happening in college sports with litigation.

You probably saw this over the weekend.

https://www.on3.com/nil/news/vanderbilt-quarterback-diego-pavia-sues-ncaa-over-nil/

Diego Pavia has sued the NCAA under antitrust law (similar to all of the NIL lawsuits) to get additional college eligibility to make up for his 2 JUCO years. This has nothing to do with playing the sport or academic opportunity … it’s all about NIL.

Between the Mars lawsuit that removed all NCAA governance of transferring and this lawsuit that pretty much challenges the NCAA’s authority around eligibility, the stage could be set for what could be the ultimate lawsuit allowing anyone to play college football for an unlimited amount of time regardless of academic standing.

We have plenty of attorneys in our merry community of refugees. Please tell me if I’m reading this right or wrong.

More generally, what do you think about this?