Court Rules That JUCO Players Keep Four Years of NCAA Eligibility
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Courts will eventually rule there can no longer be a limit on any college eligibility. I feel bad for the high school kids.
I can see it now... kid spends 4 years in Juco then is recruited as a 23 year old to play at Duke and dominate till he's 27.
While being paid millions to crush 18-19 year old kids.
While being paid millions to crush 18-19 year old kids.
So you now get two years of Juco eligibility plus another four years of NCAA eligibility plus a redshirt year if you wanna use it plus maybe even one of these waiver years that the NCAA now seems to grant so easily?
Yeesh, at this rate 30-year-old "college" players may soon become commonplace.
Yeesh, at this rate 30-year-old "college" players may soon become commonplace.
High school kids stand little to no chance of getting scholarships going forward. NIL, transfer portal, extra covid year, no more walk ons at the D1 level and expansion to 15 scholarships (was 13 with walk ons equaling up to 20 players sometimes). What a freaking mess this has created for them!!!
That’s done after this calendar sports year.
Senior nights are a thing of the past! Now it will retirement tours/ceremonies.
And rule that players don't even have to be academically eligible to play. Just waiting for the lawsuit.
So you can get you a six year college quarterback?
Niiiiiiiice. 6-year experience players would be pretty nice to have in basketball
Niiiiiiiice. 6-year experience players would be pretty nice to have in basketball
This crap is getting ridiculous to be honest college sports isn’t college sports anymore!
Junior college just became the minor league for Division 1. Park a kid in JC with a nice NIL deal and watch him develop for 2 years.
It would be great if he transfers from Vandy now that he got a Vandy friendly judge to rule for him.
With all the recent “changes” involving NIL, the portal & transfer rules, revenue sharing and incessant lawsuits, I’m watching less and less Division 1 games and didn’t attend a single NCAA game during 2024. And I’m among those who won’t ever contribute to NIL.
This is who it is healing. My granddaughter who is a red shirt freshman at a D-1 school and they have 25 year Old 6-7th year players due to red shirt and covid. Coaches now will only recruit JUCO and transfers. Coaches want to play the old girls even if they aren’t better.
Just a little too European for me... not that there's anything wrong with that!
Hoping the courts wil rule that pros who didn’t complete college can still use that eligibility at the schools they attended
I think it creates a massive age gap that will be an issue in some of these sports. You will have 27 to 30 year olds against 18 year olds.
I mean I always wondered what about the kids that are pursuing more than 4 year degrees. Let's say a Med student is working to his/her MD that's a 8 year of school degree kinda sucks that player gets 4 years.
At the same time the age gap we've seen with COVID in some instances hasn't been good for some players and teams. Take Caliparis UK teams getting dominated by older vet teams with players that should've been out of eligibility. It works in our favor right now in Basketball because we have a old team.
I don't agree that juco should have all eligibility though. It's hard to find a balance I guess. The COVID years ending will help some.
My question is how do courts have any jurisdiction over a league such as the NCAA. Since when is it a right to play CFB? I didn't have the right to play, I wasn't close to good enough for one, it's a privilege to play any sport at any level. All college is is a tryout for the NFL or a pass time for most regular athletes to have something to do besides school. They don't have to give you that platform. I get that the schools make ridiculous money off athletes backs and I believe that athletes should be compensated through revenue sharing at a certain percent and I believe the athlete should be able to form legit deals like Car dealership commercials in exchange for a vehicle ECT but I feel that with NIL the spirit of the game dwindles by the day and you have kids who've "made it" in college who never realize their true potential because while they're working twords the NBA/NFL but if they don't oh well I got paid millions at the place I barely put in enough effort to say I was there at (see chip traynum)
At the same time the age gap we've seen with COVID in some instances hasn't been good for some players and teams. Take Caliparis UK teams getting dominated by older vet teams with players that should've been out of eligibility. It works in our favor right now in Basketball because we have a old team.
I don't agree that juco should have all eligibility though. It's hard to find a balance I guess. The COVID years ending will help some.
My question is how do courts have any jurisdiction over a league such as the NCAA. Since when is it a right to play CFB? I didn't have the right to play, I wasn't close to good enough for one, it's a privilege to play any sport at any level. All college is is a tryout for the NFL or a pass time for most regular athletes to have something to do besides school. They don't have to give you that platform. I get that the schools make ridiculous money off athletes backs and I believe that athletes should be compensated through revenue sharing at a certain percent and I believe the athlete should be able to form legit deals like Car dealership commercials in exchange for a vehicle ECT but I feel that with NIL the spirit of the game dwindles by the day and you have kids who've "made it" in college who never realize their true potential because while they're working twords the NBA/NFL but if they don't oh well I got paid millions at the place I barely put in enough effort to say I was there at (see chip traynum)
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Exactly.
How does any court have the jurisdiction to grant a JUCO player 4 yrs of NCAA eligibility?
What law was the NCAA violating that gave JUCO players only two years of eligibility?
I get that, but there's students with age gaps like that as well. I dunno, I just don't think it's fair that you have an age limit for college players but not college students. (Don't get me wrong, I think it's horrible for the college game itself. But it is fair.)
There’s a big difference between reading the same books and playing the same sport involving physical contact.
It shouldn’t be hard to see how issues could arise from 28-year-old-men hitting 18-year-old boys on the football field.
Their class load is a joke and so many of these guys don't do any of their work.
I just don’t understand why courts can tell a voluntary league what they can and can’t do. Isn’t this America??
I thought after the extra Covid year this would even out, but seems like college sports are going to get older. With NIL, players (especially those who know pros are a long shot) are going to want to stick around and I can’t really blame them. Get paid, get free school/board/food, and be a star on campus.
I’ve been waiting for the Power schools to find a way to set up their own farm system with mid majors or juco.
I’ve been waiting for the Power schools to find a way to set up their own farm system with mid majors or juco.
I miss the days when fans /gms/ etc considered 30+ year old athletes "washed up" & "on decline".
Old man Lebron really changed the game i guess.
Old man Lebron really changed the game i guess.
This isn't an argument in good faith. There's something different from wanting players to stay for 4 years, when their normal eligiblity would end, versus allowing players to stay for 7-8 years. That will have negative effects on the talent pipeline going downhill.
The difference is that in athletics you are competing in physical competition. That's not happening in the classroom. I'm not having to tackle my classmate or body up with them in the paint.
Six-time All-American Clester Witkowski, who transferred seven times before finding a home where he felt comfortable enough to finish the last six years of his thirteen year college playing career.
