Perry Ellis passed the torch and years to Hunter…
Court Rules That JUCO Players Keep Four Years of NCAA Eligibility
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Yep. When this all first started, i warned kavanughs and the csse or two following all had a very flawed rationale that completely ignored a school's very legitimate right to impose reasonable restrictions on student athletes.
If the current rationale continues to get applied, there is literally zero cap on years of participation, academic standing, or even who can be on the team. If i am a uk student and i want to be on the basketball or football team, the coaches nor the school have any right to stop me. Not if the current rationale keeps getting applied.
The entire thing is a runaway train with no end in sight. Courts must allow reasonable restrictions on participation. Period. End of story. It can even be in the framework of non discriminatory because any extra circular activity has some control over participation.
I have always tried to find a parallel of this to college theatre. If a 28-year-old professional actor (he/she has done professional, non-SAG, non-Equity, work) enrolled in a college, he/she would be able to be in any production, no matter that they might have earned money working professionally as an actor. As a 19-year-old actor, I might find this unfair, since this actor has more experience (both on-stage and in life), has had more time to perfect their craft, has grown to have a more adult look (where most stage roles are), has a more mature voice, and has more muscle development to help with the demands of a fight scene (such as in Romeo and Juliet or Skin). If the director wants to cast this actor, it is their prerogative). I know it is not a perfect anaolgy, but if a university said that I could not be in a production due to using up my "eligibility", there would be a whole lot of lawyers lining up to sue, and I suspect a huge amount of non-direct caselaw that would support the actor's case.
All this complaining and we have one of, if not, the oldest roster in all of basketball.
Who cares how old some of the juco guys are? I didn’t cheer any less for Davion Mintz than TyTy.
Who cares how old some of the juco guys are? I didn’t cheer any less for Davion Mintz than TyTy.
College is a joke now anyway. Kids go to school for money nothing more. Wait til some player sues the NCAA for invoking some rule that keeps him or her from playing and voiding his million dollar NIL deal
It honestly may get to a point where schools have to shut down a season or so of their sports to impose a deal with players. Basically a lockout of sorts because right now players have all the leverage and don't need a CBA.
