Well that ruling would open up the transfer floodgates again if it sticks.

https://richmond.com/sports/college/basketball/ncaa-college-athletes-transfer-rule-joe-bamisile-vcu/article_79964aa0-99df-11ee-9e02-877574083082.html

His decision.  Unless the court decides in two weeks to take this away from the players once again.

Poog wrote:

And now the NCAA joins in a petition to the court to extend the TRO to an injunction through the end of the year. So much for NCAA governance of the mess that is college athletics

I think the NCAA's highly paid lawyers are just having a hard time explaining why they should be exempt from antitrust laws.  I can see a day when a student challenges the 4 years of eligibility rule, the "staying on track to graduate" rule, basically any rule that affects their ability to "maximize their earning potential."  That's the argument courts seem sympathetic to.

I'm not naive to the money that has been generated for schools by student athletes, but we are destroying the fun of college sports.  I've always enjoyed watching someone come in as a freshman and leave as a senior.  I guess my hope is that college sports becomes such a mess that the athletic programs with vestigial universities decide to breakaway and schools like GW can at least operate within some level of comity. 

Joe showing that he is exactly where he belongs, namely in the A-10 rather than a power conference.

I know this is too much to ask but I'd rather transfer eligibility be decided on a case by case basis rather than by archaic or inappropriate NCAA rules.  Let's look at Joe.  The fact is that under normal circumstances, he should have had to sit out a year transferring from VA Tech to GW if in fact that a: the change allowing everyone to not have to sit out a year on a first-time transfer and b) Covid.  Again, if we are only looking at the reason for the transfer, which in this case was to receive more playing time, Joe should have sat.  Every other year (coach gets fired, dad is legitimately ill) should have resulted in his ability to play right away.

I understand that there's probably 1,000 ways to abuse this system but the NCAA can make things tougher.  For example, proof of medical records.  Maybe even build in a deterrent (beyond sitting out a season) to attempt to transfer when it's not truly justified.  (In other words, make players think twice about trying to transfer unless it's completely justified.)

Transferring in order to play more is fine...but you should sit out a year under these circumstances. Transferring in order to receive a better NIL deal is fine...but you should sit out a year under these circumstances.   If you don't like this, then you are advocating for the complete chaos within the portal that is presently upon us.

Let's let the real reason for the transfer determine whether a player should sit or not, regardless of whether it's a first-time transfer, regardless of how many times a player has transferred.
 

Unfortunately, the Federal courts appear to believe that any NCAA regulation concerning eligibility is ripe for an antitrust challenge under the theory that it restrains the athlete's ability to monetize their name, image, and likeness.  Until there's collective bargaining (maybe coming soon after the Darmouth decision), I don't see how the NCAA can enforce any limitation on participation without a temporary injunction.  Even though it's not an NCAA regulation, you saw that most recently with the Illinois player who was temporarily suspended by the school amid a rape allegation and then reinstated and reinserted into the lineup.

The one problem with a case-by-case basis is that it inevitably leads to the NCAA acting like a quasi-court. You're going to get what we had with waivers where the NCAA has to either be extremely consistent in applying fact patterns or else schools will sue (even though they've all agreed to be bound by the NCAA).  The only surefire system is to have clear exceptions to the blanket no transfer rule such as the HC leaving.  Finding out you didn't get what you were promised (ie Joe at OU) is no excuse.

 

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