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@RossDellenger @YahooSports If this applies across the board, the prospects of high school punters and men’s soccer players just went through the roof. Not so much for 25 year old Aussie punters and all the foreign-born former pro players in D1 men’s soccer.

The NCAA is exploring a significant change to its eligibility rule, sources tell @YahooSports. The proposal creates an age-based standard: Athletes would have 5 years of eligibility from their 19th birthday or HS graduation. No redshirts or waivers. bit.ly/3POqo2D

@theficouple Add $15k to $20k in property taxes in Texas, plus roughly 9 percent sales tax. Texas isn’t a low tax state.

What a $250,000 salary becomes after tax: - Texas: $172,000 - Florida: $172,000 - Arizona: $168,000 - Illinois: $162,000 - New York: $148,000 - California: $135,000 Life is all about choices. Including where you call home.

@Dcarroll64D @JohnnieBaxley3 Of course they don’t actually cut them, they just tell them they will never see the field and they’re willing to help them find a new school. Same difference. They want the scholarship back and to avoid any remaining payments.

@Dcarroll64D @JohnnieBaxley3 Everything is negotiable. I’ve got first hand knowledge of two year deals, and some are publicly disclosed. Teams like being able to cut guys at year end, so they only give multi year deals when they really want to lock a player down, like a QB or top tier WR or DL.

The problem isn't athletes being paid; everyone agrees that this is a good thing. The problem is unlimited free agency on an annual basis with no enforceable rules for the entire process.

@morepellent @JohnnieBaxley3 It’s not. Several top players are on them now. Some have buyouts. Some are backloaded so large payments hit after the portal closes. Some are publicly disclosed, some aren’t. You usually only hear about them when there’s dispute. But it’s definitely a trend. See tOSU.

@DallasCowboy93 @JohnnieBaxley3 Idk where you get information. But this is very incorrect

@morepellent @JohnnieBaxley3 They would and they already do. Most of those include buyouts of some form.

@DallasCowboy93 @JohnnieBaxley3 Nobody in college would ever sign more than a 1 year deal.

@PorterZoey6481 @CodyC64 @SenatorCantwell Read a court case. Start with Alston and read the concurrence.

@DallasCowboy93 @CodyC64 @SenatorCantwell They’re not an employee of the school they’re a student. Please show me in the constitution where it says you have the right to be paid as a college athlete.

Love this post by @SenatorCantwell. There is clear bipartisan support to Save College Sports, and she has been a great advocate for the institution.

@PorterZoey6481 @CodyC64 @SenatorCantwell That’s so silly, you’ve got to be trolling. It’s a right to be compensated for your abilities, while working for an industry that generates billions in revenue. Like every other American.

@DallasCowboy93 @CodyC64 @SenatorCantwell Right I didn’t know that playing college football was right if that’s the angle you’re hitting than any college student should be able to suit up for football whether they’re good at it or not, or never played it

@ndnok @coenbroscowpoke Ehh, losing scholarships in basketball matters a lot. Small rosters. We’ll never know.

@DallasCowboy93 @coenbroscowpoke No. That investigation wasn't why tgd team looked bad on the court. Boynton had a fair chance and just couldn't get it done. He was never going to get it done.

Oklahoma State firing Mike Boynton had to be the most peaceful breakup between coach and fan's I've ever seen. I've never heard someone say something bad about coach Mike, just that it didn't work out.

@trigonis30 There it is.

What legal right does anybody have to play college sports? The College Sports deal is: you get a free college scholarship and you can play in our organization pursuant to our rules. Nobody is forcing anybody to take that deal. If it's not enough, don't go to college

@cnc_TRIGGER @SoonerVirginia For sure. That’s on the schools. You want a 4 year commitment, offer a 4 year contract.

@DallasCowboy93 @SoonerVirginia Then maybe we don’t sign 1 year nil deals out of high school. Just a thought.

Obviously the wrong messenger (he doesn’t have the power to enforce this) but it does feel like a one free transfer rule + 5-for-5 would restore a lot of the stuff we are losing with the whole annual free agency free-for-all and guys playing until they are 30 years old.

@JudgeSma @RossDellenger @YahooSports Nope, the solution is to pass a bipartisan bill that’s fair and enforceable. A one sided EO catering to Nick Saban’s belief set and pre NIL bagmen ain’t it.

@DallasCowboy93 @RossDellenger @YahooSports So the answer is to just do nothing?? Lawyers will sue for anything F em

House plaintiff attorney Steve Berman to @YahooSports about today’s EO:

@JayhawkTakeover He hasn’t here, and won’t.

if Trump fixes the transfer portal and NIL he’s permanently goated FYI

@Caraway6 You can’t reach a sustainable, legally valid compromise when only one party is invited to the negotiations.

I’m getting tired of hearing the loudest opposition to guardrails in college sports come from media personalities, lawyers, and “agents” Let’s be honest about what’s really going on. A structured system doesn’t eliminate athlete compensation. Players are still going to get paid. What it does is reduce the chaos, and with that, it reduces the opportunity for people who benefit from a system with no rules. Right now, the ones pushing hardest against guardrails are often the ones with the most to lose if structure is introduced. Meanwhile, fans are being asked to keep footing the bill while the system gets more unstable by the year. This executive action isn’t the final answer. It’s not meant to be. It’s a signal that something has to change. If you think this gets fixed overnight with the stroke of a pen, you’re missing the point entirely. @NILnotNLI

@durteethoughts @imsoboreddude41 @CFBHome It’s not better legal ground, it just mucks things up more and some schools will point to the EO. Then they’ll get sued and they’ll lose. A bipartisan negotiated bill that’s fair to the athletes and the schools is the only long term solution.

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I just signed one as well and has the exact same binding authority.

@heitner @RossDellenger If this unenforceable EO is actually enforced, why would any school ever offer any compensation to a player after their one and only transfer has been used? It’s reverting back to the old, illegal, anticompetitive pre NIL era.

@RossDellenger Bad news for the people who get upset when I file lawsuits.

On the eve of the Final Four, college leaders are preparing for the release today of Donald Trump’s executive order, sources tell @YahooSports. The EO - expected to spark legal action - intends to limit transfers, cap eligibility & police NIL collectives bit.ly/48c1Iao