Debbie Gries

As I sat at @RickwoodField watching the players play the beautiful game of baseball, In a legendary place…In awe, I couldn’t help but hope today’s and future players will truly appreciate how magnificent the game of baseball is.

@BallKnowerUniv @GregRevera @heitner What are you talking about? The 28s and beyond will have to compete against 4 years of kids just like the 21s and 22s did. Only the 27s will NOT have to. Fair for all!! Grandfather in the 22s

@GregRevera @heitner So now you want to screw the next generation even worse and have high school athletes who have already committed to a school be told they’re SOL and don’t have a roster spot because a kid who played 4 years can magically come back now 2 months before school starts?

Athletes whose 4th season of collegiate eligibility was completed by spring 2026: No additional eligibility. Expect legal action.

@sykes_dav @643DPMT @RacketRockRoll @ryanpmulvaney Didn’t realize that. Agree they should have dealt with it then.

@643DPMT @DebbieGries @RacketRockRoll @ryanpmulvaney The NCAA dropped the ball by not implementing the new 5 year rule starting with 21/22 academic year. This was also being discussed last year at this time and the NCAA did nothing.

I think we all anticipate litigation on this issue once voted on though, let’s be honest here, the NCAA’s delay in today’s vote is indeed with strategic purpose. I’ve heard from several college athletes whose eligibility expired in 2026 - they AND COACHES are inquiring about the legitimacy of the rule assuming it passes. Coaches have stressed to me that they think it’s fundamentally unfair that those college athletes - the 2026ers - and into those college athletes are negatively impacted by this anticipated vote while others have already benefited and future college athletes will also benefit from 5/5 eligibility.

@643DPMT @RacketRockRoll @ryanpmulvaney To the best of my knowledge, NCAA is not putting a stop to the transfers in this ruling. It was in there at first, but I think it is not now.

@DebbieGries @RacketRockRoll @ryanpmulvaney The 2022’s got to play musical schools for the last 4 years and the new athletes can’t. Someone would argue the 2022’s had a huge advantage (unless you went to college or college because you won’t graduate in 4 years easily moving around all the time).

@643DPMT @RacketRockRoll @ryanpmulvaney Of course the 27s would be impacted, but in the same manner that the 25s and 26s were impacted - they always had to compete against 4 additional years of athletes just like the 28s and beyond will if the new rule is passed. Consistency for all.

@DebbieGries @RacketRockRoll @ryanpmulvaney So if you give everyone on a roster next year another year, how does that not impact the 2027’s? There are roster limits now. Point is it’s not just one class being impacted like everyone is whining about.

@643DPMT @RacketRockRoll @ryanpmulvaney I agree about the 21s that didn’t get the extra year. But the 27s will be fine bc the 25s and 26s had to deal with just that!! That is my point!

@DebbieGries @RacketRockRoll @ryanpmulvaney What about the HS 2021’s? Not fair for them either, right? They only got 4 years. What about the HS 2027’s who will be screwed because rosters will be full with 5th year guys. Sometimes things are not fair for everyone but you have to move on.

@643DPMT @RacketRockRoll @ryanpmulvaney Exactly why it is no big deal to do the right thing and make it fair for all. Most will not take the extra year bc they are ready to move on. But some may need to finish school and should get their 5th year like most before them and all after them.

@RacketRockRoll @ryanpmulvaney Great comment Dave. Isn’t the idea of college to get a degeee and move on and if you’re good enough, play professionally. Why aren’t these kids ready to enter the work force is the bigger question. Waiting and praying for another year to play sports is not a good plan!

@RacketRockRoll @ryanpmulvaney Are you serious w that argument?

@DebbieGries @ryanpmulvaney No. Because then the class before them will cry “why didn’t I get that?”. Do athletes from the 2010s have any grievance? Why should they not get it.

@RacketRockRoll @ryanpmulvaney Arguments like yours are so tiresome. They have the ability to move the needle by ONE year and make it fair FOR ALL. EASY PEASY.

@ryanpmulvaney “It’s unfair” is your argument? Life is unfair. They have as much standing as you and I. Take the L and move on. But that would ruin your paycheck.

Final #8 @UAPBLionsBSB 6 #1 Bethune-Cookman 4 UAPB takes down the SWAC regular season champs and reigning tournament champs for the Golden Lions' first SWAC tournament win since 2016. UAPB will face #4 seed Alabama State at 6 p.m. tomorrow.

I created a chart for the judge in Tristan Smith v NCAA, where we are seeking an extra year of eligibility for the Clemson wide receiver. If this comparison of Smith and Malik Benson doesn’t show the NCAA has acted in a demonstrably arbitrary and inconsistent manner, then 🤷‍♂️

The Division I cabinet is expected to meet on May 22 and potentially vote on new rules to allow athletes 5 years to compete in 5 seasons. It was once expected that athletes who recently graduated or exhausted their eligibility would be grandfathered in. NCAA president Charlie Baker has squashed that concept. The NCAA should reconsider to avoid the litigation likely to result from Baker's stance.

NCAA D1 Cabinet you still have a chance to do the right thing!! change.org/p/ncaa-5-in-5-…

@SALES_720 @Coverman72 I am talking about 4th year seniors

@DebbieGries @Coverman72 The question was wether any got it! Some did.

This is horrible! The high school class of 2022 is getting burned on both ends. They were squeezed by the COVID kids as college freshman and now they aren't allow an additional year of eligibility as college seniors. My heart is broken for these kids.

@SALES_720 @Coverman72 Not false unless they redshirted of course. Tell me how bc then my son could get a 5th year. You are wrong. 22 grads did NOT get a 5th year.

@DebbieGries @Coverman72 So False.

@RossDellenger @NCAACompliance D1 baseball graduating seniors suffered recruitment issues with overstuffed rosters due to 5th and 6th year guys remaining on rosters post covid experienced the most distress. Nearly every 2022 HS grad has changed schools multiple times due to previous classes.

@SALES_720 One last thought. There are 21 athletes that will play football this season, making it their 6th year. The 22 class is the only one in the COVID era that get zero extra time. This class deserved a 5th year.

@SALES_720 @Coverman72 Not one got a 5th year

@Coverman72 So no players in the 22 class got any waivers? No 5th years? That is false and this Covid era arguement is BS.

@rogerclemens Wow. 40 years. Still remember!!!!!! 👏👏👏👏👏

4-29-86 | 40 years ago! This 20k game changed my life. Cant believe it’s been 40 years.

@Denisjaquez1 @McCannSportsLaw You are talking about current senior or a future situation? I thought current seniors are done?

New NCAA eligibility rules won't stop eligibility lawsuits, since the same issue remains: an athlete deemed ineligible on account of having been in college sports too long contends they are in a sports labor market where they sell athletic services to schools in exchange for NIL and revenue-share opportunities, and that schools want to buy their services and would offer them money but for the rule. The rule is subject to antitrust scrutiny, since it isn't collectively bargained and it excludes members of a labor workforce (who are also college students, but college students can be in a labor workforce; those two statuses are not mutually exclusive). The NCAA wins most of the cases but not all, so it can't enforce the same set of rules nationally. So some schools get a leg up over others by playing seasoned athletes who courts deem can play despite the rule. If this script sounds familiar, it is, and it has been playing out since 2024. sportico.com/law/analysis/2….