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@_CATNERD2 @McCannSportsLaw @CofCAD_JoeHull Even with an antitrust exemption and uneven state labor laws, college sports would still face a fragmented system where schools operate under different legal pressures, keeping disputes ongoing rather than resolved.

@McCannSportsLaw @CofCAD_JoeHull Except they can't unionize in states where that is illegal. Which means some states will have rules and some won't. Schools in those states will be effected by this. Round and round we go

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….

@CofCAD_JoeHull @McCannSportsLaw Even with an antitrust exemption it would only limit Sherman Act challenges not resolve the separate labor law fight over whether athletes are employees with unionization rights. So the system would still face pressure just through a different legal channel.

@McCannSportsLaw An antitrust exemption for the rule-making body (NCAA or successor) for college sports will solve this problem.

@PLuoncho @1dad2lads @BensonColeton I get your point, but that’s exactly why they had to draw a line somewhere. Every cutoff feels unfair to the group it lands on, but without one the exception just keeps going forever.

@ReplayReel @1dad2lads @BensonColeton I generally agree with you. The issue is that every class after the 21’s and 22’s also gets that 5th year too. So it’s not like 5th years just go away completely. Which would eliminate all of this.

So you’re telling me… My class who played 4 seasons in 4 years and had to play WITH and AGAINST 5th, 6th, 7th year guys, fight for roster spots/scholarships, etc… AND NOW. You’re telling us we can’t get a 5th year but everyone after us can?? Weird…

@BensonColeton You don’t have to like it, but there is a reason if every exception becomes the standard, eligibility stops having a limit. At some point the system has to reset or it can’t function

I have yet to hear/see/read something that makes me believe what the NCAA did was the right thing. And “It wOuLd CaUsE cHaOs” or “ThAts jUsT LiFe” isn’t a good enough reason for me, and shouldn’t be for anyone else.🤷🏼‍♂️

@PLuoncho @1dad2lads @BensonColeton Exceptions don’t become rules just because people want them to. At some point the system has to reset

@ReplayReel @1dad2lads @BensonColeton Knowing when someone else is getting screwed has value. This likely isn’t a huge deal in the grand scheme of things, but right is right and wrong is wrong. This is wrong.

@PLuoncho @1dad2lads @BensonColeton I get why it feels unfair, but you’re treating an exception like it’s the new standard. The extra years weren’t a normal benefit, they were fixes for specific situations. If every class after that expects the same, then the rule never stabilizes.

@1dad2lads @BensonColeton Congrats on your “back in my day,” philosophy. You got yours so screw everyone else. Doesn’t change the fact that people want a 5th year for any number of reasons. All valid considering all the classes before and after get a 5th year. It a fairness issue.

@PLuoncho @1dad2lads @BensonColeton Those classes got it because the system was disrupted. Yours wasn’t in the same way. Matching outcomes across different situations isn’t fairness that’s just extending exceptions forever.

@1dad2lads @BensonColeton Nobody’s begging. He’s justifiably upset about the rules changes that have screwed his class all the way through. You’re just being a dick here.

@yack2783 @49ers @NetApp That would have cost a ton.

@49ers @NetApp Could've traded up a measly 7 spots to grab Makai Lemon, a WR we desperately need, but instead (checks notes) trade down into the 2nd round with no 1st round picks now. What a dumpster fire of a draft by Lynch this year.

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