I'm past the point of trying to figure all of the "new college football" rationale out.
It appears that the Judge is saying- or at least not ruling definitively YET- that a players' talents are not able to be recognized financially via NIL at JUCOs.
This makes sense to me as I have a former student playing in the Kansas JUCO league- and he sent me multiple fundraiser requests for the program to help cover expenses.
The analogy with a 5th year Prep school not counting is logical. But typically don't "student" athletes who go this path along with JUCO do so because they do not qualify ACADEMICALLY?
Now that NIL may be seen as a "right" of working- then this ruling in essence will create some transfer heavy teams that will be like the BYU model of having mediocre recruits who develop as men on their Missions, coupled with a few 4 star skill player recruits and a stud qb- playing and winning against teenagers.
So as a high school teacher I don't need to educate our athletes to have good grades because that grants them 2 more years to play?
That is almost as assinine as a JUCO student transferring to New Mexico State and then "earning" a Vanderbilt degree. OH Wait! That's what the Plaintiff did ( if he actually earned one and/ or is making progress towards a Masters or higher degree). What "regular" student goes along that same path? And "earns" free tuition, room and board and gets a stipend? It simply doesn't happen in the "real" university coming from that academic profile. Horatio Alger indeed....
The word "College" should be removed from the sports' name. Yeah- the ABC announcers talked up the ND players' exams- including the whole schedule of the QB- but isn't that what all Semester based college "students" are doing now? Maybe ND will adjust their whole academic calendar so that the football team won't have to "play school" in potential future first round CFP games? Poor, poor Domers- putting their kids at such a disadvantage.....
The horses are running way too far away from the barn. The Judge in essence is saying that if you are too dumb to get into college that you get an extra 2 years of eligibility so that you can get paid the maximum NIL for your athletic talents.
But if I read it right this is not the final judgement- just a delay in the process which gives Pavis another year in "school" while the case goes further.
Count me as not a fan- but like the pros- I'm ignoring the financial side. Why not just chuck the academic side too?
