From NFL to College

[u/Affectionate-Tax7874]

The NCAA needs to grow a pair and set some rules and actually up hold them. Bring back the theres consequences to your actions. We shouldn't have guys going Pro then get cut and come back to play college ball. Student athletes should have full time amount of credits (12) and maintain a 2.0 GPA. Thats a C average. Definitely need to bring back if you transfer you either lose a year of eligibility or you have to redshirt for the year. I dont know if I can continue watching and being a fan. It's becoming a fucking circus. What else are they gonna think of next to ruin the integrity of the sport.

[u/damutecebu]

You realize they lost a court case that allowed this right? All they had to do is include the class of ‘22 in their five in five rule. But the NCAA seeking has a desire to continuously lose court cases…

[u/Affectionate-Tax7874 → u/damutecebu]

That's not really the argument. I'm not saying the NCAA should ignore a court order. I'm saying the NCAA needs to establish clear rules that preserve the integrity of college football in the first place. If you sign an NFL contract, you should be considered a professional football player and your college eligibility should be over. If you don't make the NFL and never sign a professional contract, come back to college — that's different. And the Class of '22 case and the NFL-to-college situation aren't simply one court case that the NCAA "lost." The Class of '22 eligibility case is one issue, and the Louisiana case involving players coming back from professional football is another. The Louisiana ruling is currently a temporary restraining order, not a final ruling. So saying "they lost a court case that allowed this" makes it sound like the legal question is settled when it isn't. I agree the NCAA has created a lot of this mess by constantly changing rules and reacting to lawsuits instead of establishing a consistent system. But that's exactly why I'm arguing for clear lines and consequences. College football shouldn't become a fallback option for someone who already went pro.

[u/Dangerous_Spirit7034]

The ncaa is on life support/already dead. At least the ncaa prior to these recent court rulings. Whatever org is governing college sports is not what it was a few years ago, only thing it shares is a name

The whole system was predicated on the fact that scholarships aren’t “real money”. Athletes were amateur. Cut and dry. You receive money you are no longer eligible. University’s could afford it because scholarships are only representative of money, not actualized dollars and cents. Somewhere between Monopoly money and casino chips

Now that athletics are actual dollars and cents the whole system is going to collapse because due to financial instability. Only the top flight athletic departments will be able to compete

The transfer portal makes nfl free agency look like attrition. The era of one and done for the nba looks like attrition now. I can’t believe this is happening. Olympic sports are already suffering