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a court hearing was held Tuesday morning in Tennessee. The states of TN and Virginia are seeking an injunction to stop the NCAA from enforcing its NIL rules. more from US News & World Report:
A federal judge said Tuesday he will rule “in short order” on a preliminary injunction requested by the states of Tennessee and Virginia to stop the NCAA from enforcing its rules governing name, image and likeness compensation for athletes as part of an antitrust lawsuit.
U.S. District Judge Clifton Corker originally had a four-hour window blocked off for the hearing in Greeneville, Tennessee. The hearing for the states' request lasted less than 90 minutes.
Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti attended and spoke to reporters outside. He said in a prepared statement the NCAA’s “arbitrary and illegal rules” are keeping athletes from making important decisions.
“Meanwhile, everybody else involved in college sports is getting rich at those student-athletes’ expense,” Skrmetti said. “That is not legal, not right and it needs to change. Antitrust law in this area is clear, and as the Court has previously said, our case is likely to succeed on the merits. We are happy with the case’s progression and look forward to litigating it fully if necessary.”
Corker denied the states' request for a temporary restraining order last week, noting they failed to demonstrate recruits would be irreparably harmed if it was not granted. But he also wrote the states were “likely to succeed on the merits of their claim” under the Sherman Act.
The chancellor of the University of Tennessee revealed Jan. 30 in a scathing letter to the NCAA president that the organization was alleging the school violated NIL rules after a meeting a day earlier. Donde Plowman called it “intellectually dishonest” for NCAA staff to pursue infractions cases as if students have no NIL rights.
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so here's the deal - if the NCAA is prohibited from enforcing its NIL recruiting policies, then there would be literally no rules governing NIL offers. School X (let's call it Michigan for fun) could go to a player on MN's roster (maybe a RB named DT) and tell him flat-out "we'll give you $$$ to transfer to Michigan) and it would be perfectly legal. as screwed up as the current system is, this would put the current system on steroids.
According to a tweet from Adam Sparks (covers TN football), the Judge at the hearing asked NCAA attorney to explain NIL rules on what is and is not allowable on NIL offers to recruits - and the NCAA attorney struggled to explain the difference.
A federal judge said Tuesday he will rule “in short order” on a preliminary injunction requested by the states of Tennessee and Virginia to stop the NCAA from enforcing its rules governing name, image and likeness compensation for athletes as part of an antitrust lawsuit.
U.S. District Judge Clifton Corker originally had a four-hour window blocked off for the hearing in Greeneville, Tennessee. The hearing for the states' request lasted less than 90 minutes.
Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti attended and spoke to reporters outside. He said in a prepared statement the NCAA’s “arbitrary and illegal rules” are keeping athletes from making important decisions.
“Meanwhile, everybody else involved in college sports is getting rich at those student-athletes’ expense,” Skrmetti said. “That is not legal, not right and it needs to change. Antitrust law in this area is clear, and as the Court has previously said, our case is likely to succeed on the merits. We are happy with the case’s progression and look forward to litigating it fully if necessary.”
Corker denied the states' request for a temporary restraining order last week, noting they failed to demonstrate recruits would be irreparably harmed if it was not granted. But he also wrote the states were “likely to succeed on the merits of their claim” under the Sherman Act.
The chancellor of the University of Tennessee revealed Jan. 30 in a scathing letter to the NCAA president that the organization was alleging the school violated NIL rules after a meeting a day earlier. Donde Plowman called it “intellectually dishonest” for NCAA staff to pursue infractions cases as if students have no NIL rights.
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so here's the deal - if the NCAA is prohibited from enforcing its NIL recruiting policies, then there would be literally no rules governing NIL offers. School X (let's call it Michigan for fun) could go to a player on MN's roster (maybe a RB named DT) and tell him flat-out "we'll give you $$$ to transfer to Michigan) and it would be perfectly legal. as screwed up as the current system is, this would put the current system on steroids.
According to a tweet from Adam Sparks (covers TN football), the Judge at the hearing asked NCAA attorney to explain NIL rules on what is and is not allowable on NIL offers to recruits - and the NCAA attorney struggled to explain the difference.
