Potential Changes to Eligibility Rules

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Bad Gopher said:
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I just can't imagine how an age-based rule would be a "reasonable" restraint on trade. How could it be "reasonable" to stop a 25 year old from making money in college basketball?

The courts have rejected any notion of "because it's college basketball and it's best for the game" type of arguments.

I hope I'm wrong. I'd love to bring some rules back to the game while also acknowledging the cat is out of the bag on things like NIL, amateurism, etc.
 

The 5 to play 5 has been sitting out there for over a year, they need to finally vote on it. It could hurt an entire class of high school kids as players take their 5th year and get paid.
 

El Amin Fan said:
The 5 to play 5 has been sitting out there for over a year, they need to finally vote on it. It could hurt an entire class of high school kids as players take their 5th year and get paid.
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Hahaha you can find posts from me proposing 4 in 4 yearrrrrrrrrrrs ago.
 

I like it if it holds up. Possibly allows players to play professionally for one year and still come back for 4 years. I also like the no redshirt and waiver rules. Get back to recruiting HS kids and transfers.

Some science says that the brain is fully developed at 25, use that as a standard to move on in life from college sports.

In the end I am still going to watch and follow my teams no matter the rules.
 


Bob_Loblaw said:
I just can't imagine how an age-based rule would be a "reasonable" restraint on trade. How could it be "reasonable" to stop a 25 year old from making money in college basketball?

The courts have rejected any notion of "because it's college basketball and it's best for the game" type of arguments.

I hope I'm wrong. I'd love to bring some rules back to the game while also acknowledging the cat is out of the bag on things like NIL, amateurism, etc.
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As a comment said, one could make the case that this is age discrimination. On the other hand, are young adults a protected class? Does that matter? I don't know.
 

MaxyJR1 said:
I like it if it holds up. Possibly allows players to play professionally for one year and still come back for 4 years. I also like the no redshirt and waiver rules. Get back to recruiting HS kids and transfers.

Some science says that the brain is fully developed at 25, use that as a standard to move on in life from college sports.

In the end I am still going to watch and follow my teams no matter the rules.
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Your top point is interesting to me. Does it cause a Junior Circuit to blow up more where guys play a post grad prep year or two where you play way more games? Then rosters fill with older guys?

Think you’d still see college bball approaching things the same way with big schools poaching for 5 stars or proven top tier transfers. Roster sizes are just too small to have a bunch of freshmen not playing or projects
 





MNVCGUY said:
Football issue - but what happens to all the 30 year old Aussie punters out there?
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That's going to be a big part of the argument. NCAA is the stepping stone to the pros and how can the NCAA put an age limit on the stepping stone to the pros.
 

MaxyJR1 said:
That's going to be a big part of the argument. NCAA is the stepping stone to the pros and how can the NCAA put an age limit on the stepping stone to the pros.
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Some combo of service time and age? Like retirement eligibility! 😃
 

"No waiver requests, redshirts or exceptions will be permitted, except for a small group of outliers (those on maternity leave, military service or religious missions)."
I don't see any problem there...come on....Google says: There are an estimated 4,000 to 10,000 distinct religions worldwide. I'm pretty sure I can find several to say I was on a religious mission if it helps my eligibility. It's dumb. You graduate high school and you got 5 years to play 5 years...done end of story. The small group of outliers says we have no rules....just like now...you got pros playing....you got guys playing for 8 years...on and on....rules say you can't do that....oh wait, I went to a junior college, it doesn't count...it never ends..."small group of outliers".
 

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