re: College sports is officially a dead - Sorsby Eligible

I don't think this will stick in the end.

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What is really concering is that now that these "Student" athletes have money, what is keeping them from betting and throwing games for more money?

I'm starting to hate this - what was his name Ed O'Bannan? The trash that started this and the NCAA for not seeing this would be a problem, not to mention these judges, who when they put on their black gown think they have more wisdom than God.

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There was an inequity that the NCAA and schools happily let exist and grow for decades, without any consideration of the inevitable tipping point. Then the tipping point came at the exact same time the NCAA did, what so many other companies/people did - overreact to the "panicdemic".

50, 60, 70 years ago college sports were just a scholastic extracurricular for which a scholarship was an adequate exchange. But over the decades the "business" of college sports (mostly college football and basketball) grew, and grew, and grew. The TV contracts ventured into the millions, now billions. The schools continued to raise ticket prices to premiums. They built expensive luxury suites. They licensed their trademarks, essentially their "NIL" for fees to be put on everything from t-shirts to toothbrushes, to video games...ALL generating massive amounts of money for the conferences/schools...while the players, who like in every other sport are a BIG part of the equation, continued to simply get the same "compensation" they received 70 years ago.

The conferences, schools, coaches all operated the sports as a professional business...while telling the players there were just "amateurs". Be mad at O'Bannon all you want. But he just simply recognized the inequity. EA Sports was making millions selling a basketball video game. UCLA and the NCAA were paid a hefty sum by EA Sports to allow EA to use UCLA's and the NCAA's name, image, and likeness. The game featured an "unnamed" 6'8', bald, black, forward on the 1995 UCLA team wearing number #31...who looked coincidentally like O'Bannon. EA sports was making money. UCLA was making money. The NCAA was making money. So why shouldn't O'Bannon whose image and likeness were featured in the game? If you were featured in an advertising campaign for a company that generated millions in revenue for the company wouldn't it be fair that you received some compensation for your part considering YOU helped generate that revenue?

However, by not getting ahead of the inevitable, the NCAA allowed the title wave to hit with no guardrails, which it exacerbated by changing its transfer rules (essentially creating unfettered free agency) at the exact same time because "we were all in this together."

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Judge Ken Curry ruled that Sorsby's attorneys demonstrated he will suffer a "probable, imminent and irreparable injury" if he's unable to play for the Red Raiders in 2026 and enjoined the NCAA from prohibiting Sorsby from practicing or playing this fall.

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You mean consequences?
He is going to suffer consequences for his actions?
the exact same thing I am currently teaching my 5 year old.... ???

boo-fricking-hoo.
Actions have consequences. Your ability to throw a football should not prevent said consequences.

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College sports is officially a dead

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I hate to say it.... but this is pretty much accurate.
I did not like the portal and NIL (with no guard rails or regulation)... This is much worse.


and yes... GET OFF MY LAWN

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If we cannot come to some sort of governance, then we will have governance imposed on us by the politicians .

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I think the major conference will form an alliance and separate the sports programs from the university. They will form a semi-pro sports league. But, the disconnection from the school will allow them to treat them as paid employees and hard contracts.

Somebody dig up Pete Rose and Shoeless Joe and tell him they are going to be inducted into the HoF.

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This ruling invalidates ANY authority the NCAA has. I said it in another thread, but like with everything, this will soon filter down to high school sports. GPA requirements, kids cut for not being good enough back on the team.

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College sports officially died when the transfer portal and NIL took effect, fans thinking otherwise are just in denial. College sports are actually worse than pro sports now, No contracts, no salary cap, no consequences. Players moving from team to team with billionaires throwing unlimited money at them.

It really is comical.

“I hate the NCAA and its rules, frick those guys.”

Lawmakers and courts dismantle all authority the NCAA has to enforce its rules.

Mass chaos ensues.

“You know what, this sucks. We really need some rules in place to keep all of this bullshite from happening. NCAA do something!”

Pete Rose died too soon.

He's suspended for the Adiline Christian and Oregon State games... it probably won't happen but I hope Tech gets rolled by one of them and loses every game in the Big 12.

Yeah that’s just messed up. No reason to give the NCAA any say at this point