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NCAA could fix this by working with the Pro Leagues to develop a waiver for entering draft
Posted on 9/4/26 at 10:32 am
Posted on 9/4/26 at 10:32 am
The NCAA needs to get with all the pro sports leagues and hammer out an agreement. Then once they have that it will be simple. To enter your name into the draft you have to sign a contract/waiver. This will state in short form that you are voluntarily giving up your right to return to college in the sport you are currently playing forever ( ie a football player cant return to football). That still allows for pro track stars to go to football, or pro baseball guys to return to football in college. Players will be required to sign this waiver to be eligible to be drafted and/or signed as a UDFA. It must be adopted by the players unions as well so there is no confusion. Problem solved. Now if someone wants to leave their sport and attempt to go "pro" in that sport they must voluntarily waive all their rights to return to the "amateur" or college level of said sport. NO more grey area, No more issues, no more court involvevment because you have waiver signed voluntarily surrending any further eligibility.
Posted on 9/4/26 at 10:33 am to JRtiger75
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NCAA could fix this
The NCAA could have gotten out in front of this. They chose not to. Why would you think they want to fix it?
Posted on 9/4/26 at 10:36 am to JRtiger75
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NCAA could fix this by working with the Pro Leagues to develop a waiver for entering draft
The NFL/NBA don't need to be involved in this process. It can work the way it's always worked in the past.
Non-seniors have to file paperwork with the NCAA declaring themselves draft eligible. They then have a deadline to withdraw that paperwork and restore their eligibility.
Seniors (players who have exhausted their eligibility) do not have to file this paperwork.
This issue only exists because the NCAA decided to extend eligibility and a group of players who had exhausted their eligibility (and therefore did not "declare" for the draft) sued to get the additional year after the drafts had occurred and after some players had signed UDFA contracts.
This post was edited on 9/4/26 at 10:37 am
Posted on 9/4/26 at 10:37 am to JRtiger75
They turned NCAA football into a professional sport, and now they dont know how to handle the monster they created.
Ironically, the NCAA's "hands were tied" when a court decision gave us NIL, but when it comes to these legitimate eligibility questions, their conference partners seem to be willing to reject the courts at any and all costs.
Personally, I think LSU should walk away from all this because the juice isnt worth the squeeze, but when these players eventually sign and play with another CFP power, the ensuing coverage will tell us all we need to know about what all this outrage was really about.
Ironically, the NCAA's "hands were tied" when a court decision gave us NIL, but when it comes to these legitimate eligibility questions, their conference partners seem to be willing to reject the courts at any and all costs.
Personally, I think LSU should walk away from all this because the juice isnt worth the squeeze, but when these players eventually sign and play with another CFP power, the ensuing coverage will tell us all we need to know about what all this outrage was really about.
Posted on 9/4/26 at 10:49 am to ProjectP2294
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The NCAA could have gotten out in front of this. They chose not to.
Still pissed they didn't just put this out in November....putting this out when they did just royally fricked this up.
Posted on 9/4/26 at 10:55 am to Wayne Campbell
Well maybe that would be the case if the NCAA hadnt fricked this up so bad but now it is necessary. This would provide a air tight solution that would be supported by both the NCAA and the Professional leagues and their players assoc. This is the new horizon. Once they started allowing college kids to be paid it created a revenue stream for the players. Before they had nothing to lose if they went pro. Even if they didnt make it they were no worse off. Now thats not the case so there has to be accomodations made for this new situation.
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