re: So how does a court order override NCAA and not the SEC

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You can't forfeit something you don't know that you have. Again, most of these players would have come back to school under 5 for 5.

Why is this particular detail so hard to get people to understand? It's not f***ing rocket science.

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Lot of dummies on here haven't looked at it from the player's point of view. Just a redline of pure amateur status, in 2026. If you're a bubble player who thinks he only has 4 years, you act accordingly. Most all knew their draft stock at that time UFA or camp arm or bubble roster. If they had a 5th year, 100% of them would have used it. If a bunch of similarly situated 2022 athletes get 5 years, but you didn't know you'd have 5 or didn't get the 5 because the NCAA acted late (by 2 months because meh holidays) or arbitrarily, then that is called an equal protection issue (schools as a government actor by abiding by the NCAA). SEC is duplicating the rule and carrying the NCAA's water on the NCAA's error and then asserting they are not a party to the court ruling. Ok. The intellectual dishonesty of "oh, they can do it, but the SEC can punish them ...." not harming the student's prospects is pure bunk.

The rule itself isn't a bad rule, but made after this just occurred specifically to block the 2022 entrants from their 5th year (versus all future years where a lost 5th year isn't a glaring equal protection violation) is the hole in the donut. If they were worth a shite, they'd make the rule effective next year so as not to worsen the sequalae of the NCAA's effup. SEC, you can have your rule, but you can't hose the 2022 entrants who have an equal protection issue that they have raised prior and been granted relief on.

The Kiffen Derangement Syndrome is incredible. There are dozens of 2022 football players affected by this and maybe 3 were going to LSU, and every media idiot seems solely focused on CLK. Instead of asking why these football players should not get their 5th like every other similarly situated 2022 entrant, or why are they getting effectively blocked from the two best and highest paying conferences (cartel behavior), the media and the OM Boards are just Lane is eviiiiil, Lane baaaaaad. I feel bad for those jilted OM fans, they are burnt.