What’s the backstory on why the 2 Ole Miss players didn’t get an extra year to begin with?

Bc they went to the draft/NFL well before the Colorado ruling making 5 in 5 possible

So they were never given the chance to get their 5th year even though they are 2022 kids, which is who this ruling is specifically designed for

The argument is that they should have been given this opportunity and would have stayed for a 5th year if they had known or a decision made before declaration deadlines

But why did anyone ever get a fifth year? “Covid year” is dumb. Why do they get to make up what they missed?? We don’t.

My residents who died without family don’t get a do over.
Weddings and graduations don’t get a do over.

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Also, the LA judge who granted the TRO required them to pay back their professional money in order to be eligible.

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A lot of people missed this. I understand why the conferences are doing what they are doing to future-proof this stuff, but those guys who went to the draft because they had no other choice are getting screwed in all this.

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But why did anyone ever get a fifth year? “Covid year” is dumb.

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Nothing to do with Covid. It's the TJ Finley rule. Some sort of limitation had to be put on college athletics eligibilty, regardless of transfer rules.

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And I believe even that federal ruling was stayed by the appeals court

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The federal litigation is still pending. The order from the district court that allowed them to play was overturned on appeal.

Bc their tonsils were in perfect condition.

The NCAA let the rumor out that 5 for 5 was coming but not approved before the draft. They did not act on it until after the draft. This left the 2022 recruiting class with no option but go to the draft or retire from playing.

The NCAA then let the rule out and declared the rule was not applicable to players from 2022 after the draft.

The 2021 class is a non issue.

The 2023 class is elegible for 5 for 5.

So in their unique way of doing things the NCAA has created an aggreved class of players. The list is not infinite. I feel that most of these players in the suit if given the choice would have chose NFL anyway but when faced with being cut saw another option.

Chambliss and Johnson, and many others, are in completely different factual situations than the disputed professional class cases. Most people realize this but some are just to obtuse to see it.

Chambliss’ case involved his attempt to play a fourth year of college football. Because the NCAA did not present any evidence in the hearing to refute his documentation of medical issues during one year at Ferris State, the Judge granted Chambliss’ request to play a fourth year of college football. Clear precedent, including by the NCAA in many cases, and thus nothing unusual about the case.

My preference would be to allow all class of 2022 members to be grandfathered into the 5 for 5 rule regardless of circumstances. However, the league voted not to do so and that will be that. Any judicial modification will likely come well after the season ends.

And out of the entire group of 220 that would qualify, none have been given an extra year except for the small number carved out by a couple of rogue courts (like the one in La.)