re: Why can’t the NCAA just say, “these are the rules. If you don’t like it, then don’t play”

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Why can’t the NCAA just say, “these are the rules. If you don’t like it, then don’t play”
King of New Orleans
Doesn’t seem hard. Have a spine. Say your rules. Tell anyone who thinks they can fight it just because they don’t like it to kick rocks.

At some point, someone has to make concrete NIL rules or this shite will rinse and repeat year after year.

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First, the NCAA would need to construct and write rules that do not violate the various sections of the law.

Secondly, the NCAA would need to construct and write rules based on common sense and sound principles that do not violate the law.

Since, Oklahoma sued the NCAA over broadcasting rights in 1981, the NCAA has had a terrible time defending its rules in Courts of law against violations of the Sherman Anti-Trust laws.

This all is self-inflicted by the brilliant minds at the NCAA. Group think at its worst. No forward thinking and no defense to its stupidity. The Federal Courts have used the NCAA as a punching bag. It all well and good to say these are the rules deal with it, it is an entirely different situation when said rules are in violation of various sections of Federal and State law.

The present situation is the result of a bunch of eggheads (college presidents off all member institutions) voting on rule changes that adversely affect and discriminate against a subset of the athletes that fall under the rules.

Idea for a new slogan:

The NCAA effing it up since at least 1920.

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AI Overview

The landmark House v. NCAA antitrust settlement, approved in June 2025 by Judge Claudia Wilken, fundamentally reshapes college athletics by allowing schools to directly share revenue with student-athletes for the first time. [1] (LINK [2] (LINK Settlement DetailsBack Damages:

The NCAA is paying roughly $2.8 billion in back damages over 10 years to compensate former athletes who played between 2016 and 2024.

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So, your simple kick rocks suggestion would result in being sued into oblivion.

the NCAA is virtually spineless these days. It has lost its power and is holding on by a thread, and doesn't want to rock their boat any more than they have to. The NCAA is the cause of this nonsense. All they had to do is state that the 5 for 5 goes into affect August, 2027, and there is no issue. But they are a bunch of spineless, nerds with zero foresight.

For one thing, the NCAA continues to violate BLATANTLY US laws. I will give you one example related to the SEC.

The SEC SAYS you can't transfer from one SEC school to another without sitting out a year. IF anyone bothered to challenge that, it would fall in 5 seconds. Now that NIL is around, that is called "restraint of trade". You are denying a player the right to earn a living. That obsolete "rule" is not going to be around much longer.

As far as the NCAA goes, remember the rule about sitting out a year from transferring within FBS. Gosh, I missed seeing Shea Patterson not playing for Michigan because he had to sit out. Oh wait, he didn't did he.