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re: I feel like the "pro players in college" issue doesn't need to be so dramatic
Posted on 8/30/26 at 1:48 pm to WestCoastAg
Posted on 8/30/26 at 1:48 pm to WestCoastAg
Why do you laugh? It’s been the rules forever and doesn’t constitute a monopoly. The only reason the ‘22 guys have any leg to stand on is that the NCAA is selectively applying the 5 for 5 ruling to some of their class and holding others to the old rules.
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Posted on 8/30/26 at 1:49 pm to sicboy
LSU fans downplaying this issue are disgusting. 
Posted on 8/30/26 at 1:55 pm to lsubatman1
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If Saban was still around and done it he would be praised by all
LOL. Want to know how many rules were created to shutdown loopholes that Saban tried to exploit? Quite a few because people bitched about it all the time.
LSU isn’t some special victim here as much as yall want to be.
Posted on 8/30/26 at 2:00 pm to Oilfieldbiology
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Why do you laugh? It’s been the rules forever
How many other rules have changed in the last 5 or so years that had previously been "rules forever" and why do you think this one will be different?
Posted on 8/30/26 at 2:01 pm to Colonel Flagg
That’s what they’re pushing for, to be declared a pro league or leagues. Once the courts legally declare that the big conferences can break away. All the back and forth chaos is theatre.
Posted on 8/30/26 at 2:08 pm to sicboy
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these are players who have been drafted by a pro team
Both of the guys going to LSU were undrafted free agents.
It's mostly a one-time thing, because rules will be in place to prevent it from happening again.
The NCAA really deserves 100% of the blame here.
Posted on 8/30/26 at 2:17 pm to Oilfieldbiology
This post was edited on 8/30/26 at 2:18 pm
Posted on 8/30/26 at 2:17 pm to WestCoastAg
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WestCoastAg
#broken
Posted on 8/30/26 at 2:38 pm to sicboy
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I know people love to moan about how the college game is being ruined, but I don't feel this has to be that big of an issue, unless it's just the NCAA trying to flex.
And the part we overlook in "this not so big of an issue" is that rosters are capped at 105. So when these Pros show up on campus they will be taking a roster spot from some kid who had earned that roster spot, worked out with the team all summer went to fall camp, etc. It's pretty shitty but such is life.
Posted on 8/30/26 at 2:42 pm to LSUBoo
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The NCAA really deserves 100% of the blame here.
No they don't. The athletes who don't realize its time to go pro in something other than football and who are using courts to get their way deserve a significant part of the blame.
Posted on 8/30/26 at 2:47 pm to sicboy
Cam McCormick
2016 - Redshirt Oregon
2017 - Oregon
2018 - Oregon (1 game)
2019 - DNP
2020 - DNP
2021 - Oregon (2 Games)
2022 - Oregon
2023 - Miami
2024 - Miami (Ninth year of eligibility)
2016 - Redshirt Oregon
2017 - Oregon
2018 - Oregon (1 game)
2019 - DNP
2020 - DNP
2021 - Oregon (2 Games)
2022 - Oregon
2023 - Miami
2024 - Miami (Ninth year of eligibility)
Posted on 8/30/26 at 2:52 pm to sgallo3
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virginia started two 7th year players, two 6th year players, and a 5th year guy on their O line yesterday.
I agree this is BS and they shouldn't be eligible either but which one of these players has entered the draft, signed a contract with an NFL Franchise, attended a NFL training camp, played in games for an NFL team, etc.
You are overlooking the guys that started for UVA yesterday are not former professional athletes.
In before the BS argument that they had no choice because of the timing of the rules.
This post was edited on 8/30/26 at 2:53 pm
Posted on 8/30/26 at 3:01 pm to ELVIS U
quote:Because we all know it won’t be a one time thing.
I agree and add to that the fact that this is only a one year thing, I don't get why everyone is losing their minds.
All it takes is one person filing a lawsuit.
Who are you to tell these businesses who they can and can’t hire?
Posted on 8/30/26 at 3:13 pm to sicboy
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they want to take advantage of it and get back to college. I feel it could be pretty cut and dry, as long as they haven't played a regular season game
Does anyone on here understand how Professional sports work?
Whether or not he was drafted, he signed a professional contract as an undrafted free agent and received payment and insurance benefits in the cause of injury or illness the moment he signed the dotted line. He was under contractual agreement to report to OTA’s and off-season professional strength and conditioning programs under supervision and at the facilities owned and operated by a professional football team.
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As long they haven’t played in a regular season game
You know how many guys spend their entire professional careers, years, on IR’s and practice squads and never see the field on Sundays?
Posted on 8/30/26 at 3:58 pm to VADawg
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Not yet, but I'd bet my mortgage that we see this happen within the next 3-5 years.
Well, that seems like a pretty dumb idea.
Posted on 8/30/26 at 3:59 pm to Boomdaddy65201
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You know how many guys spend their entire professional careers, years, on IR’s and practice squads and never see the field on Sundays?
I'd guess close to 0. Can you provide 3 examples?
Posted on 8/30/26 at 4:00 pm to armytiger96
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the guys that started for UVA yesterday are not former professional athletes.
You're correct. They are current professional athletes, just like every D1 starting player will be this year.
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In before the BS argument that they had no choice because of the timing of the rules.
Why is the argument BS? The timing meant they were told they had no remaining eligibility, so they had to decide to enter the NFL draft if they wanted to continue to play. Then the NCAA changed the rule after the deadline to enter the draft. The answer to their argument might end up being "tough cookie, life isn't fair," but that doesn't make their argument BS.
Posted on 8/30/26 at 4:03 pm to lsubatman1
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Kiffin is a genious
Never change Coonasses, you ignorant dumb asses. It's bad for the sport. You know it, I know it, everyone knows it.
It's going to open up a huge can of worms. CFB has already been screwed up royally. This is just next level of stupidity. They'll be lawsuit after lawsuit of players who failed to make an NFL roster. Anyone with have a functioning brain knows that this will not be a one time thing.
Posted on 8/30/26 at 4:28 pm to FairhopeTider
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LSU isn’t some special victim here as much as yall want to be.
We aren't playing victim just defense. Everyone blaming us when there are near 20 current lawsuits and more teams than that doing the same thing. Why are yall so obsessed with us? Seems to me the ones bitching about our foresight are the ones portraying victims.
The large majority of LSU fans dont agree with it fundamentally but we also dont agree that Bedaiko played 5 games for Bama 3 years into his g league career(what were their penalties again) or that Trinidad Chambliss is SEC eligible while concurrently NCAA inelgible. Where's the outrage for those 2 schools? Kentucky? Texas? Its called fans choosing a villain that is outside the mirror they're afraid to look into.
The only ruling that is absolutely certain in all of these cases is NCAA ineligibility. Any discussion beyond that fact is moot and inconsequential. You cant pick and choose which NCAA ineligible players can play and which can't. It must be treated uniformly across the landscape. Punishments included. With these the SEC is about to be extremely cash fluid with all the forfeited profit shares from LSU, Texas, Bama, Kentucky and Ole Miss.
Posted on 8/30/26 at 4:48 pm to sicboy
As of now, it's just a 1-year issue. I'm fearful that it will set a precedent and won't remain as that.
There's a guy somewhere who's been in the NFL a few years, bouncing around from team to team, ready to sue because he only played 3 or 4 years in college.
There's a guy somewhere who's been in the NFL a few years, bouncing around from team to team, ready to sue because he only played 3 or 4 years in college.
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