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SMU is welcoming a 26 year old WR who played pro baseball
Posted on 9/2/26 at 9:05 am
Posted on 9/2/26 at 9:05 am
"SMU signs former MLB player Jordyn Adams to football scholarship: 26-year-old was a 5-star WR recruit in 2018"
This is a different sport for sure BUT he got millions of dollars playing a pro sport IN the US. He might be ultimately limited on his college football eligibility by age and WOULD not qualify if the 5 for 5 rule was finalized. That states you have 5 years of eligibility from HS graduation.
This entire situation is not rocket science. Forget the medical redshirts, the regular redshirts, and yes the MISSIONS of the BYU guys, and yes military service from the academy guys...make this a hard rule from now on. 5 years to play up to 5 years after you leave HS. If you EVER opt out of that 5 year window and TRY to go pro in ANY sport, you are DONE in college. BUT this 2022 class gets grandfathered in because you gave those players no heads up that they potentially could get another year of eligibility. This isn't hard or complicated...it really isn.t'
This is a different sport for sure BUT he got millions of dollars playing a pro sport IN the US. He might be ultimately limited on his college football eligibility by age and WOULD not qualify if the 5 for 5 rule was finalized. That states you have 5 years of eligibility from HS graduation.
This entire situation is not rocket science. Forget the medical redshirts, the regular redshirts, and yes the MISSIONS of the BYU guys, and yes military service from the academy guys...make this a hard rule from now on. 5 years to play up to 5 years after you leave HS. If you EVER opt out of that 5 year window and TRY to go pro in ANY sport, you are DONE in college. BUT this 2022 class gets grandfathered in because you gave those players no heads up that they potentially could get another year of eligibility. This isn't hard or complicated...it really isn.t'
This post was edited on 9/2/26 at 9:07 am
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Posted on 9/2/26 at 9:07 am to NotaStarGazer
This isn’t a problem
Posted on 9/2/26 at 9:09 am to NotaStarGazer
Hes not on their baseball team, is he? No
So why do you think this post matters
So why do you think this post matters
Posted on 9/2/26 at 9:10 am to ChatGPT of LA
It matters because the new rule is these pro baseball guys can’t exist anymore. No more Matt Maucks
Posted on 9/2/26 at 9:11 am to ChatGPT of LA
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Hes not on their baseball team, is he?
No So why do you think this post matters
Doesn’t matter. This exact situation, which has happened for decades now, is exactly why the “signed a pro contract” line in the sand the SEC is trying to draw won’t fly in court.
Which is the point being made.
Posted on 9/2/26 at 9:13 am to NotaStarGazer
I mean, according to the NEW NCAA rule they're ineligible.
Age-based trigger: The start of the regular academic year immediately following the student-athlete’s 19th birthday, if the student-athlete turns 19 before Sept. 1. For an individual who turns 19 on or after Sept. 1, the period of eligibility begins at the start of the subsequent academic year, unless the individual enrolls full time in college earlier.
Once the five-year period starts, it runs continuously. It does not pause because a student-athlete does not compete, transfers, sits out, changes teams or takes time away from participation, meaning student-athletes, coaches and athletics departments no longer have to track athletic “redshirts.”
Unless I'm reading something wrong, nobody over 24 years old should be able to participate in college athletics
Age-based trigger: The start of the regular academic year immediately following the student-athlete’s 19th birthday, if the student-athlete turns 19 before Sept. 1. For an individual who turns 19 on or after Sept. 1, the period of eligibility begins at the start of the subsequent academic year, unless the individual enrolls full time in college earlier.
Once the five-year period starts, it runs continuously. It does not pause because a student-athlete does not compete, transfers, sits out, changes teams or takes time away from participation, meaning student-athletes, coaches and athletics departments no longer have to track athletic “redshirts.”
Unless I'm reading something wrong, nobody over 24 years old should be able to participate in college athletics
Posted on 9/2/26 at 9:14 am to NotaStarGazer
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SMU is welcoming a 26 year old WR who played pro baseball
Not all that unlike an LSU quarterback who lead us to an SEC Championship in the early 2000s.
Posted on 9/2/26 at 9:15 am to ChatGPT of LA
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Hes not on their baseball team, is he?
It'd be a pretty incredible feat if he were.
Posted on 9/2/26 at 9:15 am to ChatGPT of LA
Your post makes absolutely no sense. Maybe by your userid this is an AI post which would explain its irrelevance. 
These current players in ? were not on pro football teams when LSU got their signatures. You missed the point of this example. Adams was paid in an obvious pro sport (not the same one but still a pro who opted to skip college). So this is the same issue now before the courts.
Might want to work on your AI question...I saw no relevance to what I posted.
These current players in ? were not on pro football teams when LSU got their signatures. You missed the point of this example. Adams was paid in an obvious pro sport (not the same one but still a pro who opted to skip college). So this is the same issue now before the courts. Might want to work on your AI question...I saw no relevance to what I posted.
Posted on 9/2/26 at 9:16 am to NotaStarGazer
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after you leave HS.
This has never been the rule. It is when you enroll in your university. Age is irrelevant and always has been.
Posted on 9/2/26 at 9:16 am to NotaStarGazer
Posted on 9/2/26 at 9:17 am to JayVegas702
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Unless I'm reading something wrong, nobody over 24 years old should be able to participate in college athletics
Good job on the quoting of the new proposed rule but I think the key is the "proposed" part. It hasn't officially been adopted yet has it? This post was edited on 9/2/26 at 9:20 am
Posted on 9/2/26 at 9:19 am to NotaStarGazer
Brandon Weedon did the same thing at OK State back in 2011... wish LSU got to play them in the natty that year
Posted on 9/2/26 at 9:20 am to NotaStarGazer
Chris Weinke
Posted on 9/2/26 at 9:20 am to ChatGPT of LA
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Hes not on their baseball team, is he? No
So why do you think this post matters
He played professional sports. What's the relevance of it being a different sport?
Why do, say, Matt Mauck or Chris Weinke get to do this but not guys who spend a week with a pro team in camp and got cut
Posted on 9/2/26 at 9:21 am to ChatGPT of LA
Just pointed out a useless, irrelevant post of yours.
Posted on 9/2/26 at 9:28 am to DMagic
Mark Farris
Posted on 9/2/26 at 9:28 am to NotaStarGazer
Dude, this has been the rule forever, back when NCAA was fiercely protective of the "amateurism" rules. You were only considered a professional in the sport you signed a pro contract in. Athletes maintained all of their NCAA eligibility in other sports with the 5 year eligibility clock starting when they first enroll in college.
Matt Mauck played got picked in the MLB draft out of high school, played a few years in the minor leagues, then came to LSU to play football since Saban originally tried to recruit him to Michigan State when he was in high school.
Chris Weinke was in his late 20's when he played QB at Florida State after he gave up pro baseball.
Matt Mauck played got picked in the MLB draft out of high school, played a few years in the minor leagues, then came to LSU to play football since Saban originally tried to recruit him to Michigan State when he was in high school.
Chris Weinke was in his late 20's when he played QB at Florida State after he gave up pro baseball.
Posted on 9/2/26 at 9:29 am to Y.A. Tittle
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Not all that unlike an LSU quarterback who lead us to a National Championship in the early 2000s.
FIFY
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