re: Trump expected to sign executive order soon on NCAA transfer portal, NIL, and eligibility

None of it is enforceable. Unlimited transferring with no sit out period is the entire reason players can maximize their worth. Taking that away will be deemed unconstitutional.

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None of it is enforceable. Unlimited transferring with no sit out period is the entire reason players can maximize their worth. Taking that away will be deemed unconstitutional.

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Universities which take federal funding are absolutely subject to federal regulation.

If a University wants to forgo all public funds and make up their own rules they certainly can.

But you can't demand money from the tax payers and then cry foul when that money comes with conditions.

This executive order is designed to strong arm universities into "voluntary" compliance by withholding funds.

Schools cannot both simultaneously claim to be private organizations hat can do whatever they want while also taking tax payer money.

This is amazing and pretty well done.

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I'm MAGA to the bone. But, this here ain't none of his business.

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Then whose business is it? I mean we would all agree some guard rails need to be put in place here right?

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Universities which take federal funding are absolutely subject to federal regulation. If a University wants to forgo all public funds and make up their own rules they certainly can.

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This executive order is designed to strong arm universities into "voluntary" compliance by withholding funds. Schools cannot both simultaneously claim to be private organizations hat can do whatever they want while also taking tax payer money.

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I really can’t wait until the next time there’s a D in the White House and they use arguments like this

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But, this here ain't none of his business.

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Of course it’s not.

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Then whose business is it?

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The NCAA and or the schools themselves. It’s fricking amazing how one Game Show host becomes President and suddenly the right is in favor of the Government intruding into every aspect of life

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I mean we would all agree some guard rails need to be put in place here right?

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Define guardrails.

The only guard rail that can be put in that will pass judicial scrutiny is a collectively and mutually bargained agreement between the players and the colleges.

Fans act like college sports are something unique and special. In 2026, they are not. They are an entertainment business just like any other business and subject to the laws that govern all other businesses about restraint of trade and hindrances placed on people trying to seek fair market compensation for their talents and barring mutually and contractually agreed to restrictions to seek that compensation from a different employer.

This whole thing was a house of cards for generations and was destined to collapse when the right case got before the right judges and I remind you that the Supreme Court case that cleared the way for this was decided 9-0 with some justices signaling strongly that they were willing to go even farther in the players’ favor.

This action is a publicity stunt designed to shore up the midterms. But fans who think they have a tangible sense of ownership in this product … they never really have and never really will … like I said are going to ejaculate on themselves thinking that Daddy has fixed everything and is going to bring those uppity players to heel and restore everything to its true and righteous and rightful state.

Again, the only fix for this that will survive judicial scrutiny under the laws of the US that govern businesses and intrastate and interstate commerce will be negotiated and contractual.

I am 100% for reining in the Wild West portal. But I understand that the money is not going away and that the days of players being viewed as gladiators existing only for the fans’ entertainment and coaches being absolute dictators and treating players like Sgt. Hartman from Full Metal Jacket is never coming back.

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Like Democratic Presidents have always done?

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I would agree the Democrats/ left in general tend to be worse of failing to grasp that massive expansion of Federal government power will one day be used by the other party, a lesson crystal clear with this President, The question is should we oppose overreach as a matter of principle or do you just oppose it when it’s the other side because that’s a really terrible way to govern.

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If it's broad, and it is a restriction of general funds then it might stand up to a challenge.

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This would be a disaster on many levels.

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However, it's worth a fight

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It seems to be the biggest problem is some, most older men, don’t like it. People not liking the transfer portal or NIL doesn’t make them a problem per se. Someone need to articulate the downsides, how it’s harmful and on the players or sport.

Yeah there’s no way this would stand up in any court bc of the leverage you’d be giving colleges to restrict pay.

For example, take Nick Marsh.

2024- Michigan State
2025- Michigan State
2026- Indiana

Indiana paid Marsh a lot of $$$$ to transfer to IU for 2026. But if that rule of “only 1 time no sit out transfer” was in place, what would stop Indiana from deciding in 2027 to pay him nothing or drastically less? Knowing he couldn’t find another job without sitting out the whole year.

Once you pay the players the cat is out of the bag. Unlimited transfers is just the byproduct of it. It can’t be reversed without also eliminating all Rev Share/NIL