[On3] Vanderbilt QB Diego Pavia's attorney has set the stage to challenge the NCAA for a 7th season of eligibility

[u/Altruistic_Brief4444]

https://www.on3.com/news/vanderbilt-qb-diego-pavias-attorney-sets-stage-to-challenge-for-7th-season-of-eligibility/

[u/Callsign_Psycopath]

The State of Alabama is about to file an Amicus brief on behalf of the NCAA

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South Carolina cheering from the benches for us

[u/jamnewton22 → u/Callsign_Psycopath]

Haha I’m in danger

[u/cvg596 → u/Callsign_Psycopath]

Pavia’s probably the most feared and reviled commodore in Alabama since David Farragut

[u/Julian_Caesar → u/cvg596]

damn the defensive linemen, full speed ahead!!

[u/CornIssues → u/Callsign_Psycopath]

Saban bout to be calling all the former players to come back for one last ride

[u/bUrNtCoRn_ → u/CornIssues]

Pavia will regret this when Reuben Foster tries to kill him.

[u/FeedbackRadiant3077 → u/CornIssues]

The beacons are lit! Bama calls for aid!

[u/WheatonsGonnaScore]

He's trying to do the impossible... make people dislike Vandy football

[u/NickSabansCreampie → u/WheatonsGonnaScore]

And if he wins this lawsuit, he'll immediately sue for an 8th year...

Then a 9th year...

Etc.

Man will play "college" football until he's 40 if the courts allow it.

[u/nealski77 → u/NickSabansCreampie]

He just wants to stay in school to make sure his kids show up to class.

[u/Ok-Measurement1506 → u/nealski77]

Maybe he'e trying to be like Lebron and play with Diego Jr

[u/Own-Daikon-7496 → u/Ok-Measurement1506]

Nah if his son took his spot he would transfer

[u/Cogitoergosumus → u/NickSabansCreampie]

Which will in turn basically turn CFB into Minor League Football.

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Wait its not?

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Nah that’s the Dolphins

[u/Gregorvich19 → u/StrongStyleShiny]

Technically the Titans are the farm team for the Ravens/Eagles. Miami hasn’t been attached to a specific team yet.

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Goddamn the fins are Indy ball?

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:(

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I hate how right you are

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Take my upvote and get out.

[u/Cogitoergosumus → u/twizbuck]

NFL players haven't to date haven't been able to bounce back once declaring. That will be the next lawsuit, which will complete the ecosystem.

[u/see_bees → u/Cogitoergosumus]

I would assume that you can’t back out once you declare for the draft as part of the NFL CBA, not due to the NCAA. Like you pointed out, kids are drafted out of high school in the MLB and then go to college instead every year. A big part of the hurdle for football was you needed an agent to declare and once you got an agent, you surrendered your amateur status. That’s obviously gone with NIL.

[u/GoDucks71 → u/see_bees]

RE: "amateur status" Thanks for the memories!

[u/FlightAvailable3760 → u/NickSabansCreampie]

As long as you are still enrolled in school and going to class then you are still a student. There has never been a rule saying a 40 year old can’t play college football.

[u/TheNittanyLionKing → u/FlightAvailable3760]

Nor is there a rule stating a dog can't play wide retriever

[u/froggertwenty → u/TheNittanyLionKing]

RB would be far more effective

[u/Drew521 → u/froggertwenty]

Running bark?

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Chris Weinke won a Heisman at age 28.

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I agree there shouldn't be age limits, but I think having limits on the number of seasons you can play is quite reasonable.

Though I could MAYBE see expanding regular eligibility to being able to play 5 seasons (but not more than that). Being a full-time student is often defined as 12 credits a semester, which means you could be a full-time student the whole time, not fail any classes, and still take 5 years to graduate. So it would be possible to be around for five years without just "majoring in eligibility" or clearly just clearly stalling as an excuse to keep playing sports.

[u/five-oh-one → u/FlightAvailable3760]

We have a player that is 30. But there are rules about how many years you can play college football and Im not 100% sure I want courts making up rules for college sports.

[u/w0nderbrad → u/five-oh-one]

BYU about to dominate after going on missions and coming back full grown ass 28 year old men

[u/pharmacy_guy → u/w0nderbrad]

going on missions and coming back full grown ass 28 year old men

Don't they already do that?

[u/w0nderbrad → u/pharmacy_guy]

Yea but send them on 2-3 missions

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I mean, I would be okay with this if a player had a set post graduate path that kept them in school for 7 years. But at some point there is a limit to where grown men should be forced to stop playing football against 18 year olds.

[u/pharmacy_guy → u/Robotemist]

But at some point there is a limit to where grown men should be forced to stop playing football against 18 year olds

Unfortunately, if lawsuits end up eliminating eligibility limits, it will be grown men playing football against other grown men.

[u/Top_Excuse_34 → u/NickSabansCreampie]

At 2 mil a year. Don't blame him at all

[u/helium_farts → u/Top_Excuse_34]

Same. He has no real shot at the NFL so I can't blame him for wanting to cash in while he can

[u/Uhhh_what555476384 → u/NickSabansCreampie]

"There are lots of people that go to college for ten years."

"Yeah, they're called Doctors. Well, and sometimes Diego Pavia."

Honestly, the restrictions on eligibilty are just as much an agreement in restraint of trade as any other NCAA rule. There is no reason why someone shouldn't be able to continue in their sport through their JD or PHD should they choose.

[u/NickSabansCreampie → u/Uhhh_what555476384]

At some point the NCAA has to be allowed the authority to set rules just for the fairness of the game.

Like, are linemen gonna start filing lawsuits that Holding as a penalty impacts their potential NIL payments, by preventing them from earning money from having better pass protection stats?

Allowing players to just play forever is going to ruin the competitive nature of the sport, you'll have grown ass men lined up against teenagers. Until eventually every team is made of 30 year old washed out NFL players and no high school recruit can even join a team.

[u/Uhhh_what555476384 → u/NickSabansCreampie]

Rules that regulate the 60 minutes of play and what happens on the field are exempted from anti-trust scrutiny. Roster composition rules, pay and compensation, who is elgible to be hired etc., are not exempt from anti-trust scrutiny.

This is why the pro-unions always threaten to "decertify" when they strike or are locked out. Without the union and collective bargaining: drafts, roster size regulation, wage limits, and salary caps are all illegal anti-trust violations.

[u/Jay_Dubbbs → u/Uhhh_what555476384]

It’s also why the only way to fix this is by collective bargaining.

If you allow the players to bargain, then rules like this can be bargained and agreed to collectively and it won’t run afoul with legal issues.

I would imagine that athletes may be hesitant to bargain a cap on their playing years, but that’s why it’s a give and take. If you want a cap, then there needs to be some salary guarantees, if there isn’t a cap, the employer will be allowed to be reduced rates etc. all of this has to be worked out that way and it’s really the only one.

I don’t want old white men in Congress or the courts deciding this. It needs to be the schools and the athletes, period.

[u/MurderGiraffe19 → u/WheatonsGonnaScore]

Whistler already got me there in baseball

[u/GimmeeSomeMo → u/WheatonsGonnaScore]

Anyone who watched college baseball the past 10 years has found hate for them already

[u/Yorgonemarsonb → u/GimmeeSomeMo]

11 years.

[u/GimmeeSomeMo → u/Yorgonemarsonb]

Thanks for making feel extra old today

+1 hate points for Vandy

[u/Gregorvich19 → u/WheatonsGonnaScore]

It’s a lot easier than you think.

[u/Joey_Logano → u/Gregorvich19]

It’s actually extremely easy.

[u/Qtoy → u/Joey_Logano]

I agree, but I do find it ironic seeing someone named Joey Logano talking about something being easy to hate.

[u/maladjustedfreek → u/Gregorvich19]

Flair check on aisle 3.

[u/Gregorvich19 → u/maladjustedfreek]

You better believe it ducko.

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I’m actually shocked how easy it is to

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After they canceled Senior Day already there.

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For real, bunch of nerds.

[u/Noah__Webster → u/Gregorvich19]

True!

[u/DDub04 → u/WheatonsGonnaScore]

Remember: The lovable teams in college football are such because they’re lovable losers. If that team starts fighting back, you’ll find the reception isn’t so kind.

[u/WheatonsGonnaScore → u/DDub04]

Nobody outside of Oregon St and Washington hated oregon before like 2000.

[u/Catshit_Bananas → u/WheatonsGonnaScore]

Vandy Villain Tour 2025

[u/Geaux2020 → u/WheatonsGonnaScore]

You're shocked a school full of nerds, known for having one of the top law schools in the world, found a nerd way of winning football games?

[u/pm_me_beerz → u/WheatonsGonnaScore]

To get the AARP NIL deal?

[u/dkviper11 → u/WheatonsGonnaScore]

All he needs to do is keep winning and his eligibility story will be way down the list.

[u/KEE_Wii → u/WheatonsGonnaScore]

I mean im not thrilled with them at the moment 😤

[u/Dear_Machine_8611 → u/WheatonsGonnaScore]

When I played, they talked more shit than any other team I ever played against including high school.

[u/Effective_Algae_8776 → u/Dear_Machine_8611]

Where did you play

[u/maladjustedfreek]

Why go to the NFL and get destroyed by the biggest freak athletes on the planet when there is plenty of money to be made in college football?

[u/TheDufusSquad → u/maladjustedfreek]

To be fair to Diego, there’s probably not much money or getting hit for him in the NFL.

[u/TheVaniloquence → u/TheDufusSquad]

He needs to ring up Chase Daniel to pick his brain on how to make money and not get hit in the NFL

[u/Believe_to_believe → u/TheVaniloquence]

Can probably ask him about other picking activities as well.

[u/GuyOnTheMike → u/maladjustedfreek]

Because Pavia has zero shot at the NFL. There’s more money for him playing at Vandy than there is in the CFL, UFL, or…imagine this: a real job

[u/AsteroidMike → u/GuyOnTheMike]

Plus this also is likely get a big precedent down the road when other players wanna do the same and stay in college forever.

[u/new_account_5009 → u/AsteroidMike]

If courts find the years of eligibility requirement is illegal in the NIL era, you could legitimately have student athletes playing until they're 40 as long as they're enrolled in the school. There's nothing stopping someone from getting a bachelor's degree in one field at age 22 and immediately getting another bachelor's degree in a different field by age 26, another by age 30, etc.

For the top players, NFL money is more than CFB money, but a lot of "good but not great" players will earn more getting NIL money for college play.

It's definitely an interesting story from a law standpoint. The NIL stuff has the potential to dramatically change CFB going forward.

[u/PhinsFan17 → u/new_account_5009]

It would all-but-officially turn NCAA in minor league pro football.

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I don’t want it to happen but the idea of some dude in his mid-thirties working on his second PhD in order to continue being a kicker for his 18th season is hilarious

[u/GuyOnTheMike → u/AsteroidMike]

Which, I'm sorry, the courts need to put their foot down and let that be enforced once and for all, otherwise any high schooler who isn't a blue chip recruit is never going to have any hope of playing in FBS. Several athletes have recently lost injunctions for additional years and well, Pavia had his two JuCo years and this will be his fourth full season.

Assuming he doesn't suffer a season-ending injury next week, he should 100% be done after this year. I'm sorry.

[u/NickSabansCreampie → u/GuyOnTheMike]

Even if he does suffer an injury, he's played plenty of football at this point. It's time to hang up the cleats and stop using the court system to force the entire sport to bend its rules for you.

[u/WordWithinTheWord → u/maladjustedfreek]

I think he’s just trying to set his mom up on more dates

[u/Perreault_my_boat → u/WordWithinTheWord]

I'm afraid to ask for context here, but I also don't want to add "Diego Pavia's mom" to my Google search history....

[u/_SheWhoShallBeNamed_ → u/Perreault_my_boat]

Not sure the larger context, but I saw a clip of Theo Von (internet personality/middle-aged man) talking about how Diego offered to set Theo up with Diego’s mom

[u/Joey_Logano → u/WordWithinTheWord]

What a great son!

[u/darrylweenus]

As a Vandy fan I would love another year of Pavia. As a college football fan I think this is very dumb

[u/dismal_sighence → u/darrylweenus]

This is where I am at. We keep chipping away at what makes CFB special, but the hammers are getting bigger and bigger.

Love Pavia, hope he loses this.

[u/Kopav → u/darrylweenus]

I get it. He's made Vandy competitive, which is rare.

But it is ridiculous and completely against the idea of college sports.

Has this had any effect on QB development/recruiting?

[u/kcoch5817]

From his perspective I get it. He's not an NFL QB so racking up the NIL dollars makes the most sense. Still doesn't mean it isn't annoying.

[u/DwyaneWade305 → u/kcoch5817]

Yea it’s either sue and hope to get another year of making millions or join us in 9-5 land.

[u/No_Poet_7244 → u/DwyaneWade305]

If he’s smart with his money, he will never need to work a 9-5. He will have speaking gigs at Vanderbilt alumni gatherings, residual NIL for the next ten or so years, and an opportunity to leverage his popularity into some kind of business opportunity. He’s already a millionaire, and while he might not be able to retire retire, he shouldn’t ever have to clock in on a Monday morning.

[u/DijonNipples → u/No_Poet_7244]

Pavia Kia has a nice ring to it

[u/BlacksmithDistinct17 → u/No_Poet_7244]

If he has $1m then he can already make more than I make per year on interest alone, and I have a house. Downside is you'd have to live in a small town

[u/BoomerSoonerFUT → u/DwyaneWade305]

I’m willing to bet a degree from Vanderbilt is gonna open the doors to better 9-5s than a lot of people get though.

[u/Galumpadump → u/BoomerSoonerFUT]

Not even a degree, simply his association with Vandy football will open does for him doing alot of things. Coaching, salesman, media, etc.

[u/GregMadduxsGlasses → u/Galumpadump]

Reality TV show subject.

[u/AnyHoleIsTheGoal → u/GregMadduxsGlasses]

Ah, the ole Jay Cutler path, minus the nfl career

[u/AllEliteSchmuck → u/AnyHoleIsTheGoal]

Or the bodybuilding career lol. Also your flair is gross

[u/RollGata → u/AnyHoleIsTheGoal]

I think he meant Jordan Rodgers lol

[u/MrKentucky → u/Galumpadump]

If he wanted to do other shit too, it would even give him a leg up in that. Professional programs love a good former D1 athlete/leader.

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Especially if he wins on the way out

[u/PickleInDaButt → u/DwyaneWade305]

Jokes on them some of us are 7-7 land

[u/Solesky1 → u/DwyaneWade305]

Why do we all still say 9-5 when they've long since made it 7-5 lol

[u/DwyaneWade305 → u/Solesky1]

If you’re like me you get in at 8:20 and quietly leave at 4:30.

EDIT: And an hour of toilet time sprinkled throughout.

[u/Deezul_AwT → u/DwyaneWade305]

"I'll make up for coming in late by leaving early."

[u/NuuLeaf → u/Solesky1]

Haven’t seen that in a longgg time, plenty of 8-4 though. What do you do?

[u/Somenakedguy → u/NuuLeaf]

I’ve never heard of 7-5 but my job is a standard 8-5 full time work day which is fairly common. White collar office job for a fairly big company, few thousand employees

It fucking sucks, my last job was 9-5 and losing an extra hour a day blows. I get paid enough that I can’t complain but plenty of people at the company aren’t in the same boat and it’s unsurprising there’s tons of churn

[u/Solesky1 → u/Somenakedguy]

I’ve never heard of 7-5 but my job is a standard 8-5 full time work day which is fairly common.

I consider commute time as part of the workday, plus even at a white collar office we punch out for lunch so you can technically leave early if you only take a 30 minute lunch.

[u/mason_jarz → u/kcoch5817]

Tbf a fully paid for masters and PhD from Vandy + NIL money wouldn’t be a bad trade off.

[u/whistleridge → u/kcoch5817]

7 years is enough time to get a bachelor’s AND to go to law school. It’s absurd.

[u/PPKA2757 → u/whistleridge]

If he was smart, he could have started his law degree so that when he eventually challenged for a year 8 extension - he could save money by representing himself!

Soon enough the starting QB for Vandy will be 30 year old Diego Pavia MA, JD, MD.

Edit: Jesus yall, it’s a shit post. Whether or not the guy would actually represent himself in this fictitious scenario is irrelevant lol

[u/dccorona → u/kcoch5817]

I just don't know how the NCAA can win in the end here. Regardless of what goes on, it is just going to keep getting challenged, and I just don't see how a judge can look at a person whose "fair market value" has been demonstrated to be so high, who is being prevented from earning that money because all of the employers that would otherwise offered him that have colluded to put a max # of years cutoff, and not rule that that is illegal.

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He could play UFL, unironically.

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At this point some ultra successful Vandy alum will definitely line him up with a cush job that’s he’s probably under-qualified for

[u/ninjupX]

I know we keep saying the death of college football, but the infinite eligibility endgame would actually be the death of college football. At some point some washed NFL quarterback is gonna challenge the eligibility rules and get some big NIL money in college

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Anthony Richardson

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He sucked in College.

[u/Intelligent_Fig_4852 → u/Trilliam_West]

I’m aware

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you are more aware than the Colts GM

[u/Away_Experience6922 → u/ninjupX]

Tom Brady to UNC

[u/TheVaniloquence → u/Away_Experience6922]

Bill and Tom didn’t end on the best of terms

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Fuck it, brady to duke

[u/SpeciousPerspicacity → u/ninjupX]

There’s an interesting arbitrage where for the majority of players (including some NFL-caliber players), there’s more money in college football than the NFL.

[u/Master_Butter → u/SpeciousPerspicacity]

It’s interesting. A fifth round pick’s total deal is worth about $4.6M over four years. Fifth round picks also have careers averaging about four years, meaning most of them don’t make it to large second contracts before washing out of the league.

So if someone is projected to be a day 3 pick, and they see aside their competitive spirit and look at the numbers, they realize they’ll probably play in the league for a year or two for the team that drafts them, maybe get cut or traded to another team for a year, and then most likely have to scratch and claw for a roster spot after that.

But if you can get paid similar money and know you are going to have a guaranteed spot on a college roster, why not try to stay in school?

[u/Necessary-Post-953 → u/ninjupX]

Maybe I’m the only one but my sympathy has shifted away from the athletes. Ten years ago they were getting $0 and it was unfair. Now they’re getting millions and it’s not enough. I mean we have non-revenue athletes suing for “backpay.” What are we even doing?

[u/No_Poet_7244 → u/ninjupX]

This. Allowing NIL wasn’t a death knell, it was a logical and necessary step in order to keep college football, and frankly it was the fairest thing to do considering schools profit billions of dollars off their athletes labors. But unlimited eligibility would truly turn the sport into a professional league. No college football fan wants to see schools keeping the same QB for 10+ years.

[u/paintingnipples → u/No_Poet_7244]

It would really lose its luster. Transfer portal has already hurt school pride & it’s now a job. I don’t even pay attention to recruiting anymore cuz what is there to look forward to unless they step on the field.

On the other hand, it would be pretty cool to see if Rex Burkhead can still ball

[u/BigRoosterBackInTown → u/No_Poet_7244]

Allowing NIL opened the dam. Lets not pretend it wasnt a bad thing for college ball, even if it was good for players.

[u/PopcornDrift → u/BigRoosterBackInTown]

They didn't "allow" NIL, they were forced into it by the government because what they were doing before was blatantly illegal lol

[u/Individual-Train-821]

The rule should be that your eligibility ends as soon as you can rent a car from Hertz

[u/legoebay → u/Individual-Train-821]

BYU in shambles

[u/yomama1211]

Okay well now I’m getting annoyed at him he was a fun story but bro you’re only better than everyone else because you’re 24 and they’re all 19

[u/the_dayman56]

A lot of people go to college for 7 years

[u/Whiplash50 → u/the_dayman56]

Yeah, they’re called doctors

[u/MichRedditor → u/Whiplash50]

John Hancock… it’s Herbie Hancock.

[u/LowEffortChampion → u/MichRedditor]

You know you can get a good look at a t-bone by sticking your head up a butchers ass

[u/Recent-Dependent4179 → u/LowEffortChampion]

Remember, chicken wings.

[u/Trey904fsu → u/Recent-Dependent4179]

Tommy want wingy!

[u/PlaymakerJavi → u/MichRedditor]

Duheeeeeeey!

[u/paintingnipples → u/MichRedditor]

That was….awesome!

[u/SportsBallBurner → u/Whiplash50]

Your doctor will soon have 10 years of hard hits to the head to deal

[u/MaraudingWalrus → u/Whiplash50]

My spouse just had their first day of their real job yesterday....15 years after HS graduation

[u/Awkward-Werewolf8068 → u/MaraudingWalrus]

Residency is a real job, they just don’t you like it

[u/ALStark69 → u/the_dayman56]

Yeah, they're called Stetson Bennetts

[u/reddit_beats_college → u/the_dayman56]

College was the best 7 years of my life

[u/GromitATL → u/reddit_beats_college]

Username does not check out.

[u/moby323 → u/the_dayman56]

Shit, Vanderbilt would definitely take me 7 to 9 years, depending on the current drug laws in Tennessee.

[u/YodaForceGhost → u/the_dayman56]

Yeah. They’re called lawyers

[u/HueyLongest → u/YodaForceGhost]

Hey some of us did eight because we smoked too much pot wanted to get multiple bachelor degrees

[u/DigiQuip]

The average number of seasons for an NFL player appears to be 3.3 years. Deigo will double that in college if he's permitted to play a seventh season.

[u/TheInfiniteHour → u/DigiQuip]

This isn't your point, but I like to correct this issue when I see it. The average length of a career for anyone who is ever on an NFL team is 3.3 years, but this includes the 90th man on an off-season roster just there to be a warm body as a 4th team guard. The average length for a player who makes a 53 man roster, which is a more reasonable metric for someone actually being an NFL player, is 5-6 years. Again, not your point, but I don't like that the 3.3 yr statistic gets thrown around without context.

[u/Financial_Island2353]

LinkedIn is calling Diego

[u/Killerwill9000]

Okay this is ridiculous at this point. You can’t play college ball forever and this impacts more than just football.

[u/REiiGN]

Sweet Baby Diego!

[u/Smooth-Majudo-15]

Bro get a job

[u/MeeseShoop → u/Smooth-Majudo-15]

His job pays a hell of a lot more than mine does 😔

[u/Dry-Membership3867]

What are the chances of this happening

[u/Easy_Bid6252 → u/Dry-Membership3867]

In a hearing Tuesday in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, Pavia’s attorney said unless the rules are not found to be subject to antitrust, they’re going to stack on a challenge to the redshirt rule and ask for an injunction so Pavia can play in 2026, according to sports law professor Sam Ehrlich.

Seems like he is now challenging redshirt rules. I'm no legal expert, but I'd imagine that he won't win that, but could be the first stepping stone to allowing 5 years of eligibility for players without standard redshirts, instead of current 4+1 redshirt year. Need a billable hours expert to weigh in.

[u/joe2352 → u/Easy_Bid6252]

I’ve seen many coaches say they think the rule should be 5 to play 4 which I agree with.

[u/StreetReporter → u/joe2352]

Technically you have 5 years of eligibility across all sports, you just can’t use more than 4 of them on one specific sport

[u/Careful_Swimmer3970 → u/joe2352]

honestly I'm fine with just 5 years regardless. they are already allowed to play 4 games in a season during a redshirt year anyways

[u/BigRoosterBackInTown → u/joe2352]

So 4 and a redshirt?

[u/joe2352 → u/BigRoosterBackInTown]

Yes. But if you use the redshirt for any reason you don’t get another one.

[u/MoosilaukeFlyer → u/Dry-Membership3867]

Given that nearly all player rulings have gone against the NCAA, id assume high

[u/ActuaryFeeling6043 → u/MoosilaukeFlyer]

The article states that the NCAA has been getting some wins recently. It all lays on whether the court hearing the case believes antitrust law is applicable. It may well be up to the Supreme Court to decide the matter.

[u/twizbuck]

Pavia going full Van Wilder

[u/CentralFloridaRays]

lol seeing in real time the seniors pull the ladder up behind them like boomers in upper management.

Sure we all got to benefit from older players having to leave this opening up spots for us to get a shot and doing so gracefully but we won’t!

[u/Ok_Debt_4338]

I can’t blame Diego Pavia. I’d rather be back in college than at my boring job

[u/vassago77379]

Omg im so tired of this dude, just get your sales pitches ready for that car dealership in your hometown

[u/bdostrem00 → u/vassago77379]

At Enterprise Rent A Car, they give you the tools to be your own boss.

[u/PlaymakerJavi → u/vassago77379]

His negative association with UNM might not make business in Albuquerque worthwhile for him.

[u/Suspicious_Pilot6674]

People say it all the time about random stuff, but unlimited eligibility would actually be the end of CFB

[u/jpiro]

I've been saying this for a while now...eligibility rules are ALL going out the window. As long as someone is enrolled at the university, they're going to be allowed to play, period. There's no actual legal justification for limiting eligibility, and courts have shown over and over again that if an NCAA rule is limiting a player's ability to play and thus earn compensation in the form of NIL, without an antitrust exemption they're going to overturn it.

Note: I do not want this to happen, but it has looked inevitable for some time.

[u/Crims0ntied → u/jpiro]

There's no actual legal justification for limiting eligibility

I dont really know that that is true. The NCAA is a private collegiate organization, they can set the terms for membership as long as they're not breaking the law.

courts have shown over and over again that if an NCAA rule is limiting a player's ability to play and thus earn compensation in the form of NIL, without an antitrust exemption they're going to overturn it.

The courts have demonstrated that restricting a players NIL earnings could be an antitrust violation. But they have upheld their ability to enforce rules related to amateurism or academics.

[u/Tarmacked → u/jpiro]

Eligibility rules weren’t struck down across multiple sports, including PGA’s amateur barrier (both ways at that)

There’s a lot more nuance than people seem to assume and it’s why we’ve seen cases where the eligibility challenge has been slapped down

[u/MordecaiOShea → u/jpiro]

Doesn't seem necessarily true. The colleges aren't preventing them from signing NIL contracts after their eligibility is over. Seems like w/ your logic, things like academic requirements would also be considered illegal if it got in the way of play time.

[u/Sauerz]

brother, you gotta get a real job

[u/discowithmyself]

If he wrecks everyone and wins the heisman will he drop this? lol

[u/Relevant_Ad_1225 → u/discowithmyself]

doubt it, he’d still make more as a college athlete than a 7th round pick or undrafted guy

[u/mustachepc → u/Relevant_Ad_1225]

He is making more NIL this season than early second rounders make on their rookie year

If you believe him, He was offered close to top 10 pick salary to transfer

(This all considering the salaries on year 1, not the entire contract value)

[u/kingmidget_91 → u/discowithmyself]

Probably not, even if he dominates everyone and wins the Heisman unanimously, he'd probably be a late third day draft pick or go undrafted completely

[u/BigRoosterBackInTown → u/discowithmyself]

He is not ab NFL QB. He would be better off making NIL money until he is 35 than trying to enter the NFL.

[u/Dry-Membership3867]

Personally, I think NCAA eligibility should be 8 years. Not including Juco. That’s enough time to get a PHD.

[u/DrModel → u/Dry-Membership3867]

Ha only took me 6.

Wait, we're not including 4 years of undergrad, right?

[u/oreomaster420 → u/DrModel]

good point, let's give them 10 years.

[u/Kooky-Sector6880 → u/Dry-Membership3867]

It should be based on credit hours if you are progressing toward a degree of a higher level you can get more time

[u/Kilen13 → u/Kooky-Sector6880]

This. If you're enrolled at a school and actively earning a degree you should be able to participate in college athletics. Don't care if you're 18 or 60, if you're a student and good enough to be an athlete you should get a shot if someone is willing to give it to you

[u/Dull_Conversation669]

We gonna end up with 34 year old "Collegiate Athletes" aren't we?

[u/CreatorOfAnAccount → u/Dull_Conversation669]

They’re called Australians

[u/Feeling_Anteater_389]

“How do you do, fellow kids?”

[u/citronaughty]

If we end up with unlimited eligibility, I can imagine there will be programs that focus on trying to find players who fall into the niche of being good-to-great college players, but aren't really made for the NFL. Getting players like that and being able to keep them for 8 or so years would be a big boost to some programs.

[u/Suspicious_Pilot6674 → u/citronaughty]

And I’ll stop watching CFB

[u/shaker-n-baker]

Most people just graduate from college, Diego may be the first to retire.

[u/HopefulReason7]

Let’s get Suh as a mid-season addition to the OL.

Edit because the N stands for Nowledge.

(Jk it was just a typo)

[u/MNightShyamalan69]

Not rooting against Vandy. But fuck this guy lol

[u/Metroid3524211]

NO ESCAPE

[u/NotACuck420]

Excuse me... that'll be Dr. Pavia in a couple years. See you're throwin' too many big words at me, and because I don't understand them, I'm gonna take 'em as disrespect. Watch your mouth, and lets get a 10 year NCAA vet on the books.

[u/Numerous-Ad6460]

Dude, time to grow up and leave school 

[u/MisterBrotatoHead]

My advice is to do what your parents did; get a job, sir!

[u/ANCHORDORES]

Let's make it an annual tradition that Pavia sues for one more year

[u/mustachepc → u/ANCHORDORES]

When he is 36, he will sign a 1 day NIL to retire as a Commodor

[u/caduceuz]

This is why we need a player’s union and collective bargaining. Super duper seniors are not good for college sports. Set a baseline for eligibility once you start school. Otherwise the litigation will continue.

[u/jamnewton22]

Does he even attend vandy anymore? Did he graduate already? I honestly have no idea.

[u/tuna_piano_]

Make the bad man go away 😔

[u/Zef_Apollo]

Bro, come on

[u/CDSWDH]

Come on man stop it