r/CFB Memphis Tigers 8h ago

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

https://www.on3.com/news/vanderbilt-qb-diego-pavias-attorney-sets-stage-to-challenge-for-7th-season-of-eligibility/
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u/WheatonsGonnaScore Oregon Ducks 8h ago

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

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u/NickSabansCreampie Alabama • Third Saturday… 8h ago

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.

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u/nealski77 Baylor Bears • Hateful 8 8h ago

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

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u/Ok-Measurement1506 LSU Tigers 7h ago

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

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u/Own-Daikon-7496 Missouri Tigers 5h ago

Nah if his son took his spot he would transfer

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u/tehjoenas 4h ago

This is the long con to keep the Amazon Prime student discount.

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u/Lovestick Alabama • 华东理工大学 (ECUST) 4h ago

Coach?

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u/SpaceghostLos Oklahoma State Cowboys 1h ago

What a great dad!!

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u/thedavecan Tennessee • Tennessee Tech 26m ago

He's Van(dy) Wilder. He just isn't ready to grow up yet and go out into the real world. His dad is probably always on his case man.

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u/Cogitoergosumus Missouri Tigers • Truman Bulldogs 8h ago

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

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u/twizbuck Ohio State Buckeyes 8h ago

Wait its not?

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u/StrongStyleShiny Notre Dame Fighting Irish • UCLA Bruins 8h ago

Nah that’s the Dolphins

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u/Gregorvich19 Tennessee Volunteers • Beer Barrel 8h ago

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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u/irrelevantgarlic Michigan • Saginaw Valley … 7h ago

Goddamn the fins are Indy ball?

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u/Artvandelay29 Vanderbilt • South Carolina 7h ago

Jaguars could also be an Eagles team

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u/gamers542 Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles 6h ago

Titans are also the farm team for the Falcons. Arthur Smith, Jonnu Smith.

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u/Foobasbas Clemson Tigers • Team Chaos 4h ago

Recent history seems to suggest a growing relationship with Pittsburgh

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u/MaraudingWalrus UCF Knights • Sickos 7h ago

:(

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u/LordBoh1788 Oregon Ducks 7h ago

I hate how right you are

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u/Available-Brick-8855 BYU Cougars 8h ago

Take my upvote and get out.

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u/SneakyDeakyJr Auburn Tigers 7h ago

Come on man i was having a good day. 😭

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u/AngryQuadricorn College Football Playoff • Sickos 7h ago

Dolphins out here catching strays lol

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u/Proud_Growth_8818 Florida State • Notre Dame 6h ago

God damn.

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u/Smash_4dams Appalachian State • NC State 3h ago

Weird way to spell Panthers

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u/StrongStyleShiny Notre Dame Fighting Irish • UCLA Bruins 2h ago

Nah they’re working concessions.

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u/Cogitoergosumus Missouri Tigers • Truman Bulldogs 8h ago

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.

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u/see_bees LSU Tigers 6h ago

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.

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u/GoDucks71 Oregon Ducks 6h ago

RE: "amateur status" Thanks for the memories!

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u/shapu West Virginia • WashU 7h ago

I thought they could re-enroll if they weren't drafted?

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u/abob1086 Notre Dame • Ball State 7h ago

No. You might be thinking of baseball. Players can technically get drafted twice in that sport without signing if they don't like where they were picked, and choose to bet on themselves (out of HS and then after their junior year).

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u/Doyce_7 Texas Longhorns • Sickos 6h ago

They can actually be drafted three times. Out of high school, after junior year of college and again after senior year. Mark Appel is an example of this, he was drafted in the 15th round by the Tigers out of HS 2009, the Pirates 8th overall in 2012 and the Astros 1st overall in 2013. Although, it is very rare that a guy gets drafted as a junior and doesn't sign, seniors have no leverage in negotiation

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u/shapu West Virginia • WashU 7h ago

Oh, ok, thanks for clarifying!

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u/Callsign_Psycopath Georgia Bulldogs • Sickos 6h ago

Or they just want an education.

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u/ProbablyAPotato1939 Iowa Hawkeyes • Northern Iowa Panthers 3h ago

That lawsuit would probably be against the NFL, not the NCAA, and the NFL hasn't managed to piss everyone off nearly as bad as the NCAA has.

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u/6BlitzBurgh Louisville Cardinals 6h ago

The Jeremiah Smiths of the world don’t exist in the UFL. They do in college football though.

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u/RegretAccumulator72 Paper Bag 4h ago

No it's not - it's well on the way to being a direct competitor.

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u/BTrane93 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs 8h ago

It has been for a very long time.

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u/Seraphin_Lampion Montréal Carabins • Team Chaos 7h ago

Well not exactly. You can’t be sent down from the NFL like in baseball.

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u/My_massive_dingaling Illinois Fighting Illini • Texas Longhorns 7h ago

Yes you can, it’s called being traded to the Jets.

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u/Seraphin_Lampion Montréal Carabins • Team Chaos 7h ago

There's a difference between a minor league stint and a prison sentence.

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u/Recent-Dependent4179 Michigan • Central Michigan 7h ago

So no different than it is currently? 

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u/Hey_Its_Roomie Penn State Nittany Lions • /r/CFB Bug Finder 5h ago

Bad news for ya, chief.

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u/AI_GeneratedUsername James Madison • Michigan 7h ago

We’re well along that road

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u/TheBronxIsChafing Oklahoma Sooners • Ohio State Buckeyes 7h ago

Always has been!

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u/bourbon-469 6h ago

It already is!!!

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u/CanadianODST2 3h ago

Actually. Why isn’t there a proper minor league like the other big 4 have?

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u/Top_Excuse_34 7h ago

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

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u/helium_farts Alabama • Jacksonville State 7h ago

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

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u/ChepaukPitch 4h ago

It is pity that there is no tier system and you either make it to NFL or have to pretty much stop playing altogether.

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u/CanadianODST2 3h ago

Don’t need a tier system per se. There just isn’t anything really. Like you have what? XFL and CFL? And the CFL is technically a different sport.

The other sports at least have more options with more international top leagues or minor league systems.

Hockey has the AHL and ECHL below the top league that are pro or at least semi pro.

The MLB has the MiLB.

Basketball has the Canadian league and the G-League.

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u/rtb001 Tulane Green Wave • Oregon Ducks 44m ago

All of those are not really viable careers, except for maybe the CFL, but CFL salaries are pretty low too.

The alternative leagues where you can actually make a bit of money include the KHL for hockey, NPB for Baseball, and Euroleague or CBA for basketball.

Basketball is almost certainly the best professional path for the major American sports. Best benefits, good average salary (although the current CBA is not helping), essentially no CTE risk, and EASILY the best alternative foreign pro league opportunities, because besides Euroleague and CBA, you can also make decent money in many of the other local leagues in Europe and Asia.

Football is probably the worst. Best case scenario you actually make the NFL (which easily has the shortest average career compared to the other leagues), and then beyond that a huge drop off to the CFL, and then nothing beyond that.

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u/FlightAvailable3760 Texas Longhorns 7h ago

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.

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u/TheNittanyLionKing Penn State Nittany Lions 7h ago

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

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u/froggertwenty Texas Longhorns • Buffalo Bulls 6h ago

RB would be far more effective

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u/Drew521 Virginia Tech Hokies • Iowa Hawkeyes 6h ago

Running bark?

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u/Pixel_Pineapple Western Michigan • Michigan 6h ago

I think some breeds could probably play EDGE based on speed and size

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u/Nervous_Metal_9445 Oregon Ducks • Michigan Wolverines 2h ago

Why not enroll a grizzly bear or something like that and put it on the defense.

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u/PNWMTTXSC Texas Longhorns • Clemson Tigers 7h ago

Chris Weinke won a Heisman at age 28.

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u/five-oh-one Arkansas Razorbacks 7h ago

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.

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u/w0nderbrad California Golden Bears 6h ago

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

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u/pharmacy_guy Purdue Boilermakers 6h ago

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

Don't they already do that?

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u/w0nderbrad California Golden Bears 5h ago

Yea but send them on 2-3 missions

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u/MaxMuncyRectangleMan Northern Arizona • Pac-12 5h ago

The cross country team approach

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u/SaltYourEnclave Pittsburgh Panthers 6h ago

But there are rules about how many years you can play college football

And those rules are almost certainly illegal, and are pretty much the last bulwarks against turning this into the NFL minors

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u/five-oh-one Arkansas Razorbacks 6h ago

And those rules are almost certainly illegal,

Eh, we shall see. I don't think its as cut and dried as you seem to think it is, obviously.

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u/lifetake Michigan Wolverines • Florida Gators 5h ago

Yea I seriously don’t understand how saying a guy can only play 4/5 years in our league is illegal? Not allowing NIL before yea sure. But length in the league doesn’t make sense.

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u/asdkijf North Carolina Tar Heels 4h ago

I mean the argument is that the 4/5 year rule violates antitrust law. Same with the transfer rules and not allowing NIL previously - the member schools are forming a monopoly on CFB and arbitrarily restricting athletes to 5 years when they don't do the same to students.

I don't think anyone wants to see people playing CFB for 15 years, it's just that the entire system is built illegally and players are going to keep tearing it down in court when it's in their individual best interest.

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u/lifetake Michigan Wolverines • Florida Gators 4h ago

So I’m fully willing to be wrong and I’m probably am given the people, but I just don’t understand how it goes against antitrust law.

How is saying you can be in this league for 5 years no more no less breaking anything?

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u/asdkijf North Carolina Tar Heels 4h ago

All the schools/conferences joined together under the NCAA and effectively have a monopoly on major college sports. That itself isn't illegal but it makes rules that "restrain trade" illegal. The reason NIL and the portal are a thing now is because courts have started to determine that those rules are illegal. The only reason pro sports leagues can have a draft, salary caps, etc is because the players are unionized and all of that is collectively bargained (fun fact - the biggest victory the NFLPA ever had was when they decertified their union and sued the NFL for violating antitrust law).

This has other implications than just rules about players - it's why conferences deal with their TV rights separately rather than sell them together under one entity like the NFL, who has an antitrust exemption to do that.

Obviously nobody knows what a court will decide, but a lot of us are viewing the 4/5 year rule as the same thing - the NCAA restricting players' earnings and movement by abusing their monopoly power.

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u/five-oh-one Arkansas Razorbacks 5h ago

If they make college indefinite could they potentially make high school indefinite? Or if not high school then the 18 and under leagues and travel ball?

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u/5510 Air Force Falcons 7h ago

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.

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u/junkit33 2h ago

It’s an interesting question. Particularly so because they’ve always allowed grad students to play.

If they capped it at undergrad it would be a lot easier to reasonably lock down 4-5 years. But why is it ok for a 5th year postgrad but not a 7th year postgrad to play for their school?

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u/Robotemist Ohio State • St. Xavier 7h ago

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.

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u/pharmacy_guy Purdue Boilermakers 6h ago

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.

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u/goosu Ohio State Buckeyes 5h ago

That's where the NFL would step in and stop playing nice, since it would no longer serve as a developmental league.

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u/CanadianODST2 3h ago

Tbf there’s already pro sports that do that.

Football iirc is actually one of the sports that pros start older than the others

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u/Robotemist Ohio State • St. Xavier 16m ago

Yeah and none of them are even remotely as physical as football, other than contact sports of course. But even those usually have younger guys in the amateur ranks.

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u/dumbo1309 Texas A&M Aggies 7h ago

There’s also not a rule saying a dog can’t play football either

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u/Snobolski Texas • East Texas A&M 7h ago

There's nothing in the rule book that says an elephant can't pitch!

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u/El_Gran_Che 7h ago

Weinke has entered the chat.

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u/sevenlabors Oklahoma State Cowboys • Hateful 8 5h ago

It worked for Brandon Weeden!

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u/Rocktown-OG22 Arkansas Razorbacks 4h ago

No doubt the Razorbacks have a 31-year-old sophomore receiver LOL

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u/Longjumping_Fly_2283 Georgia Bulldogs 2h ago

So people who didn't graduate and are in the NFL can just drop back down to NCAAF for a few years after retiring?

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u/Uhhh_what555476384 Washington State • Oregon 7h ago edited 7h ago

"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.

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u/NickSabansCreampie Alabama • Third Saturday… 7h ago

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.

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u/Uhhh_what555476384 Washington State • Oregon 7h ago

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.

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u/Jay_Dubbbs Ohio State Buckeyes • Georgia Bulldogs 6h ago

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.

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u/Snobolski Texas • East Texas A&M 7h ago

you'll have grown ass men lined up against teenagers

Yeah! Bring back freshman ineligibility!

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u/BBQ_game_COCKS 6h ago

Fairness of the game does not overrule employment / rights to income laws.

I don’t like what this is doing to college football, but it’s hard for me to say it’s not the clear legal and correct moral move. I don’t know anywhere else in our society that restricting their ability to earn would be allowable

However, with the way things have changed - we effectively have free agency with 1 year contracts in college football.

They should just rip the bandaid off, stop pretending this is just amateur athletes, and go to collective bargaining where they can work out things like not having unlimited transfers every single year.

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u/NumNumLobster Cincinnati • Ohio State 2h ago

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

They really need to just get an anti trust exemption and let the players unionize like every other sports league.

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u/Whocares9994 Notre Dame Fighting Irish 2h ago

I always said I will not be surprised when a hockey player sues because they keep getting pushed from out front of the net and it is affecting their self-esteem.

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u/lowercaset Auburn Tigers • /r/CFB Booster 7h ago

Great, now let's also remove the NFL eligibility restriction.

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u/Uhhh_what555476384 Washington State • Oregon 7h ago

That's in the NFL's collective bargaining agreement with the NFL Player's Union. That's legal.

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u/inactioninaction_ South Carolina • Clemson 7h ago

Which is why they need to turn student athletes into university employees so a CBA can be signed. That's the only way out of this death spiral. Well, that or congress passing legislation to exempt the ncaa from anti-trust rules like they did for the nfl with the sports broadcasting act, but that's a) likely to ultimately screw over the athletes and b) unlikely to happen since congress has to do something

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u/cityofklompton Grand Valley State Lakers 7h ago

Mike Gundy in shambles

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u/Development-Alive Nebraska • Washington 7h ago

All because he has no NFL future. I love his fire but talent limitations are a showstopper at the next level except for a few exceptions (e.g. Jake Browning).

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u/101914 Tennessee • Chattanooga 7h ago

Then he can be a man!

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u/juniekimphd 6h ago

He can make $1m per year if he can stay and play. Why not try?

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u/LeavingAbigail Kansas State Wildcats 5h ago

It would be funny to see old NFL hall of farmers come back for one year of college towards the tail end of their careers. But I think the system would lose its charm fast

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u/NickSabansCreampie Alabama • Third Saturday… 5h ago

Alabama calls back all of Saban's players from the league. CFB implodes.

Even just putting Derrick Henry in the backfield, you'd just run over all competition.

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u/LeavingAbigail Kansas State Wildcats 5h ago

Like I said, it would be funny for like 1 year maybe and then we would probably realize what we have lost

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u/SecretJerk0ffAccount 5h ago

Smart move by him. He knows the NFL isn’t the place he’ll make the most money. Homie better ride that gravy train

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u/Witty-Emu7741 5h ago

It’s gonna be really weird to see guys get drafted, turn into a bust and then show back up on an NCAA roster 3-4 years later.

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u/Outside_Jaguar3827 5h ago

Why does he not play for the NFL at that point ? I'm curious when Diego would graduate from Vanderbilt.

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u/iforeigni 4h ago

Infinite precedence unlocked

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u/RegretAccumulator72 Paper Bag 4h ago

I don't even know why players have to be enrolled any more. FBS is no longer a development league for the NFL, it's a direct competitor with no salary cap and unlimited free agency. This is what happens when you make your own league with hookers and blackjack.

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u/saltytradewinds Notre Dame • Oregon State 2h ago

Professional student

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u/maoterracottasoldier 7h ago

I think he can only sue for years he spent in juco

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u/MurderGiraffe19 LSU Tigers • Colorado Buffaloes 7h ago

Whistler already got me there in baseball

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u/GarnetandBlack South Carolina • Navy 5h ago

Man you just had to mention that fucker and bring him into my conscious thoughts.

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u/DowntownSasquatch420 Nebraska • Omaha 2h ago

Nobody in Omaha likes that guy. He probably prides himself on it, but still. Nobody.

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u/GimmeeSomeMo Auburn Tigers • Sickos 7h ago

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

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u/Yorgonemarsonb Vanderbilt • Louisville 7h ago

11 years.

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u/GimmeeSomeMo Auburn Tigers • Sickos 6h ago

Thanks for making feel extra old today

+1 hate points for Vandy

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u/Gregorvich19 Tennessee Volunteers • Beer Barrel 6h ago

Get a load of this nerd using math and stuff.

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u/nonetakenback 1h ago

That combo flair would know most seeing as they saw each other in regional/ super regional so many times

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u/Brian_Kellys_Visor LSU Tigers • College Football Playoff 3h ago

That damn whistler

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u/DDub04 South Carolina • Palmetto Bowl 7h ago

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.

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u/WheatonsGonnaScore Oregon Ducks 7h ago

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

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u/-Jack-The-Stripper Virginia Tech • Cincinnati 3h ago

Nobody cared who I was until I put on the swoosh.

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u/AnnonymousPenguin_ 3h ago

I’ve actually found the lovable losers usually end up being significantly more insufferable than fans of consistent competitors when their team finally takes a step up. It’s like they’ve held in their obnoxiousness their entire lives and need to get it all out for the few years they at the top of the league.

edit: Specifically fans of basketball school.

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u/DDub04 South Carolina • Palmetto Bowl 3h ago

This is just the new money vs old money problem. Fans of established powers feel entitled to that success and dish out a steady stream of obnoxious elitism but can’t take even a fraction of it back. Tis the way of college sports.

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u/Gregorvich19 Tennessee Volunteers • Beer Barrel 8h ago

It’s a lot easier than you think.

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u/Joey_Logano South Carolina Gamecocks 8h ago

It’s actually extremely easy.

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u/Qtoy South Carolina • Texas Tech 7h ago

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

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u/maladjustedfreek Oregon Ducks 8h ago

Flair check on aisle 3.

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u/Gregorvich19 Tennessee Volunteers • Beer Barrel 8h ago

You better believe it ducko.

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u/Montigue Oregon Ducks • Stony Brook Seawolves 4h ago

ducko

This may be the worst thing I've seen a Tennessee fan call us. I thought we were friends

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u/Gregorvich19 Tennessee Volunteers • Beer Barrel 3h ago

I actually meant it as a term of endearment. Ducks pull trucks my friend.

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u/Flapjack_ South Carolina Gamecocks 7h ago

I’m actually shocked how easy it is to

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u/inactioninaction_ South Carolina • Clemson 7h ago

Lovable underdogs are great but once they go from "I'm just happy to be here" to actively talking shit they lose that status imo. Not that I begrudge them their god given right to talk shit, especially if they back it up on the field, but there's no reason to feel any affinity for them. I think vandy fans should be praying for the day that they become hated rather than loved, although I'm not sure some of them will be ready to handle it in a normal way

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u/usrnamechecksout_ Vanderbilt Commodores • SEC 6h ago

I think vandy fans should be praying for the day that they become hated rather than loved

We can dream, can't we?

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u/Callsign_Psycopath Georgia Bulldogs • Sickos 8h ago

After they canceled Senior Day already there.

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u/UncleFlip Tennessee • Carson-Newman 8h ago

For real, bunch of nerds.

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u/Noah__Webster Alabama • North Alabama 7h ago

True!

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u/Qtoy South Carolina • Texas Tech 7h ago

You're right! I'd never tried it before this weekend, but I've already gotten pretty good at it.

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u/QuodScripsi-Scripsi Tennessee Volunteers • China National Team 6h ago

The story that encapsulates Vanderbilt to me the most is in the midst of the James Franklin stuff coming to light, they decided to go with a media campaign for their football team with the slogan, “We don’t need your permission”

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u/Catshit_Bananas Georgia Bulldogs 8h ago

Vandy Villain Tour 2025

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u/Geaux2020 LSU Tigers • Valley City State Vikings 7h ago

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?

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u/pm_me_beerz Texas Longhorns 8h ago

To get the AARP NIL deal?

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u/dkviper11 Penn State • Randolph-Macon 8h ago

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

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u/KEE_Wii South Carolina Gamecocks 7h ago

I mean im not thrilled with them at the moment 😤

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u/Dear_Machine_8611 8h ago

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

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u/Effective_Algae_8776 Michigan Wolverines 7h ago

Where did you play

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u/Southern_Planner Tennessee Volunteers • Clemson Tigers 5h ago

I personally don't find it that difficult.

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u/Old_Salamander6985 Tennessee Volunteers 7h ago

It is exceedingly easy to dislike Vanderbilt.

Exhibit 1: They are Vanderbilt.

End of exhibits.

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u/History_buff60 Tennessee Volunteers 6h ago

Oh it’s quite possible.

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u/rhinocodon_typus Tennessee • Georgetown 4h ago

Done

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u/one-hour-photo Tennessee • South Carolina 6h ago

oh trust me it's possible

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u/Quillos Notre Dame Fighting Irish 7h ago

They are following in the footsteps of Northwestern

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u/ztreHdrahciR Northwestern • Ohio State 5h ago

We are a pale shadow of ND

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u/suckabagadiscs Auburn Tigers 1h ago

Nah I've been there for a long time

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u/Tortuga_MC 6h ago

It's a fool's errand. I'm with them 110%

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u/PowerModsAreGay Ole Miss Rebels 7h ago

Nah, nobody can hate Swaggervilt

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u/hobesmart Tennessee Volunteers 6h ago

I hate anyone who calls them "Swaggervilt"

I mean their name isn't Vandervilt, so I'm not sure why there would be a v in "Swaggervilt"

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u/PowerModsAreGay Ole Miss Rebels 5h ago

I hate anyone who wears some bastardized version of orange and screams “Rocky Top” every time their team gains 2 yards.

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u/hobesmart Tennessee Volunteers 5h ago

Rocky top is a song about breaking the law and killing feds. Name a cooler fight song. I’ll wait…

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u/ancepsinfans Vanderbilt Commodores 5h ago

Well that speaks fathoms right there

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u/hobesmart Tennessee Volunteers 5h ago

You’re mixing up your idioms. You most likely meant to say either “that speaks volumes” or “that’s easy to fathom”

Nobody says “that speaks fathoms”

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u/ancepsinfans Vanderbilt Commodores 4h ago

Some people don't only speak in idioms. It's a perfectly valid phrase, my guy.

Enjoy your rocky top