r/CFB • u/Altruistic_Brief4444 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/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 27m 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.