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âFive-for-Fiveâ eligibility reform gains steam; NCAA bylaws adjusted for NIL deals
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âFive-for-Fiveâ eligibility reform gains steam; NCAA bylaws adjusted for NIL deals
The NCAA is also expected to adopt a rule that would take age and athletesâ eligibility âclockâ into consideration. The Division I Board of Directors has directed the Division I Cabinet to advance measures that would permit five years of eligibility beginning the academic year after athletes turn 19 or graduate from high school.
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Meanwhile, Georgia's baseball team is leading the SEC conference and ranked #5 overall in the nation.
Two quotes from this article that I found laughable, and that in my opinion speak volumes about the "s-h- i- t s- h-o-w" that college athletics have become.
from Kirby - “My only concern is when guys are playing six, seven, eight years — I just don’t think that’s fair to high school kids,” Smart said. “We’ve taken so many opportunities away from high school kids for guys to remain eligible, and, you know, college is meant to be just that: college.”
My take - if college were still "meant to be college" for athletes, why did the colleges via the NCAA - their association - continue to water down Proposition 48 until basically there are no real academic standards that prospective "student athletes" have to meet. Also, if college were meant to be college, how is it that guys can play "six, seven, eight years"? Is satisfactory academic progress not a thing anymore? Guess all of these "six, seven, and eight" year "students" are enrolled in graduate school. (not a serious question as I know the answer) I seem to recall a six- or seven-year quarterback that was quite successful in 21 and 22 seasons that, that to my knowledge, still hasn't graduated.
from Division I Board Directors - “The board fully supports student-athletes receiving the unprecedented financial benefits now available to them and emphasized these changes would protect opportunities for high school student-athletes to access the benefits only college sports can provide, while delivering predictable outcomes for student-athletes and our schools.”
My question - does the NCAA board mean "the bag" that only college sports can provide to "student athletes", or are they speaking of the "marketable degree" that student athletes, not good enough to advance to professional sports, will leave school with.
This ends observations of a grumpy old man for today. I need to go outside and chase someone off my lawn.
Trinidad Chambliss will be 24 years of age when the 2026 season begins. Most NFL rookies are 22 or younger. The little moron Ole Miss alum judge had no power to overturn national NCAA bylaws to allow for another year of play, yet here we are. I hope nothing but hard knocks for Chambliss this season, especially on November 7, 2026.
There’s no doubt something needs to be done. College athletics are a mess. My concern is how can the NCAA enforce any rules when you have absurd judges, think the idiot judge in Mississippi, saying his court had jurisdiction to allow Trinidad Chambliss a SIXTH year of eligibility even though the NCAA had ruled 5 years was enough already. As a lawyer, I fail to see how a trial court in Mississippi has any jurisdiction to decide eligibility issues for NCAA athletes. Obviously, once courts can overturn decisions handed down by the so-called ruling body for NCAA athletics, unscrupulous players, coaches, and judges are the power holders.
I’m now wondering if it’s even possible to create binding contracts with these players. I hope so, but we all know the saying “Hope in one hand ….”
the president already put out an executive order fixing this. Just a matter of time.
@Kasey - Yes, he has. The next question being does the President, as the Chief Executive officer, have the power constitutionally to pass an enforceable executive order regulating college athletics. My opinion, for what it’s worth, is the executive order is unconstitutional. Of course, I could be wrong.
I should add, as a former Civics teacher, executive orders should all be unconstitutional. Fortunately or unfortunately, many executive orders have been upheld. This area of the law is as big a mess as the current state of college athletics. It’s the executive branch making laws, which is supposed to be the function of the legislative branch. And, as we all know, the next President, with the swipe of the auto pen, can undo any previous executive order. Talk about a mess.
no way…the next president will be focused on other things. They won’t dare roll back something as important as college football
This 5 years to play 5 years change still does not address one of UGA's biggest roster management problems. Most of UGA's highest ranking and most productively impactful recruits rarely stay in CFB more than 3 yrs. Though this may benefit UGA with the trend towards recruiting lower ranked players needing longer development periods. It would seem that an increase in roster size would be necessary to accomodate the additional eligibility. Many non-NFL caliber players will stay and take advantage of the additional yr of CFB money. What does that do to the pending CFB salary cap?