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giacomo
4/21/2025 7:04 PM
https://www.espn.com/college-sports/story/_/id/44787232/n...

Over 100 rules slashed from the NCAA manual.
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Bobcat Love's Sense of Shame
4/21/2025 7:16 PM
Do we really need a new thread every time there's a new article any the NIL? Aren't there like 39 different discussions ongoing that this could be posted to?
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giacomo
4/21/2025 8:50 PM
“ But where are the clowns? Send in the clowns. Don’t bother, they’re here”.
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BillyTheCat
4/22/2025 6:22 AM
giacomo wrote:expand_more
https://www.espn.com/college-sports/story/_/id/44787232/n...

Over 100 rules slashed from the NCAA manual.
Good short read, thanks for sharing.
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M.D.W.S.T
4/22/2025 8:49 AM
"For the athletes to receive these benefits, the NCAA will require them to be enrolled full-time, meet Division I progress-toward-degree requirements."

Glad they included that. The lowest of low bars.
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OhioCatFan
4/22/2025 9:00 PM
M.D.W.S.T wrote:expand_more
"For the athletes to receive these benefits, the NCAA will require them to be enrolled full-time, meet Division I progress-toward-degree requirements."

Glad they included that. The lowest of low bars.
How long before that's challenged in court?

The era of "I didn't come here to play no school!" may be upon us before we know it. Why does a semi-pro, minor league, football or basketball program need to have any academic requirements at all?
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BillyTheCat
4/22/2025 10:36 PM
OhioCatFan wrote:expand_more
"For the athletes to receive these benefits, the NCAA will require them to be enrolled full-time, meet Division I progress-toward-degree requirements."

Glad they included that. The lowest of low bars.
How long before that's challenged in court?

The era of "I didn't come here to play no school!" may be upon us before we know it. Why does a semi-pro, minor league, football or basketball program need to have any academic requirements at all?
Waiting on the History lesson to how this pertains to Andrew Jackson and his inauguration.
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OhioCatFan
4/23/2025 10:58 AM
BillyTheCat wrote:expand_more
"For the athletes to receive these benefits, the NCAA will require them to be enrolled full-time, meet Division I progress-toward-degree requirements."

Glad they included that. The lowest of low bars.
How long before that's challenged in court?

The era of "I didn't come here to play no school!" may be upon us before we know it. Why does a semi-pro, minor league, football or basketball program need to have any academic requirements at all?
Waiting on the History lesson to how this pertains to Andrew Jackson and his inauguration.
No, but it does hearken back to the 19th Century concept of "ringers."
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M.D.W.S.T
4/23/2025 11:35 AM
OhioCatFan wrote:expand_more
"For the athletes to receive these benefits, the NCAA will require them to be enrolled full-time, meet Division I progress-toward-degree requirements."

Glad they included that. The lowest of low bars.
How long before that's challenged in court?

The era of "I didn't come here to play no school!" may be upon us before we know it. Why does a semi-pro, minor league, football or basketball program need to have any academic requirements at all?
It's insane that this isn't a crazy question to ask.
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TWT
4/26/2025 4:12 PM
giacomo wrote:expand_more
https://www.espn.com/college-sports/story/_/id/44787232/n...

Over 100 rules slashed from the NCAA manual.
College sports have officially gone MAGA. No dissent to all of the power concentration since the pandemic for the Big Ten and SEC.
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