He came out too early didn’t get an invite to the NBA draft camp. Spent three years in the G-League and now wants to go back to university because there is NIL money. The courts said the NCAA has rules and those rules stand for now.
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He became “eligible” under a temporary restraining order which the judge decided not to turn into a preliminary injunction … but he did not find Bediako’s suit had no merit so it will proceed … nothing final as yet … may not help him this season, or ever, but the NCAA rules do not have a great record recently in court … NCAA v. Alston, House v. NCAA and Martinson v. NCAA … as well as caving on the transfer portal.
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Totally agree with you on the NCAA and the rules changing. But I really don’t see them getting rid of the 4 or 5 years of eligibility. I could be wrong on that one. But I think that gutting the 4 years of eligibility is a bridge too far for most judges.
I have to disagree with you strongly here, for but for the Pavia ruling, they are still counting junior college as years of college eligibility, and now given the open earning power of athletes, I don’t see that restriction associated with junior colleges and others standing on the road to FIVE years of eligibility for ALL.
More has been posted about that matter here:
https://discourse.cfl.forum/t/name-image-likeness-compensation-seriously/104/8
Is the issue not more that Bediako had declared for the draft and then “played pro” (as if NCAA isn’t) in the G-League? He only used uo teo years of his eligibility
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Exactly, and the NCAA premise for so long and their position that NCAA athletics is not openly pro even after NIL in 2021 is being tested all the more.
Of course most saw through this by 2022 except all those staid establishment college sports ivory tower media bojacks like at ESPN, whose careers need to go to the shit-bin, except for some of the former coaches and former athletes who do a great job with announcing and analysis.
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Great analysis here, for it is all legal bullshit now when the simple explanation, but for the NCAA bureaucracy, is to simply just let young athletes play pro sports where they can play pro sports, subject of course to the currently 4-year eligibility rule (which had been quite liberal and stretched for years due to COVID, which is now mostly phased out), which is likely to go to 5 years anyway.
Or of course bring on the “College Super League” minus the NCAA where they can make their own better rules.