DB there had intentions of entering the portal. Wisconsin staff convinced him to stay. Now past the portal window he has unenrolled with the intentions of transferring to Miami and being eligible to play this coming season. NCAA issued a statement saying nothing in their " rules" prevents this type of action. Does that not basically make the portal itself unnecessary ?
Interesting situation at Wisconsin
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I think you can pretty much just blow off the portal and do whatever you want. Just between you and the school you want to transfer to. I'd be surprised if the NCAA tried to block anything. I suppose in theory they could declare you ineligible for any reason they want, and that's how it used to be, and now there's almost nothing they can kick you out for. They're completely effin' castrated. And if so, it's because they'd be preventing you from pursuing your financial best interest, which is a legal, civil right, I suppose, that they'd be denying all college athletes all this time. And they can't do that quite naturally. And they always lose in court. The courts have essentially invalidated their entire existence. And that was the NCAA's real reason for being. To enforce amateurism. So they don't really need to exist anymore. And they're probably tired of being humiliated in court anyway, so just waive the white flag, and release a statement.
Besides, they're gearing up for their last big push to reassert power, which could be the NCAA's last stand if they can't effectively implement their lame revenue sharing regime without immediately being beleaguered by a new wave of lawsuits. And it's going to be this new dawn, and a kindler, gentler NCAA, a chastened NCAA. But it isn't and it won't be, they're just a bureaucratic cancer in society, totally parasitic, and tyrannical, their institutional mission to exploit athletes financially on behalf of the schools, and lawyers are already as you might imagine perusing all their new policies and plans, and considering the legal implications, and many are convinced that the new rules and mechanisms will be challenged and won't hold up in court. As they're trying to create this de facto salary cap, which one has got to figure is a serious no-no without a CBA. As well as opening the doors to so-called revenue sharing, meaning the players get a portion of the real money even though it's only around 20%, and is voluntary, and wasn't negotiated. Which I guess is surprising, and one would think is rather telling, and damning, with respect to their existential desperation. With the private equity vultures circling in the distance....
Besides, they're gearing up for their last big push to reassert power, which could be the NCAA's last stand if they can't effectively implement their lame revenue sharing regime without immediately being beleaguered by a new wave of lawsuits. And it's going to be this new dawn, and a kindler, gentler NCAA, a chastened NCAA. But it isn't and it won't be, they're just a bureaucratic cancer in society, totally parasitic, and tyrannical, their institutional mission to exploit athletes financially on behalf of the schools, and lawyers are already as you might imagine perusing all their new policies and plans, and considering the legal implications, and many are convinced that the new rules and mechanisms will be challenged and won't hold up in court. As they're trying to create this de facto salary cap, which one has got to figure is a serious no-no without a CBA. As well as opening the doors to so-called revenue sharing, meaning the players get a portion of the real money even though it's only around 20%, and is voluntary, and wasn't negotiated. Which I guess is surprising, and one would think is rather telling, and damning, with respect to their existential desperation. With the private equity vultures circling in the distance....
It’s pro-football without contracts. I’m telling you with in 5 years players are going to fight for unlimited eligibility and no class requirements.
I think at a lot of places they already have that.
There will be a collective bargaining agreement in place I believe long before that. That's the only way to put any sort of structure and guardrails in place.
Echo, I think this is much more complicated. As I understand it, the player signed a revenue sharing agreement, but then changed his mind and wanted to transfer via the portal. Wisconsin refused to enter his name into the portal and wanted to force the contract obligation of the revenue sharing agreement. The players lawyer was threatening a lawsuit against the University and the NCAA for not entering him into the portal, etc…. This gets to the heart of revenue sharing contract obligations and whether players have the right to enter the portal without concurrence from their school. I had no idea that the universities technically enter a players name into the portal. But as you posted later, it seems this is all headed towards some complicated collective bargaining structure.
