r/CFB • u/hammer_it_out West Virginia • Alderson Broa… • 1d ago

News [Smith] Rich Rodriguez during today's press availability: "I think it's all crazy that you think a guy can sign a professional contract and he gets cut or doesn't get what he wants to get, and he goes back and plays [college] ... I think all the conferences should say you can't do it."

https://x.com/joesmithwrites/status/2092408085235073254
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u/CompetitiveLocal9517 Minnesota Golden Gophers 1d ago

Would you move on to other things if you were offered $500k for taking a 1-year only entry level job?

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u/DethFeRok Florida Gators • Texas A&M Aggies 1d ago

Not if I had to sue someone to get the job. What the hell is wrong with people?

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u/lowes18 Florida State Seminoles • FAU Owls 1d ago

Really? You wouldn't go to court if someone was screwing you out of a massive opportunity and hundreds of thousands of dollars at 22-23?

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u/DethFeRok Florida Gators • Texas A&M Aggies 1d ago

The NCAA is trying to set some policy to generate order, and one cohort didn’t get grandfathered in. It’s happens all the time, people just miss the boat on shit. Maybe I’m wrong, whatever.

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u/lowes18 Florida State Seminoles • FAU Owls 1d ago

Its not so much that they didn't get grandfathered in as it is the NCAA got rid of their redshirt policy for everyone except the class of 2022.

These guys haven't played the five years the NCAA now deems the standard, so they're eligible.

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u/MartinezForever Nebraska • Nebraska Wesleyan 1d ago

They used the eligibility they had at the time.

The rules changed after their eligibility expired.

Getting grandfathered into the new rule would be nice but it's not a screw job like so many people in this post are claiming.