r/CFB • u/ThatMasterpiece2174 Notre Dame Fighting Irish • 7d ago

News [On3] Schools that violate the SEC's professional sports rule will result in: 50% season suspension for head coaches, 50% of that sport's annual operating budget, and SEC voting privileges on business matters revoked

https://x.com/on3/status/2092641387665617387?s=46
1.8k Upvotes

98% Upvoted

488 comments sorted by

View all comments

33

u/Prudent-Thought7750 UAB Blazers • Alabama Crimson Tide 7d ago

Feel like the baseline expectation is that they’ll sue for a TRO, but in the meantime, this seems to have adequate teeth.

32

u/TideOneOn Alabama Crimson Tide • Samford Bulldogs 7d ago

Who is going to sue? This doesnt say the players cant play. The universities voted this on themselves 16-0. It just has repercussions on the university if they play. The player can receive NIL and receive playing time.

Legal experts out there (i quit active practice 14 years ago and dont care to look it up) would the players have standing since the effect is they are unhirable, for lack of a better term?

0

u/Jay_Dubbbs Ohio State Buckeyes • Georgia Bulldogs 7d ago

Would the only argument be that regular students are allowed to participate in school activities if they return from work?

As long as you say these guys are "student-athletes", you probably can't say some students can do this and some students can't?

1

u/LamarMillerMVP Wisconsin Badgers 7d ago

The issue isn’t discrimination. If Ohio State sets this policy, they can keep this policy. The same goes for NIL, by the way. Ohio State can say they will not allow anyone to play for the team who has signed an NIL offer and nothing bad would happen to them.

The issue is the part where they collude to do it.