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Link: Former Tide Player Charles Bediako Sues NCAA (Injunction) to Return to Bama

Bediako’s attorneys can use his statement to support their case. If that judge tells the NCAA, Bediako is ineligible as soon as all pros are ineligible, as soon as all beyond 5 years are ineligible, and as soon as you stop paying players to be pros in your own league, what can the NCAA do? Nothing. Because the courts have already ruled against them on basically all 5.
 
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DzynKingRTR said:
When I initially heard, I said some not Tidefans friendly words about Sankey.

NCAA probably wrote it for him and told him to sign it. Also the B1G commissioner probably told him to sign it too since he let's them dictate his actions.

Like a good little puppet he signed it.
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When the Big effectively pushed sankey into the 9 game SEC football schedule without receiving one more $ from ABC/ESPN, he should have been fired. PERIOD!
 
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Crimson1967 said:
Former UCLA player Amari Bailey, who actually played in the NBA, has scheduled an official visit to Grand Canyon University.

uclawire.usatoday.com

Former Bruin Amari Bailey schedules visit with college program

Former Bruin Amari Bailey is making headlines for trying to play in college after having played in the NBA. He's looking at a Mountain West program
uclawire.usatoday.com
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Th NCAA has painted themselves into a corner with their inaction. The NCAA/member institutions have to act to stop the clown show. The question is, do they act at the end of the season or act now, immediately stripping eligibility from anyone who has played for a professional league regardless of where it’s at, face the music and lawsuits and just deal with it. I doubt they act now because it will absolutely change the dynamics of the current basketball season and forthcoming tournament, although it’s the proper thing to do.
 
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AlistarWills said:
Th NCAA has painted themselves into a corner with their inaction. The NCAA/member institutions have to act to stop the clown show. The question is, do they act at the end of the season or act now, immediately stripping eligibility from anyone who has played for a professional league regardless of where it’s at, face the music and lawsuits and just deal with it. I doubt they act now because it will absolutely change the dynamics of the current basketball season and forthcoming tournament, although it’s the proper thing to do.
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I don’t see how they could basically kick dozens of people off of teams in the middle of the season but I would be fine if they said as of July 1 you lose eligibility permanently once you sign with any professional organization in your sport and make it retroactive for everyone.
 
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Crimson1967 said:
I don’t see how they could basically kick dozens of people off of teams in the middle of the season but I would be fine if they said as of July 1 you lose eligibility permanently once you sign with any professional organization in your sport and make it retroactive for everyone.
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They could but I doubt they will. And in the meantime, Michael Jordan gonna sign up to play with the Tarheels for his Senior season.
 
So the NCAA doesn’t want a professional who’s made $530,000 in three years, to be able to come back to college and make at least that much playing for their professional league

The irony is rich
 
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4Q Basket Case said:
...As I think more about it, I'd gladly sacrifice Bediako's eligibility at Alabama to get all professionals out of the college game. But I don't think that's the question before the judge. Someone with more legal expertise would have to say whether the Tuscaloosa judge has the option to rule that way.
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I'm not a lawyer, but I've impersonated one enough times, so here goes.

Bediako is seeking a ruling on the merits of his case, which include his argument that the NCAA is unequally and discriminatorily enforcing the rule that they want to use to keep him out. For the judge throw out all pro athletes would be to abandon any semblance of judicial restraint and legislate the NCAA from the bench. Judges are normally reluctant to do that.

Instead, what he could do is issue a narrower ruling telling the NCAA, “Your rule is fine, but your exceptions aren’t as they have no defensible logic. Either allow Mr. Bediako and other like him to use their remaining eligibility, or bar all pro athletes of any kind from playing that sport in college."
 
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Isaiah 63:1 said:
I'm not a lawyer, but I've impersonated one enough times, so here goes.

Bediako is seeking a ruling on the merits of his case, which include his argument that the NCAA is unequally and discriminatorily enforcing the rule that they want to use to keep him out. For the judge throw out all pro athletes would be to abandon any semblance of judicial restraint and legislate the NCAA from the bench. Judges are normally reluctant to do that.

Instead, what he could do is issue a narrower ruling telling the NCAA, “Your rule is fine, but your exceptions aren’t as they have no defensible logic. Either allow Mr. Bediako and other like him to use their remaining eligibility, or bar all pro athletes of any kind from playing that sport in college."
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I agree. “I will rule Charles ineligible if all other pros currently playing college basketball are also ineligible. Otherwise, he should be allowed to continue playing”
 
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Crimson1967 said:
Former UCLA player Amari Bailey, who actually played in the NBA, has scheduled an official visit to Grand Canyon University.

uclawire.usatoday.com

Former Bruin Amari Bailey schedules visit with college program

Former Bruin Amari Bailey is making headlines for trying to play in college after having played in the NBA. He's looking at a Mountain West program
uclawire.usatoday.com
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The NCAA is just inconsistent enough in their decisions to let him play and not even question it.
 
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