This is football related, but not directly related to VT, so I'm putting it in Off Topic
Heitner claims that Castellanos' freshman season at UCF in 2022 should qualify as a redshirt year. Castellanos appeared in four regular-season games before playing a fifth in the AAC Championship.
"Tommy's 2022 participation exceeded the 30% threshold by just one postseason game... Players today can participate in four regular-season games plus a conference championship without losing eligibility."
Florida State QB Thomas Castellanos denied extra year, prepares to sue NCAA
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Oh yay...more Darren Heitner...the real winner of the NIL era.
Funniest part here is FSU fans generally are okay with him getting more eligibility..but don't want him back at FSU.
This is the one side effect of NIL that should've been prepared for now guys who know they'll never go pro want to sue for extra years for the money in NIL. If only there was some kind of governing body to uphold the rules and clear easy to follow guidelines.
In this case...the NCAA already ruled an denied his waiver.
This is his lawsuit now suing them for not letting him have his way.
And yes, this is another guy who has no prospect of making money as a Professional Football player attempting to become a professional college athlete.
Exceeding the guideline by one game is, well, exceeding the guideline.
Buh, Bye.
Bummer, one game put him over so as a solution he can play in ONE additional game.
All square. Moving on.
That would be effing hilarious if the judge could, and did, rule that way. When asked what Castellanos would do for the remainder of the season, the judge should simply say "He should focus on his academics...you know, the real reason why he is at a university," all the while miming the masturbatory hand action.
I mean of all the lawsuits I've seen this one at least seems to have legitimate merit. If what is said is true and 4 games plus a conference title game still keeps redshirt status today, then the same should retroactively apply to at least all years of current players. By that standard alone I am ok if he gets that extra year
But just for the sake of argument, all parties involved at the time should have been aware of the rules and that playing him in that championship game would affect the redshirt status.
Sucks for him that the rule changed later (in 2024).
I agree.
If Congress passes a piece of tax legislation that provides for a new type of deduction in 2027, I don't get to say "I would've been entitled to that deduction if the rule had been in place in 2026. Let me go amend my return."
Let's get rid of the red shirt. 5 for 5. Simplify.
Yes. Do this and save tons of legal fees. The current NIL schedule should simplify this.
Reasonable, but part of me would still want some kind of accommodation for injuries.
You say that, but there would always be people wanting to claim for medical.
Edit! Missed vfrhokie's comment - drinking.
Where is DCWilson when you need him? (/s, I know he was banned, but I miss his acrimony).
I'll fill in for him on this matter:
F this
kidadult, sorry your college career didn't work out, go get a job. Age restrictions should apply with only certain exceptions (military service).First there was bourbonStreetGPT, now there's DCwilsonGPT, what could be next?!
Alum07GPT, but honestly that sounds more like a new Porsche model.
ShockwaveGPT
This was a good rant but coming from DC, it just means more.
I saw this and he was my first thought too lol
Tommy just trying to put off being a solar panel salesman or whatever for another year lol.
I'm guessing we'll see more of this from programs with senior QBs this year because they don't like the options they're anticipating from the portal