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I suspect - don't know, but suspect - a main reason for the contracts being written so heavily weighted towards what the players want and so poorly structured from the school's standpoint is that the schools believe (probably correctly) that if they offered more balanced or school-friendly terms, the players would just go somewhere else and no one any good would sign with them. Being responsible in spending NIL money or contracting it only works if everybody else is doing that. If 20, 50 or even 80 schools are being responsible, the better players are just going to sign with the ones that are not.
I'm gonna guess he is the one getting 99% of the blame because he is the one who did it. Sure TTU or any other institution should be better. I agree that it is both.
But there'd be no issue if he hadn't done this. It started with him. This wasn't some joint thing where he and some other institution teamed up to break the rules that kicked off this whole thing.
Honestly Pravia had the best case of them all not because of his argument that he lost money but that the ncaa allowed 4 seasons to play and the juco league isn't the ncaa. So he got an extra year to play 4 seasons of ncaa football. Its also why the ncaa is trying to go age based. He still suck though.
Headed to Chicago for work and playing Harborside (starboard) with my boss...haven't swung a club in 6+ months so this should be an adventure
I did get some pullage myself...
Must be nice I spent 4 hours getting waved at by tails that wouldn't eat a dang thing. Even tossed chunked blue crab and mullet at them in frustration
It probably is tough with a bland flavor but the worms and parasites have kept anyone from trying it. Most older fish get that way.
Agreed fully...
Texas Tech, LSU basketball with Will Wade's semi-pro team, and Alabama basketball who started the Bediako mess all deserve to be criticized. Pavia for his ridiculous "JUCO doesn't count" argument can be thrown in there too.
But when you have Courts that knee-cap the NCAA such that there are essentially no rules, you leave plenty of room for bad actors to exploit a "system" that really only comes down to finding a friendly judge.
College Sports needs a Regulatory body, period. The NCAA was and is far from perfect but chaos is not a plan. Having unrepentent gamblers and 25 year old NBDL dropouts being paid to play College Sports is not a sustainable plan. Expecting schools to police themselves clearly isn't a plan. Having judges who are alumni, donors, and season ticket holders in charge of college sports is not a rational plan.
Look, even from the athlete standpoint this is capricious and unfair. How is Brendan Sorsby's mental health argument valid to maintain eligibility when Chandler Morris' was not? (For the record, both were clear bullshit). And Diego Pavia successful when Joey Aguilar was not? It's just a roll of the dice and about shopping your case to the right judge.
There needs to a governing body with the teeth to maintain rules on eligibility. Whether you call at the NCAA or something else doesn't really matter.
We didn't get this staff without having the money you back it. Franklin could have gone elsewhere but he liked our plan thay was backed by money to make this happen.
Why did they write such a shitty contract? If this is for NIL then that takes a huge hit if he is not eligible, and honestly, he's tanked his value with this whole thing. TTU should easily be able to break the contact if they wrote it well. Or at the very least pay him less as he just tanked his value.
With all this money being thrown around we've only seen a handful of players getting screwed because the contract is well written, the rest of the time it's either the "school" didnt hire a good lawyer for the contract or they don't care about anything but winning.
I think that since the judge ruled he can play, for now, Texas Tech would get sued by him with the exact same suit he filed against the NCAA. TT may win in the end but, they'd have to play him or pay him above and beyond his contract.
Then, when the player loses the lawsuit, NCAA will punish TT for the games he actually hit the field.
Their fans have no clue of the bind that TT is in. There is no good scenario now for TT.
If I wasnt already rooting for Texas Tech to face plant for this, their fanbase significantly reinforced my position with all their deflecting and playing the innocent party on social media today. Heavy does of "we did nothing wrong" and "we supported our guy, which every school in the country would do the same" compounded by "why isnt anyone upset with Cincinnati and Indiana too?"
The topper is denying Texas Tech had any involvement with Sorsby's lawsuit and are "just following the judges ruling".
No where in his ruling did it say Texas Tech must allow Sorsby to participate going forward, it just forbade the NCAA from preventing it if Texas Tech continues to have him.
Just returned an hour ago from Morehead City. I'm generally down there around the Big Rock but don't participate in all of the hoopla. It is interesting seeing all of the sportfish boats docked everywhere, particularly on Taylor Creek in Beaufort. Hundreds of millions of dollars of fishing boats. Michael Jordan usually enters. His sportfish has a wrap that makes it look kind of like a sneaker. I did not see his boat while on land or on my own 18 foot yacht.
This afternoon I chatted with my good friend who caught the most marlin of any female angler in the world last year. She's also a Hokie, '07. She said catching a fish of that size to beat it will be extremely hard to beat. Everyone else doesn't have much confidence. There was another large fish brought in this afternoon though. The marlin fishing off on NC has improved the past several years, particularly in May.
I did get some pullage myself...
Were they even asked? My understanding was they got a flat no for at least the first decade because college sports "are amateur" sports.
Interesting, would not have guessed it would have worms or parasites. I assumed it was boney or tough or has a bad flavor
I'm curious what the ncaa was willing to give up in exchange for said exemption. Were they willing to share revenue with their labor force, for example?
It absolutely is both!
But (at least in my bubble) Sorsby is getting about 99% of the blame. No one is talking about anyone else involved.
You can eat a fish that size but it's probably full of worms. Luckily, there is a limit in the US on how many marlin are killed annually. I believe its around 200. Killing fish this size sucks though. It does not benefit anyone but the winner of the tourney. The local fisheries people will hopefully get to study this fish, though I'm not sure that's fully needed at this point.
Jim Weaver's ghost is smiling somewhere.
When you say can't eat them, I'm you mean like people typically don't eat them there is no restriction against catch and keep right? Most ocean fish are pretty tasty, what's wrong with Marlin?
I disagree, this is early stages of changing amateur sport into professional sport.
These are all the things that need to be worked out as the NCAA needs an exemption from anti-trust but it hasn't been granted so, the old amateur control structure is not able to move with the new pay structures.
Late stage capitalism... EVERYTHING comes down to a dollar. That's all that matters any more.
Why isnt it BOTH?
Sorsby was wrong and deserves to take the hit for personal responsibility.
Texas Tech is wrong for pushing to let him play violating an NCAA rule they agreed to as a member institution.
Sorry but Texas Tech as an NCAA member institution agreed to follow all NCAA rules. They are actively working to subjugate the NCAA rule. They should have a morals clause that would allow them to terminate both NIL/Rev Share agreements with Sorsby. If they dont, they deserve to take the hit. If they do and are choosing to NOT terminate, it shows a complete lack of integrity. Choosing to support Sorsby with recovery doesn't require they plan to play him yet that is exactly what they are pushing for showing Ws are more important.
Hopefully the other conferences follow through with banning Texas Tech, hopefully the Big 12 considers expelling them. Leave them out in the cold. How much would that cost them? Significantly more than paying Sorsby to go away just in lawsuits to try to force their way back in.
They first requested an anti-trust exception before the 2005 season. They have requested it multiple times per year since. Congress for two decades has chosen not to act. NCAA has no forcing function on Congress.
Not sure why MJ didn't enter this year. I also think it was last year? that the biggest one ended up being DQ's because it something took a bite out of it when it was being reeled in.