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Back to Top Bobcat Love's Sense of Shame General User Member Since: 7/30/2010 Post Count: 3,999 Status: Offline     RE: Direct Payments Allowed To Players    Posted: 4/21/2025 7:16:19 PM  Do we really need a new thread every time there's a new article any the NIL? Aren't there like 39 different discussions ongoing that this could be posted to? Back to Top giacomo General User Member Since: 11/20/2007 Post Count: 2,734 Status: Offline     RE: Direct Payments Allowed To Players    Posted: 4/21/2025 8:50:48 PM  “ But where are the clowns? Send in the clowns. Don’t bother, they’re here”. Back to Top BillyTheCat General User Member Since: 10/6/2012 Post Count: 10,309 Status: Offline     RE: Direct Payments Allowed To Players    Posted: 4/22/2025 6:22:02 AM  giacomo wrote: https://www.espn.com/college-sports/story/_/id/44787232/n... Over 100 rules slashed from the NCAA manual. Good short read, thanks for sharing. Back to Top M.D.W.S.T General User Member Since: 12/23/2021 Post Count: 2,750 Status: Offline     RE: Direct Payments Allowed To Players    Posted: 4/22/2025 8:49:41 AM  "For the athletes to receive these benefits, the NCAA will require them to be enrolled full-time, meet Division I progress-toward-degree requirements." Glad they included that. The lowest of low bars. Back to Top OhioCatFan General User Member Since: 12/20/2004 Location: Athens, OH Post Count: 14,643 Status: Offline     RE: Direct Payments Allowed To Players    Posted: 4/22/2025 9:00:34 PM  M.D.W.S.T wrote: "For the athletes to receive these benefits, the NCAA will require them to be enrolled full-time, meet Division I progress-toward-degree requirements." Glad they included that. The lowest of low bars. How long before that's challenged in court? The era of "I didn't come here to play no school!" may be upon us before we know it. Why does a semi-pro, minor league, football or basketball program need to have any academic requirements at all? The only BLSS Certified Hypocrite on BA "It is better to be an optimist and be proven a fool than to be a pessimist and be proven right." Note: My avatar is the national colors of the 78th Ohio Veteran Volunteer Infantry, which are now preserved in a climate controlled vault at the Ohio History Connection. Learn more about the old 78th at: http://www.78ohio.org Back to Top BillyTheCat General User Member Since: 10/6/2012 Post Count: 10,309 Status: Offline     RE: Direct Payments Allowed To Players    Posted: 4/22/2025 10:36:03 PM  OhioCatFan wrote: M.D.W.S.T wrote: "For the athletes to receive these benefits, the NCAA will require them to be enrolled full-time, meet Division I progress-toward-degree requirements." Glad they included that. The lowest of low bars. How long before that's challenged in court? The era of "I didn't come here to play no school!" may be upon us before we know it. Why does a semi-pro, minor league, football or basketball program need to have any academic requirements at all? Waiting on the History lesson to how this pertains to Andrew Jackson and his inauguration. Back to Top OhioCatFan General User Member Since: 12/20/2004 Location: Athens, OH Post Count: 14,643 Status: Offline     RE: Direct Payments Allowed To Players    Posted: 4/23/2025 10:58:13 AM  BillyTheCat wrote: OhioCatFan wrote: M.D.W.S.T wrote: "For the athletes to receive these benefits, the NCAA will require them to be enrolled full-time, meet Division I progress-toward-degree requirements." Glad they included that. The lowest of low bars. How long before that's challenged in court? The era of "I didn't come here to play no school!" may be upon us before we know it. Why does a semi-pro, minor league, football or basketball program need to have any academic requirements at all? Waiting on the History lesson to how this pertains to Andrew Jackson and his inauguration. No, but it does hearken back to the 19th Century concept of "ringers." The only BLSS Certified Hypocrite on BA "It is better to be an optimist and be proven a fool than to be a pessimist and be proven right." Note: My avatar is the national colors of the 78th Ohio Veteran Volunteer Infantry, which are now preserved in a climate controlled vault at the Ohio History Connection. Learn more about the old 78th at: http://www.78ohio.org Back to Top M.D.W.S.T General User Member Since: 12/23/2021 Post Count: 2,750 Status: Offline     RE: Direct Payments Allowed To Players    Posted: 4/23/2025 11:35:04 AM  OhioCatFan wrote: M.D.W.S.T wrote: "For the athletes to receive these benefits, the NCAA will require them to be enrolled full-time, meet Division I progress-toward-degree requirements." Glad they included that. The lowest of low bars. How long before that's challenged in court? The era of "I didn't come here to play no school!" may be upon us before we know it. Why does a semi-pro, minor league, football or basketball program need to have any academic requirements at all? It's insane that this isn't a crazy question to ask. Back to Top TWT General User Member Since: 12/20/2004 Location: Alexandria, VA Post Count: 5,150 Status: Offline     RE: Direct Payments Allowed To Players    Posted: 4/26/2025 4:12:34 PM  giacomo wrote: https://www.espn.com/college-sports/story/_/id/44787232/n... Over 100 rules slashed from the NCAA manual. College sports have officially gone MAGA. No dissent to all of the power concentration since the pandemic for the Big Ten and SEC. 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