NCAA can't enforce NIL rules after judge grants injunction

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A federal judge in Tennessee granted a preliminary injunction Friday afternoon that prohibits the NCAA from punishing any athletes or boosters for negotiating name, image and likeness deals during their recruiting process or while they are in the transfer portal.

The injunction is not a final ruling in the case, but the judge's decision will likely have an immediate and dramatic impact on how NIL deals are used in the recruiting process.

"The NCAA's prohibition likely violates federal antitrust law and harms student-athletes," U.S. District Judge Clifton Corker wrote in his decision Friday.

NCAA rules prohibit student-athletes from signing NIL contracts that are designed as inducements to get them to attend a particular school -- one of the few restrictions in place for how student-athletes can make money. For example, the NCAA recently announced sanctions against Florida State football because a member of its coaching staff connected a prospect with a booster collective that works closely with the Seminoles. The collective made a specific offer to the player, who was considering transferring from his current school to Florida State.

Source: Judge grants preliminary injunction over NIL rules

The wild west of the NIL continues.

 

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So we have what I believe is our first mid-season quitter due to an NIL dispute. UNLV's quarterback announced he was leaving the team after the program gave him just $3k of a promised $100k to commit to the university.

He's gotten screwed and now he's screwing his the school, program and most importantly his teammates midseason. I'm against NIL but I'm also against the uber corrupt NCAA. I've been disenchanted with the NCAA for awhile now and while it seems pretty clear that the super conferences and NIL are neutering maybe even eventually destroying it, the problems they're creating and the tradition that they're destroying are just as bad.

And I'm not judging the kid or saying he should honor his end of the deal if the school or boosters aren't honoring theirs but it's just another reason why my interest in college sports is in decline.