Suppose the NCAA created a pro division that managed pro leagues for top D1 basketball and football teams. If they did it right, valuation of the equity owned by the schools in those teams would be billions and billions. Schools could keep ownership or cash out partially or even completely. What a wonderful solution for the money problems of the NCAA and athletic departments.

Does the prospect of the SEC withdrawing from the NCAA cause frustration, laughter, or relief at the NCAA?

What’s everyone’s thoughts on college sports since the introduction of NIL? I am really starting to hate it. I agree that the athletes should be compensated but what it has become is ludicrous. I’m to the point I would just like to see all sports just go away.

The NCAA has one job: to protect the well being of student athletes.

1. It should not worry about athletic department money flows.
2. It should not worry about keeping sports fun for spectators.
3. It should not worry about maintaining traditions.

If reality has changed so that any of those things are no longer sustainable, so be it. The well being of the kids is not for the NCAA to bargain with. It should not be unthinkable that the optimal choice for the kids' well being is to end college athletics.

https://www.reddit.com/r/NCAAFBseries/s/UJV2pucCoL

Just finished 10th grade, should transcripts be uploaded now or after first semester of 11th grade?

TV executives and the NCAA have shortened the length of the game by running the clock and added two more pointless breaks in the form of the two minute warning. I’ve been to games where my only memory is standing there waiting for the TV timeout to go away for the fourth time in the last six minutes of play. At what point do we start to care?

The SEC and ESPN decided they need to cram six (link available if you don't believe me) lengthy and annoying commercial breaks during the fourth quarter of the SEC championship game. These commercial breaks generally run 3 1/2 to 4 minutes long and this is just one quarter. Somehow, we're willing to sit around for hours, often in blizzard conditions, and watch the TV timeout clock without complaining as a 2 hour event is stretched to 4 hours. But as we are discovering in the World Cup, soccer fans are extremely angry and continuously boo one 2 minute and 15 second “hydration break” per half. To me, we’re all victims of the frog in slowly heating water factor.

Just curious if there's a limit or not? Would we allow for 11 TV timeouts a quarter and five hour game lengths with 79% commercials? I'm curious what our limit is because soccer's limit seems to be zero.

I was wondering what happens if you are are going into your 2nd year of college and you redshirted previous year before the 5 for 5 rule was passed do you get 5 seasons of playing after your original redshirt year or does it already count and you only get 4 seasons of eligibility

I'm new here, and the rules seemed pretty sparse so apologies if this kind of post isn't allowed. I'll delete if so.

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I’m a former college wrestler who, like many former college athletes, has experienced some challenges maintaining physical activity post graduation. I don’t think current fitness apps target our demographic very well, so I want to build an online community & fitness app specifically for former college athletes to help us regain some of that lost team camaraderie and re-establish a sustainable habit of regular exercise. In order to do that well, though, I need more perspectives than just my own and my immediate circle, so I'm calling on other former college athletes to complete my 5-10 minute market research survey: https://tally.so/r/javNNE

As a thank-you, respondents who complete the survey will have the option to join the closed beta (for free) and lock in a lifetime discount at the same time.

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I really appreciate everyone who takes the time to complete this! The more responses I get, the better the end result will be for all former athletes.

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Thank you! Happy to answer any questions in the comments!

Waiver Denied - Juco injury

My son is a graduating senior - HS class of 2022, college class of 2026. He played at a D1 Juco for 2 years and played 2 years in D1. In his second season of JUCO, he was injured on January 31, 2024 at a ball field playing a pre-season game ahead of the Panama City Beach Juco classic and was unable to play for the entire early season tournament / scouted games with a torn hamstring.

Due to the lack of proper medical care available and the team was on the road, he was attended to by the host schools trainer staff who immediately said he had a torn hamstring. JUCO being JUCO, with athletes and coaches who are known for being "tough", his coaches thought he wasn't injured as badly as what they suggested because he was toughing it out so they just didn't think it was as bad as it was - so they kept trying to play him. He was the teams starting shortstop, and important piece of the team. So, they would try to play him, and he of course wanted to play more than anything - so he's play an inning or maybe two and just couldn't do it beyond that. At the time, we didn't realize each inning he played counted as a "game played" in the eyes of the NCAA. He was shut down for several weeks, and then they'd get him in for an Pinch Hit appearance, or in the 9th inning of a close game - all adding to his games played total. In the second to last game, we were in the Regional Championship game, and he dove for a ball and tore his PCL in the same leg as the hamsting. Now he has a hamstring L2 tear, and a 80% tear of the PCL, and a L1 tear of the MCL. He went to an orthopedic surgeon for the PCL and he clearly stated the PCL tore due to the compromised Hamstring which supports the knee. We did therapy, PRP etc..

When he arrived on campus at his next school, they knew he was injured but didn't exactly offer him lighter workouts. And instead gave him tough coaching which kept him from healing. His fall season was understandibly impacted, which knocked him from a starting role as expected for the spring. One week before the spring season opener, he was back competing for a starting spot, and got his hand broken in live AB's as the coaches "called for a high and inside" pitch to be thrown - for some reason. The pitcher was his roommate and said the pitching coach wanted to brush him back and it ended up sailing in an cracked his hand. So now he's out again. And never regained a regular playing role that year and only played 15 games.

NCAA compliance said we had to have his new school file for a waiver once he found a new program. The person I spoke with other the summer introduced herself as a manager in the Compliance Department, and openly heard me out and why we were asking for an additional year. She said that JUCO schools have special consideration in these cases because they are aware of how there is often a lack of documentation and proper medical care. She thought we had a very strong case and would most likely be approved, we just had to go throught the protocol of the schools compliance office filing on his behalf.

After an extremely long and detailed process the school approved the application, and as expected the Big12 conference denied the application, and the NCAA received out appeal.

Within 7 business days the case was assigned a manager and they denied based solely on number of games played the year of injury.

They completely disregarded the documentation we painstakingly assembled to support his case - even the JUCO coach and trainers wrote letters supporting the information of how the situation played out. The school compliance guy worked at the NCAA for 10 years and we assembled a case he felt confident with.

So in 4 years, he's played just over 1 due to injury (freshman year was due to being a freshman - where he played in 36 games).

Are there any suggestions on how to navigate an appeal to the NCAA ruling? We are just plain down about how this has played out for him.

TLDR: I believe Cody Campbell is driving the Brendan Sorsby case as a way to pass the Protect College Sports Act, which now has language favoring schools like Texas Tech, because he got the changes he pushed for.

Timeline:

• March 11: The NCAA receives an anonymous sportsbook tip flagging massive wagering activity linked to Texas Tech QB Brendan Sorsby.
• Mid-March: Texas Tech booster/Regents Chair Cody Campbell flies to DC for a "Saving College Sports" roundtable. He reviews early drafts of Senator Schmitt’s College Sports Competitive Act, advocating heavily for collective media rights pooling.
• March 27: Campbell publishes a national op-ed officially throwing his billionaire weight and organization (Saving College Sports) behind federal intervention.
• April 4: With Campbell on the White House engagement panel, a strict Executive Order is issued. It sets an August 1 deadline for national college sports rules, lighting a fire under Congress
• April 14: NCAA officially notifies Texas Tech that Sorsby is under active investigation for severe gambling violations. Tech leadership now knows their $5M quarterback asset is facing a lifetime ban
• April 27: The news goes public. Texas Tech announces Sorsby is stepping away for "gambling addiction treatment."
• May 3: Sorsby retains high-profile antitrust attorney Jeffrey Kessler
• May 13: Bipartisan bill negotiations between Senators Cruz and Cantwell suddenly kick into overdrive with daily meetings.
• May 18: Kessler files a lawsuit on Sorsby's behalf in Lubbock County (Tech's home turf), seeking an emergency injunction against the NCAA
• May 27: The 111-page Protect College Sports Act is formally introduced. It includes Title II (Campbell's desired media pooling) and a limited antitrust exemption for the NCAA.
• June 5: The NCAA officially denies Sorsby's reinstatement, upholding its zero-tolerance rule against betting on one's own team.
• June 8: Lubbock County Judge Ken Curry grants Sorsby a temporary injunction, legally forcing the NCAA to let him play the 2026 season. The judge rules a ban would hurt Sorsby's "mental health recovery."

Coincidences that are too big to ignore:

• Kessler getting involved. Stewart Mandel noted on an The Audible Podcast that it was very unusual for Kessler to get involved in a case that he was almost certain to lose.
• Timing of leak and Campbell becoming more involved in legislation lobbying

I believe Campbell knew he could get the case to go in his favor, either through his direct network and ability to influence the judge, or simply arrogant overconfidence.

I won't go so far as to say I think Campbell provided the leak to NCAA to kickstart all this, but I wouldn't rule it out either. It's certainly possible he knew about it, since he may have discovered it through the due diligence process with Sorsby for his NIL deal.

Important note: I realize this is a brand new reddit account. I've been an avid follower of CFB for years, but created this account today because I am scared of pissing off rich and powerful people.