This, like NIL was understood to be at the time of the ruling, is just another terrible idea whose time has come. But it will simplify things if done without a bunch of exceptions. Hopefully they get away from eligibility rulings altogether with this and you are out five years after you first show up on a campus. That wouldn't be bad.
5 years for everybody...plus I would hope something like Lucca Staiger getting a year taken away because he played for Iowa State instead of SEC football.
That to me was the worst example ever in terms of professional status. Two guys he didn't know were paid $500 on a European team and he's inelibible...but it was ok for Cam Newton to get a quarter million dollars at the same time because they gave it to his dad and Cam "didn't know about it".
It probably helps ISU to not have any rulings on professional status or eligibility, the same way that getting rid of all video replay might actually help the Big 12, Iowa State, Arizona State, etc when it's clear replay can only hurt us, just a second chance to get screwed in addition to the chance to get screwed live.
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