Transfer Portal/Eligibility Question

[spierceisu]

I heard a story this morning on KXNO that a Wisconsin player wanted to transfer to Miami and was no longer enrolled at Wisconsin but Wisconsin was blocking him from accessing the transfer portal because he was in a contract with the Univeristy and the Collective. I wasn't aware that a person could enter a contract with the university. If that is the case and they are getting paid does the ammeter status go away and then all the rules of the NCAA are not valid. Does this mean that there is no limit to eligibility and players can play as long as they want? It is already kind of that way with players getting 8 years due to whatever sham rules kind of exist.

 

[Clark]

They cannot enter into a contract with the university (yet)

Wisconsin blocked him from the portal but they cannot stop him from unenrolling at Wisconsin and enrolling at Miami. They just prevented him from talking to other schools via the portal.

The issue here is Miami clearly tampered with the Wisconsin player but the NCAA no longer have any teeth so it won't matter.

 

[TitanClone]

I have no clue but a scholarship is a contract in some sense. Athletic scholarships are year to year and the university has no obligation to renew every year, so maybe it's that

 

[Cyforce]

I have no clue but a scholarship is a contract in some sense. Athletic scholarships are year to year and the university has no obligation to renew every year, so maybe it's that

I remember the BiG years ago ( maybe 10) making their scholarships 4 year commitments but the schools. Not really related to this but is that still the case?

 

[TitanClone]

I remember the BiG years ago ( maybe 10) making their scholarships 4 year commitments but the schools. Not really related to this but is that still the case?

Again, no clue. Still like a contract. But I'm also not a lawyer

 

[Cyforce]

Again, no clue. Still like a contract. But I'm also not a lawyer

It was definitely pre NIL, they did it as a selling point. Not sure that’s a priority to most athletes now

 

[JP4CY]

I heard the same story on kxno and was just as intrigued.

 

[intrepid27]

They cannot enter into a contract with the university (yet)

Wisconsin blocked him from the portal but they cannot stop him from unenrolling at Wisconsin and enrolling at Miami. They just prevented him from talking to other schools via the portal.

The issue here is Miami clearly tampered with the Wisconsin player but the NCAA no longer have any teeth so it won't matter.

Are you implying the NCAA once had some teeth?

 

[Clark]

Are you implying the NCAA once had some teeth?

they did actually. It almost always took too long (which ended up punishing the wrong people) but the punishments did eventually come. Ohio St lost a winning head coach because some of his players got some free tattoos.

Every time the NCAA actually attempts to enforce one of their rules they lose a court battle so they've stopped trying.

 

[JM4CY]

They cannot enter into a contract with the university (yet)

Wisconsin blocked him from the portal but they cannot stop him from unenrolling at Wisconsin and enrolling at Miami. They just prevented him from talking to other schools via the portal.

The issue here is Miami clearly tampered with the Wisconsin player but the NCAA no longer have any teeth so it won't matter.

Christ... everyone's tampering. What difference does it make anymore? This comes across as weird butthurt.

 

[Mr Janny]

Whether or not Miami tampered has no bearing on Wisconsin's requirement to submit the player's name into the portal. Let the schools fight it out, but the player is allowed to transfer.

And the current rules state that NIL cannot bind a player to a school. That may change in the future, but as of now they can't. Not sure how the Badgers have any legal leg to stand on here.

I hope every college athlete they are recruiting is paying attention, and other schools paint Wisconsin as a bad actor.

 

[JM4CY]

In other news, I went to Google the statement that Wisconsin released about this to add to the conversation. I googled it, and the third search is one hell of a lot different than the top two.

 

[BoxsterCy]

Are you implying the NCAA once had some teeth?

Well, they bit us a few times and killed Minnesota MBB so yeah they did. They just never bit the hands that feed them like Kansas and North Carolina in MBB.