re: Transfers should have a 1 year ban on nil deals like old transfer rules

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If a player can successfully argue “restraint of trade” issues the courts absolutely can dictate those things, and as noted they are awfully sympathetic to those arguments these days.

Someone on the Rant the other day tried to tell me that the USSC in its 9-0, nonpartisan ruling that opened the door to this “violated NCAA rules,” like they care six cacas about NCAA rules.

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The courts may be able to dictate that the players can make money in an unlimited fashion.

What they cannot dictate are the terms of the length of a contract...the scholarship...between as school and a player. The NCAA can make all scholarships three year contracts. The player can still make as much off NIL as he wants.

Why can't the Patriots, Falcons, and Titans now suddenly move? If a college kid can argue "restraint of trade", a professional player can also.

The Supreme Court upheld the lower court’s decision that NCAA restrictions on “education-related benefits” for college athletes violated antitrust law. That says nothing about the length of a contract. If the NCAA says that college scholarships are three year binding contracts...similar to an NFL contract...the player is still free to earn as much money as he can.