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All these eligibility lawsuits can be explained easily,
Posted on 2/15/26 at 7:46 am
Posted on 2/15/26 at 7:46 am
These players asking for 7-8 years eligibility just want to play with their sons on the team like Lebron.
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Posted on 2/15/26 at 7:55 am to lewis and herschel
Just put an age limit on eligibility. I don't know if it's 23 or 24, but the season after that birthday, you're done regardless.
You can't argue with age....
You can't argue with age....
Posted on 2/15/26 at 8:06 am to Lonnie Utah
5 years to play 4 starting upon enrollment. Just leave it at that.
Posted on 2/15/26 at 8:09 am to pankReb
Too ambitious in today's world. When did you start? What happens if you have to take a year off, yada, yada, yada.
Posted on 2/15/26 at 8:11 am to Lonnie Utah
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Too ambitious in today's world. When did you start? What happens if you have to take a year off, yada, yada, yada.
No, it isn’t.
You have 5 years to play 4 starting from the moment you enroll. I’m not sure what’s so hard to understand about that.
Posted on 2/15/26 at 8:12 am to pankReb
Well, I'll just point you to the sham of a hearing held in Mississippi this week. People will always say, "Yes, but..."
However you can't argue with age...
However you can't argue with age...
Posted on 2/15/26 at 8:15 am to Lonnie Utah
Ok how about this.
On the date that you enroll……a clock starts. The clock lasts for 5 years. Within those 5 years,….you have the opportunity to play 4 years.
You’re eliminating anyone who enlists straight out of high school. Tony Fein went and fought in fricking Afghanistan for a few years and then came back to go to college. He was a model student and ball player.
On the date that you enroll……a clock starts. The clock lasts for 5 years. Within those 5 years,….you have the opportunity to play 4 years.
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However you can't argue with age...
You’re eliminating anyone who enlists straight out of high school. Tony Fein went and fought in fricking Afghanistan for a few years and then came back to go to college. He was a model student and ball player.
Posted on 2/15/26 at 8:17 am to pankReb
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On the date that you enroll……a clock starts. The clock lasts for 5 years. Within those 5 years,….you have the opportunity to play 4 years.
I get it. But there are still ways to manipulate it. "Well I didn't REALLY start until a year later." "Oh those community college classes don't count", etc, etc.
Posted on 2/15/26 at 8:18 am to pankReb
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You’re eliminating anyone who enlists straight out of high school
Decisions have consequences. That's why I suggested a number at 6 years past the typical age of a College freshman.
This post was edited on 2/15/26 at 8:20 am
Posted on 2/15/26 at 8:20 am to Lonnie Utah
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I get it. But there are still ways to manipulate it. "Well I didn't REALLY start until a year later." "Oh those community college classes don't count", etc, etc.
How about this then?
You have 4 years to play ball. Those 4 years are limited to within a 5 year span starting the day that you enroll.
Seriously….your arguments are just flat out stupid. There is no wiggle room with making this rule. It’s simple. Your rule allows for people to play for 6 years. Austin Simmons enrolled at like 16. Are you saying he should play for 8 years?
Posted on 2/15/26 at 8:21 am to pankReb
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There is no wiggle room with making this rule.
And that sir, is EXACTLY the point.
Eta: there should still be a you can't play more than 4 years clause, but you do age out if you start late and don't hit 4.
This post was edited on 2/15/26 at 8:23 am
Posted on 2/15/26 at 8:23 am to Lonnie Utah
But Austin Simmons could play for 8?
Your rule allows for a lot more frickery than a simple 5 to play 4. You keep adding situations in which the answer would always be “no”
Your rule allows for a lot more frickery than a simple 5 to play 4. You keep adding situations in which the answer would always be “no”
Posted on 2/15/26 at 8:24 am to Lonnie Utah
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And that sir, is EXACTLY the point.
I’m talking about my rule. Yours is all over the place.
Posted on 2/15/26 at 8:24 am to pankReb
Not really what I was saying. You still only get 4 years. But no matter what, when you reach X age, you're done regardless if you've played 1,2 3 or 4 years. No exceptions.
This post was edited on 2/15/26 at 8:25 am
Posted on 2/15/26 at 8:25 am to Lonnie Utah
Why punish someone for serving our country?
Posted on 2/15/26 at 8:27 am to Lonnie Utah
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Eta: there should still be a you can't play more than 4 years clause, but you do age out if you start late and don't hit 4.
Every situation you responded to me with “well what if this?” Or “what if that?” Is absolutely relevant to your own rule. None of that matters whatsoever to a 5 to play 4
Posted on 2/15/26 at 8:47 am to Lonnie Utah
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Just put an age limit on eligibility. I don't know if it's 23 or 24, but the season after that birthday, you're done regardless.
Agreed. Make it like a 24U pro sport, give them two year contracts with opt outs for the NBA/NFL, apply salary structure rules like the NFL draft and make it a real pro sport so the chaos goes away and everyone has clear rules.
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