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re: What is a Professional Athlete?
Posted on 9/9/26 at 12:11 pm to Run DMC
Posted on 9/9/26 at 12:11 pm to Run DMC
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Player A: Signs waivers, gets paid a Stipend, and works out for a team. He gets cut, never playing in a game but is paid a small amount by the organization for his time.
Player B: Gets offered a contract barring injury evaluation to try and make the roster. Gets cut before ever playing a down due to injury and is paid a small amount by the organization for his time.
Player C: Gets offered a contract to play for an organization, has his rights traded to another team, tries out for that team, gets cut again, never playing in a preseason game or a regular season game.
Player D: Tries out for several teams and eventually gets cut, never signs a contract to get paid while trying out. However, he still gets paid a stipend and per diem from the organization for his time.
Player E: Signs a contract and gets paid millions to play a sport.
Player F: Plays on a college football team and earns over a million dollars annually.
They're all professionals now which is why Sankey, nor anyone else with authority in college athletics, refuses to define what a professional athlete. It's nothing but self preservation of a broken system.
This post was edited on 9/9/26 at 12:13 pm
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Posted on 9/10/26 at 8:08 am to stitchop
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SEC policy that defined that very term
and many other athletes at other schools meet that vague definition
That's just not true. It's not vague at all in the policy that LSU voted for, which will be something of a problem moving forward. It's why you see soccer players who were in soccer pro leagues, or basketball players who were in overseas pro league, precisely because those players DON'T meet the definition of professional athletes as defined the policy that LSU voted for.
Posted on 9/10/26 at 12:00 pm to Hugh McElroy
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That's just not true. It's not vague at a
Repeating a lie over and over doesn't make it true.
You are just wrong.
The rule "5 for 5" excluded an entire years class for no definable reason. NCAA and SEC couldn't defend or explain the rule meaningfully in court.
The SEC released a new rule clarification that was intended to exclude players currently involved in litigation.
This new clarification contains too many conflicts.
in the Wright case, Sankey, under oath, could not explain the definition of a professional athlete. He testified he didn't know the NCAA rule he was defending with new SEC rules.
Sankey couldn't provide a difference between eligible players very Ineligible players.
He couldn’t provide an explanation why THIS specific eligibility rule should be upheld while examples of Ineligible players were actually playing or had played without penalties or damages claimed by SEC.
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