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Why has the NCAA never gone to federal court for the right to enforce its rules?
Posted on 9/9/26 at 9:17 am
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Posted on 9/9/26 at 9:18 am to nosaj
That’s what the Save College Sports Act is
Posted on 9/9/26 at 9:19 am to nosaj
Anti-trust exemption
Posted on 9/9/26 at 9:29 am to DMagic
“Why has the NCAA never gone to federal court for the right to ignore all state courts?”
Fixed it
Fixed it
Posted on 9/9/26 at 9:30 am to nosaj
They've never faced corruption like this before.
Posted on 9/9/26 at 9:35 am to DMagic
Like him or not but senator Kennedy spoke on this yesterday he asked if Sankey was stupid.
Senator Kennedy probably has already leveraged southern Republicans to address the university presidents and boards.
Save sports act can’t get here fast enough.
Lane didn’t do anything, but stir the pot. Out of all the SEC teams that rostered ineligible players the focus was on 2 kids who were never rostered and Lane even said he wasn’t going to break SEC rules.
Too many Karen’s in charge who see the click bait headline, don’t research anything then grab their pitch forks.
Senator Kennedy probably has already leveraged southern Republicans to address the university presidents and boards.
Save sports act can’t get here fast enough.
Lane didn’t do anything, but stir the pot. Out of all the SEC teams that rostered ineligible players the focus was on 2 kids who were never rostered and Lane even said he wasn’t going to break SEC rules.
Too many Karen’s in charge who see the click bait headline, don’t research anything then grab their pitch forks.
Posted on 9/9/26 at 9:54 am to nosaj
There's a common opinion here that because the SEC is a "voluntary" association, they can make and enforce any rule as they see fit without pushback from the courts. Considering how they've acted, maybe Sankey's version of the SEC even believes that. I don't believe that's true and now that the SEC seems to be in the business of making rules on the fly and backing them up with a gun to the head, we'll soon find out what the courts believe.
This post was edited on 9/9/26 at 9:58 am
Posted on 9/9/26 at 9:57 am to nosaj
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Why has the NCAA never gone to federal court for the right to enforce its rules?
They have
Posted on 9/9/26 at 9:59 am to lsufball19
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They have
Correct. They lost
Posted on 9/9/26 at 10:06 am to nosaj
I think the NCAA would find it difficult to qualify as a "voluntary" organization, even though it supposedly is one, because there really isn't an alternative for colleges who want to participate in college sports. Conferences, on the other hand, might be able to do so, because there are other conferences that schools could join and continue to participate at the same level.
Posted on 9/9/26 at 10:09 am to Milk
Why wouldn't they like him he is a national treasure
Posted on 9/9/26 at 10:16 am to wdhalgren
quote:That may be the prevailing thought, but it's not reality.
There's a common opinion here that because the SEC is a "voluntary" association, they can make and enforce any rule as they see fit without pushback from the courts.
When the SEC (and all other conferences) became bigtime revenue generators they essentially became corporations. They sign contracts to generate revenue that then accrues to member schools. Those schools have reciprocal contractual obligations and rights with the SEC for those revenue streams.
Sankey can't have his cake and eat it too. He can't act like a big corporation that builds business relationships on behalf of the schools, and then pretend that they're just a big club of good ole boys who can decide at a whim who they want to let in the door (or shove out the door, as the case may be).
Once the SEC became a business, that whole argument went out the window. That'll become obvious if (when?) the SEC actually does kick LSU out - the amount of lawsuits for breach of contract - not just from LSU, but from the media companies and others who will be damaged by this capriciousness - will bankrupt the conference.
Posted on 9/9/26 at 10:50 am to Dotarian
Yeah, from a legal perspective LSU could sue the SEC and could end up winning Billions of dollars, that is not exaggeration.
Disney could sue the SEC for hundreds of millions of dollars for revinue losses.
The SEC schools could sue the SEC for hundreds of millions of dollars each (assuming they dont vote to kick out LSU and LSU is kicked out of the SEC via some other SEC only decision)
The players at LSU could sue the SEC for several to tens of millions of dollars each.
Then all the lawsuits from the other smaller parties that are financially involved with the SEC and LSU could result in hundreds of millions of dollars as well.
Yeah, the SEC and the members that voted LSU out could be looking at literal billions of dollars in lawsuits.
Disney could sue the SEC for hundreds of millions of dollars for revinue losses.
The SEC schools could sue the SEC for hundreds of millions of dollars each (assuming they dont vote to kick out LSU and LSU is kicked out of the SEC via some other SEC only decision)
The players at LSU could sue the SEC for several to tens of millions of dollars each.
Then all the lawsuits from the other smaller parties that are financially involved with the SEC and LSU could result in hundreds of millions of dollars as well.
Yeah, the SEC and the members that voted LSU out could be looking at literal billions of dollars in lawsuits.
Posted on 9/9/26 at 10:53 am to Hurricane2020
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Yeah, from a legal perspective LSU could sue the SEC and could end up winning Billions of dollars, that is not exaggeration.
Disney could sue the SEC for hundreds of millions of dollars for revinue losses.
The SEC schools could sue the SEC for hundreds of millions of dollars each (assuming they dont vote to kick out LSU and LSU is kicked out of the SEC via some other SEC only decision)
The players at LSU could sue the SEC for several to tens of millions of dollars each.
Then all the lawsuits from the other smaller parties that are financially involved with the SEC and LSU could result in hundreds of millions of dollars as well.
Yeah, the SEC and the members that voted LSU out could be looking at literal billions of dollars in lawsuits.
Hope LSU shuts down the SEC and NCAA
Posted on 9/9/26 at 10:55 am to Jk121
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“Why has the NCAA never gone to federal court for the right to ignore all state courts?”
Well, the issue with something be settled in a state court is that you could end up with differing layers of governance. An Alabama court may say something is okay but a Mississippi court says it's not; until it gets appealed above the state level you now have a different set of rules depending on where you are.
I'm not defending the NCAA; however, their rules (supposedly) apply equally across every state in the country. Federal courts should weigh in over state courts for organizations that affect members across multiple states.
Posted on 9/9/26 at 10:59 am to Night Vision
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They've never faced corruption like this before
You serious Clark?
Posted on 9/9/26 at 11:03 am to wdhalgren
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There's a common opinion here that because the SEC is a "voluntary" association, they can make and enforce any rule as they see fit without pushback from the courts.
Can you imagine the mayhem if that were actually true? Corporations around the country would immediately form and join their own 'volunteer' associations overnight, and then make whatever rules they like regardless of anti-trust laws, labor laws, interstate commerce, any state laws, etc.... If ever challenged, they would just cite the 1st Amendment 'Right of Association' as reason to just print money and get away with literally any behavior imaginable without any restraint.
Sorry Sankey, the SEC is not sovereign from the United States. If the NCAA and the Universities have to follow the laws of the land, the SEC does too.
This post was edited on 9/9/26 at 11:17 am
Posted on 9/9/26 at 11:06 am to wdhalgren
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There's a common opinion here that because the SEC is a "voluntary" association, they can make and enforce any rule as they see fit without pushback from the courts. Considering how they've acted, maybe Sankey's version of the SEC even believes that. I don't believe that's true and now that the SEC seems to be in the business of making rules on the fly and backing them up with a gun to the head, we'll soon find out what the courts believe.
Someone rational finally says the obvious thing out loud.
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