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re: Chambliss - NCAA Enforcement Powers
Posted by Lurky Guy on 3/5/26 at 4:04 pm to Quicksilver
Ignorantly asking - what is unconstitutional about deciding eligibility for a private organization?
From my perspective, there are all kinds of organizations that are allowed to “discriminate” and decide who is allowed to join or not? Of course not based on protected classifications like race.
From my perspective, there are all kinds of organizations that are allowed to “discriminate” and decide who is allowed to join or not? Of course not based on protected classifications like race.
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Chambliss - NCAA Enforcement Powers
Posted by Lurky Guy on 3/5/26 at 3:51 pm
Hello board! As my name implies, I’m a classic long time lurker first time poster. Exciting times…
All these court cases, along with portal madness (people can leave anytime, just unenroll then reenroll) is seemingly revealing the NCAAs inability to enforce its rules.
I’ve been thinking about this and was hoping someone may have a better understanding, or know why this doesn’t work.
To my understanding, the NCAA was formed by the universities to serve as the ruling body of its member institutions (the universities). So basically, the universities willfully instituted their own governing body.
From the perspective of the NCAA governing “students,” their power is clearly extremely limited (as it should be), hence the students can and will do anything they want.
Why does the NCAA not use its power as intended, govern the universities?
If a university allows a student athlete to compete when ruled ineligible by the ncaa, it is the university that is punished (post season ban, etc), enforced by all of the other universities on themselves.
Along the same thought, if a university has an athlete transfer to their school outside of the portal window, the university would not be allowed them to play, lest they face penalties. Same with tampering etc.
TLDR;
The member institutions of the NCAA seem hellbent on destroying the enforcement of the rules that these same institutions formed the NCAA to enforce - the universities have the power to correct this, and should, by abiding by the rules they vote on together.
Thoughts?
All these court cases, along with portal madness (people can leave anytime, just unenroll then reenroll) is seemingly revealing the NCAAs inability to enforce its rules.
I’ve been thinking about this and was hoping someone may have a better understanding, or know why this doesn’t work.
To my understanding, the NCAA was formed by the universities to serve as the ruling body of its member institutions (the universities). So basically, the universities willfully instituted their own governing body.
From the perspective of the NCAA governing “students,” their power is clearly extremely limited (as it should be), hence the students can and will do anything they want.
Why does the NCAA not use its power as intended, govern the universities?
If a university allows a student athlete to compete when ruled ineligible by the ncaa, it is the university that is punished (post season ban, etc), enforced by all of the other universities on themselves.
Along the same thought, if a university has an athlete transfer to their school outside of the portal window, the university would not be allowed them to play, lest they face penalties. Same with tampering etc.
TLDR;
The member institutions of the NCAA seem hellbent on destroying the enforcement of the rules that these same institutions formed the NCAA to enforce - the universities have the power to correct this, and should, by abiding by the rules they vote on together.
Thoughts?
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