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Voltopia said:
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I always wondered why no one sued the NFL to demand the right to go straight out of high school. I don't see how the NFL denying people the right to go pro earlier was any "fairer" to athletes with potential professional careers, and it was obvious for decades that they were using college as a pawn to do their player development for them. The schools walked right into that one, unfortunately. We'd be in such a better place today if the NFL had operated an 8 team development league for their prospects -- and left college sports to the college players. The stadiums would be a little smaller, probably, but at least we'd get to hear the bands again.
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Because there isn’t a case. The NFL has an antitrust exemption, which allows them to collectively bargain with their players all rules and regulations related to employment, even those that would be considered exclusionary or anti-competitive in another line of work.

The league’s collective bargaining agreement with the players association is where the rule on being three years removed from high school to be drafted eligible lives. I won’t go into all the legal minutia, but when Maurice Clarett sued the NFL, the rule was upheld, because the courts correctly ruled that because of the antitrust exemption, the only people with standing to challenge the NFL entry rules were people already in the NFL or who had been subject to the draft process.
 
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DeerPark12 said:
The league’s collective bargaining agreement with the players association is where the rule on being three years removed from high school to be drafted eligible lives. I won’t go into all the legal minutia, but when Maurice Clarett sued the NFL, the rule was upheld, because the courts correctly ruled that because of the antitrust exemption, the only people with standing to challenge the NFL entry rules were people already in the NFL or who had been subject to the draft process.
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Well, today I learned! Thanks for bringing me up to speed.

Sounds like the NCAA should have gone to town and bought some of those, hmm, what are they called again? "Antitrust exemptions." Those sound peachy. Should have gotten some of those while they were on sale, I reckon.
 
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Voltopia said:
Well, today I learned! Thanks for bringing me up to speed.

Sounds like the NCAA should have gone to town and bought some of those, hmm, what are they called again? "Antitrust exemptions." Those sound peachy. Should have gotten some of those while they were on sale, I reckon.
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They’re not eligible for one, because they don’t run an industry where the labor is considered employees. You can’t have a union to collectively bargain with if you don’t technically have employees. The only industries that can get a You can’t have a union to collectively bargain with if you don’t technically have employees. The only industries that can get an exemption from the Sherman antitrust act are those that deal with a consolidated labor union and collectively bargain all employment terms with it.

They’re instead considered student athletes. Restricting their movement has always been legally tenuous, and you’re finally seeing a challenge. The next step is for them to be qualified as employees, then you’ll see a collective bargaining agreement and likely some sort of antitrust exemption from the government.
 
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I wonder if any of these guys ask for bitcoin. I know they could buy their own, but, I wonder what the tax implications would be.
 
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508mikey said:
Why was Daniels in Knoxville ? Now its known why Kiffin was
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DeerPark12 said:
Per a buddy at TAC Air or whatever it's called now, the LSU jet had to refuel on the return trip from New York and they have a corporate account to do it here.

Lane was here recruiting. He talked to Tyler Baron but also checked in at a couple of high schools.
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I think this is probably correct.
 
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