Northwestern football players seek to join union

The quarterback has tenure! We can't fire him.

 

Paging Governor Walker

 

Yes, Dre, George Evans was 30 by the time his eligibility expired.

Another rare exception, since he joined the military after high school, and his "clock" didn't start ticking.

 

Tracy McGrady wants to pitch, and is throwing 87 mph in independent workouts. He could be a 35-year-old freshman next fall if he finds a taker and if the eight prep schools he attended can piece together a transcript. That would be awesome.

 

What makes you think this? Do you have an example of when something even close to this has ever happened in sports? Can you name a rich sports labor lawyer?

 

Which means that if Alex Rodriguez wanted to go to college and play football, he'd be able to, right?

 

http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/colleges/reaction-to-ruling-on-college-athletes-union/2014/03/26/e9cf685e-b54e-11e3-bab2-b9602293021d_story.html

 

Points for honesty?

 

Un fucking believeable.

 

Mike Flynt was 59 when he suited up for D-III Sul Ross State in 2007. If the rules are the same for all levels then it appears there is no age limit. Obviously, the physical differences between an elite-level 19-year-old athlete and a 59-year-old would likely preclude this from happening at the D-I level.

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=3062376

 

So they got the Cliff's Notes version and the upshot of the ruling, but the lawyers haven't digested every line of it yet. Why is it so appalling that they disagree with the outcome? I'm sure they have a longstanding position on an issue that's been a part of college athletics for decades.
Have the people calling this the greatest thing ever read the actual ruling? Do we have to read every word of a law that Congress passes to know if it's a good or bad idea and to say so?
If I don't like rap music, I don't need to listen to every song off the new Jay-Z album to know it's something I probably won't enjoy.

 

It's 24 pages. You can find it in 30 seconds. So, yes, if you're going to make a public statement about the ruling it's a good idea to read the ruling.