[Farm93]

No contract rules are absurd in the context of today’s recruiting world. I would not be surprised if courts held them to be improper restraints on trade.

Was that supposed to say "no contact rules"?
I might not be surprised if the courts hold them as a restraint of trade (and we have a whole off target thread about non-compete agreements).  Given the number of transfers and the portal, the NCAA *might* have a defense that there is no evidence that the no contact rules are hurting the athletes, but it is a rapidly evolving legal situation so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ ?

https://theathletic.com/4063074/2023/01/...ions-ncaa/

Looks like the violations look to have been pretty minor, except for lying to the NCAA.  Oops.

BC

Might be enough of a bother to just jump to Denver or Carolina. 

Hard to imagine the NCAA will do much with these given how many other, IMHO more significant, violations have been dismissed.   The one about the analyst on the field is probably bigger for other teams as creating game day advantages just has a different impact.

Still, even when the NCAA decides to give a program a pass, the coaches and administrators have to deal with interviews, investigations, compliance questions and more.    The Carolina Panthers, Denver Broncos and other NFL offers might have even more appeal now for JH.

[Farm93]

No contract rules are absurd in the context of today’s recruiting world. I would not be surprised if courts held them to be improper restraints on trade.

Was that supposed to say "no contact rules"?
I might not be surprised if the courts hold them as a restraint of trade (and we have a whole off target thread about non-compete agreements).  Given the number of transfers and the portal, the NCAA *might* have a defense that there is no evidence that the no contact rules are hurting the athletes, but it is a rapidly evolving legal situation so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ ?

https://theathletic.com/4063074/2023/01/...ions-ncaa/

Looks like the violations look to have been pretty minor, except for lying to the NCAA.  Oops.

BC

Might be enough of a bother to just jump to Denver or Carolina. 

Hard to imagine the NCAA will do much with these given how many other, IMHO more significant, violations have been dismissed.   The one about the analyst on the field is probably bigger for other teams as creating game day advantages just has a different impact.

Still, even when the NCAA decides to give a program a pass, the coaches and administrators have to deal with interviews, investigations, compliance questions and more.    The Carolina Panthers, Denver Broncos and other NFL offers might have even more appeal now for JH.