It's the reason why D3 is different...
D3 athletes sue NCAA over not having scholarships
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Great. You win that lawsuit and 90% of D-III schools drop football. Pretty stupid.
Yeah, with deals like this, death is not far away.
Death from the bottom up.
Plaintiff's Attorneys gonna chase ambulances
Yep that’s exactly what will happen. But I think the NCAA may win this one, because the schools will stick together. And, to my knowledge, D3 has not restricted NIL. They don’t pay any through the school (because they don’t have any), but still, it’s not restricted.
But lawyers ruin everything, so who knows.
Yeah. I don’t see how they win this. They don’t have a right to scholarships. They’re not being discriminated against. If the D-III schools wanted to give scholarships they’d just go D-II.
The talent level in Intramurals is about to go up exponentially. Or maybe they can ask a friendly judge for a 6th year of High School since they had mono their second junior year.
I doubt it. The deal with D-III is they aren’t even allowed to offer athletic scholarships. A lawsuit striking down that restriction isn’t going to force anyone to start offering athletic scholarships, it will just simply allow them to do it if they choose. Many still won’ choose to do it, because there’s no money in it down at that level.
actually, that's one of the main reasons they go to a D3, both women and men. You want to continue playing football, but you're to short/slow/small to get to a DII or DI, you go play D3 and hold on to the dream. Same with the other sports.
When I taught at a DIII, we'd have an overlooked player come in every year or two, light it up for us for a year and get recruited to a scholarship level program - even have had a few that went D1.
The stupid thing about this lawsuit is that most of those players are getting significant "merit" scholarships already, so even if they win, they're situation won't really change much at all. And they are eligible for NIL
We have way too many people in this country who believe in free money. It has to come from somewhere. Unless you jerks have been holding the secret of the money tree close to your vest. And for the record, if anyone shares money tree seeds with me I WILL give to NIL.
Presumably because they view the NCAA’s model as overly restrictive for D-III schools. But also, why does anyone sue for anything? Likely to get a settlement.
D3 schools can offer scholarships, it's called going D2. That is basically the difference between the two. If they win D3 athletics is over.
I do think we are headed to a five level NCAA and there will be a new naming convention. (I'm using Level X but it will be something else)
Level I - Power 4 + select Group of 5 schools that offer scholarships and NIL and get major TV contracts (Example: Mississippi State, Ole Miss)
Level II - Group of 5 + select FCS schools that offer less scholarships and less NIL and have their own championship (Example: Southern Miss)
Level III - The rest of current Division I - offer no football scholarships (but offer other sport scholarships) and no NIL. Access to March Madness (Example: Jackson State)
Level IV - Small public colleges that offer limited scholarships (some current FCS, most D2, some D3) ( Example: Delta State, MUW)
Level V - Most of current D3 - small private colleges that offer no scholarships (Example: Belhaven, Millsaps)
Level I - Power 4 + select Group of 5 schools that offer scholarships and NIL and get major TV contracts (Example: Mississippi State, Ole Miss)
Level II - Group of 5 + select FCS schools that offer less scholarships and less NIL and have their own championship (Example: Southern Miss)
Level III - The rest of current Division I - offer no football scholarships (but offer other sport scholarships) and no NIL. Access to March Madness (Example: Jackson State)
Level IV - Small public colleges that offer limited scholarships (some current FCS, most D2, some D3) ( Example: Delta State, MUW)
Level V - Most of current D3 - small private colleges that offer no scholarships (Example: Belhaven, Millsaps)
The opposite is probably true here. The best 75-100 intramural athletes at State or OM would all start at Milsaps or Belhaven and the like.
The pull to go experience SEC college life is stronger that being Johnny Football at Milsaps.
I think the NCAA will just say, WE Don't Care. We don't provide scholarships, we just set the number that are allowed
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