NCAA facing yet another injunction as college football players continue to gain even more power
The NCAA continues to be defanged as they face yet another injunction in regards to player rights and compensation. As of Friday afternoon, in a case between the states of Tennessee and Virginia against the NCAA a judge granted a preliminary injunction that makes it impossible to enforce rules surrounding NIL (name, image, and likeness). […]
The NCAA continues to be defanged as they face yet another injunction in regards to player rights and compensation.
As of Friday afternoon, in a case between the states of Tennessee and Virginia against the NCAA a judge granted a preliminary injunction that makes it impossible to enforce rules surrounding NIL (name, image, and likeness). This injunction applies to all schools. Not just the ones in Tennessee and Virginia.
This injunction is of course only a temporary fix in the NIL conversation, but it's a step in the right direction towards players being rightly and fairly compensated for their services.
Pete Thamel of ESPN shared the details of the injunction earlier this afternoon. Apparently the court found that the NCAA is potentially causing "irreparable harm" to student athletes if they are limited in "negotiating NIL deals with third parties prior to committing to a particular school" and thus the injunction was issued.
For those who long for the days where "pay for play" wasn't at the forefront of college athletics this injunction doesn't sound like good news. However, it is a huge win for students who would like to profit off of their abilities in what may be the most critical years of their athletic careers.
It's also a huge win for boosters and NIL collectives who want to help support their favorite college football programs. Many of them are tired of tip-toeing around incredibly vague, useless rules from the NCAA that are almost exclusively enforced in sad scapegoating attempts directed at individual schools (most recently the Tennessee Volunteers).
The future of NIL and direct player compensation is still quite unclear, but it seems every time a case against the NCAA makes it to the courts concerning limitations of athlete earning potential it's a decisive victory in favor of the players.
More on this story here soon.
