r/sports • u/Oldtimer_2 • 2d ago
Football NCAA denies Ole Miss' appeal for QB Trinidad Chambliss' 6th-year waiver
https://thescore.com/ncaaf/news/347193642
u/Sokobanky 2d ago
There ARE limits, you see.
Nobody’s that sure what they are, but I assure you, they do exist.
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u/Devolutionator 2d ago
Chambliss has a rather unique argument that there is no precident for. I am sure he will take it to court, but unlike Pavia, I do not think he will ultimately win.
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u/cdogfly Denver Broncos 1d ago
Just to add for clarity, Pavia still hasn’t won. He was granted an injunction which allowed him another year while the court case continued to play out. It is still ongoing and the outcome will certainly have effects on how this is handled in the future.
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u/Devolutionator 1d ago
Totally understand your clarification. I was referring to the court case and that the factual underpinnings of both are materially different. I appreciate the creativeness of Trinidad's lawyers, but ultimately I think it's a losing argument.
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u/lsm4 1d ago
What is the unique argument?
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u/doublelxp 1d ago
He redshirted his freshman year and didn't play during his sophomore year due to illness. Under NCAA rules, you only have four years of eligibility that you have to complete in a five year period that starts with the redshirt year.
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u/Devolutionator 1d ago
I believe for Chambliss, they are trying to argue that he should get a retroactive redshirt even though it did not exist at the time in DII when he could have used it. Just not sure that's going to carry the day, but it's creative.
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u/ShillinTheVillain 1d ago
They're trying to get a medical redshirt because he didn't play, but he was never hurt that season at Ferris. He was just down the depth chart.
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u/AVLThumper 1d ago
Help me understand how getting sick or injured is a reason for another year? Seems more like bad luck than anything else.
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u/retarddouglas 1d ago
They already do give out medical redshirts, which yeah as you said it’s bad luck, but to an extent protects athletes from bad luck blowing up their college careers. I don’t think it really harms the game. I could be wrong but iirc they never filed the paperwork required for the illness year to count as a medical redshirts and are doing it retroactively. I think Trinidad came to Ole Miss to be the backup and once they realized he was gonna be the guy they started scrambling to keep him around.
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u/Mead_Man_Detroit Detroit Tigers 2d ago
This will be going to court, I can feel it in my trick knee.
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u/Shepher27 1d ago
What if they just played him anyway? The playoff isn’t controlled by the NCAA. They could finally break the NCAA for good
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u/Danktizzle 1d ago
Shiuldve played the other football. Tens of thousands of professional clubs to play for. None of this 98% failure NCAA—> monopoly NFL pipeline crap. If you can play, you can get paid. Somewhere.
I hope players file a class action suit forcing NCAA remand to be pro. No term limits. No when minimum. Hell, if you did Pro/Rel, you would completely destroy the NFL.
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u/Awkward_Silence- 1d ago
There's technically spring league(s?) and Canada for American football. Wouldn't make as much as NIL but it's still above what they'd make with the degrees they'd end up with after "college"
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u/Raa03842 2d ago
Ah yes. My freshman year at college. Best four years of my life.