Not shocked at all. With how the other rulings were, it'd fall under anti-trust
I think a couple of lawsuits were insane (Oregon female rowers demanding same NIL as football players and retroactive NIL lawsuits for benchwarmers) but this makes sense to me
Soon there will be no rules because viewed through that lens it's all anti-trust. There should be no restrictions... for instance, why only 4 years of eligibility? what if you can earn NIL money competing in college beyond 4 years? that's an NCAA rule that will eventually be challenged and will be dropped too...
fun stuff!
Do you think the portal lasts? One way of looking at the portal was an organized way to handle the one-time exception. If immediate eligibility is no longer an issue do you need it? Or does it serve an administrative purpose?
I could see someone challenging the date window for the portal. I could understand them saying no in-season contact. I can understand some sort of market organizing device, go in the portal so people know you want to move. But I don't know how well it flies, though, to be like you can only hit the portal between x and y.