Executive order aims to limit NCAA athletes to 5 years, 1 transfer

BYU preparing their dispute.

Can somebody point out where in The Constitution the right to regulate athletics is delegated to the Exectutive branch?

The executive branch does not have that right, but they do have the right to write an executive order. Congress has to approve it and judges have to side with it if challenged in court.

The Constitution is woke!

I'm glad Trump is focusing on what really matters right now!!!

Great. We’re $39T in debt and Trump is going to piss away millions of dollars trying to defend his unconstitutional executive order. Trumpers are idiots.

im sure he doesn't have the authority to make it happen, but it just might get the ball rolling on something. I can't say im hopeful though.

Yeah, no. There is nothing in there to imply the religious or military allowance for stopping one’s eligibility clock is going away.

Except....those checks don't exist anymore. So it's just nut job making decrees about everything and anything without any expert opinion.... guaranteed.

The NCAA has work to do on both this and effective drug testing.

So much for small government.

Stop the stupid politics. I don't agree politically with Trump about many things but I can put politics aside and appreciate that he's making an attempt to fix the obviously broken NCAA system.

It's probably not going to work, but I think it will start a good conversation and force congress + the NCAA to take action.

he doesn't have the power to do this.

i don't want politicians within 500 miles of making these decisions.

i don't want to dignify the specifics of the ravings of an old lunatic much, but when someone acts like they are moses the lawgiver and then their order often mirrors existing rules, it's a vanity project to aggrandize themselves.

Courts will throw it out

Anything more than 5 years is ludicrous. You get a red shirt year and 4 more years. Plenty of time, report to your cubicle after that. 1 transfer is Meh, penalty needed for transferring unless the coach is fired.

Confusing. It says 5 years and 1 transfer before having to sit out.

"participation in college athletics is permitted for no more than a five-year period, with limited exceptions for military service, missionary service, and other periods of absence from participation that are in the public interest"

off the top of my head, it leaves out redshirts and medical redshirts. it retains the BYU and west point type exceptions conservatives might like. like voter ID laws.

it also tries to limit use of any exceptions to a nebulous "public interest." what if i think letting d3 dropouts come back and spend more eligibility while they finish their degree, ends up benefitting everyone?

I'm a bit surprised that the executive order did not include any limitations on foreign student athletes.