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The portal is a lie

canesdude said:
I bet the NCAA will find a way to close this loophole.
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NCAA desperately wants Congress to step in and set a national standard. The Lucas decision actually helps achieve that goal. NCAA will always be out lawyered when it’s so many conferences and state laws.
 

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252cane said:
So the portal is just for decoration
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Here’s how I imagine the conversation going between Lucas and an intermediary:

  • Intermediary : I imagine that right now, you're feeling a bit like Alice. Tumbling down the rabbit hole? Hmm?

    Lucas : You could say that.

    Intermediary : I see it in your eyes. You have the look of a man who accepts what he sees because he is expecting to wake up. Ironically, that's not far from the truth. Do you believe in fate, Lucas?

    Lucas : No.

    Intermediary : Why not?

    Lucas : Because I don't like the idea that I'm not in control of my life.

    Intermediary : I know *exactly* what you mean. Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you know something. What you know you can't explain, but you feel it. You've felt it your entire life, that there's something wrong with the world. You don't know what it is, but it's there, like a splinter in your mind, driving you mad. It is this feeling that has brought you to me. Do you know what I'm talking about?

    Lucas : The NCAA.

    Intermediary : Do you want to know what it is?

    Lucas : Yes.

    Intermediary : The NCAA is everywhere. It is all around us. Even now, in this very room. You can see it when you look out your window or when you turn on your television. You can feel it when you go to practice... when you go to classes... when you sign your NLI. It is the world that has been pulled over your eyes to blind you from the truth.

    Lucas : What truth?

    Intermediary : That you are a commodity, Lucas. Like everyone else you were in inculcated into a lie. Into a prison that you cannot taste or see or touch. A prison for your college football career.
Lucas shakes his head.

Lucas : What are you trying to tell me? That I can just transfer from Wisconsin?​
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Intermediary : No, Lucas. I'm trying to tell you that when you're ready, you won't have to.​
 
canefan96 said:
Agree, I had mentioned it’s going to be interesting in the Spring on Portal entry dates and enrollment dates to see if a precedent has emerged and players just unenroll at one school and enroll at another.
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Any non athlete student can unenroll at any time, and use the services of the university to transfer to another school. Happens thousands of times per year. At this point, with the NCAA rules by the wayside, Scholarship students are no different and have the right leave. NCAA/Congress can attempt to change it ,but indentured servitude died with Slavery.The Portal has set them free. And they ain’t going back
 
Memnon said:
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This is the key here. What the NCAA is saying is that the transfer portal responsibility is mostly on the university - NOT the student-athlete.

Lucas could unenroll from UW and then reenroll from another university at any time, and that was his right. His only obligation was to inform the school (in writing during the proper period) that he wanted his name entered into the portal.

The university, however, was obligated under NCAA rules to enter him into the portal, and within two business days. They neglected to do so because they decided that under the MOU, Lucas was not eligible to transfer. However, the MOU says that NCAA bylaws supersede the MOU.

This is all a separate issue from the MOU enforceability, of course. But it seems that either way, UW did admit in their statement that they violated an NCAA bylaw here. So the portal does exist, AND is there to prevent schools from doing EXACTLY what UW tried to do to Lucas. It is meant to prevent schools from restricting the freedom of the athletes and making sure that the school CANNOT bind them to non-compete employment contracts.

Which is why it will be VERY telling to see how the NCAA handles this.
 
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