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The stakes of being a junior college transfer may have changed after Vanderbilt quarterback Diego Pavia was granted injunctive relief in his case against the NCAA. The case isn’t over, but the initial ruling in favor of Pavia means his year at New Mexico Military institute (a junior college) does not count against his NCAA eligibility clock.
For now, he plans to take advantage of the newfound year at Vanderbilt, according to his attorney, provided that he and the ‘Dores can come to an agreement on a compensation package. Pavia’s case effectively sought to put junior college enrollment on the same footing as prep schools, which the three service academies use to stash future players at. Pavia and his team argued that because JUCOs are outside of the NCAA’s jurisdiction, his eligibility clock shouldn’t have started until he got to New Mexico State in 2022, and that he is being barred from earning money he’d otherwise be able to earn playing college football.
The ruling isn’t a class-action and is specific to Pavia. For other players in his position, does the opportunity exist to follow his lead? According to Mit Winter, a sports law attorney based in Kansas City, there is.
“Technically the order only applies to Pavia, but in my opinion there’s no way the NCAA is going to enforce the rule that was enjoined in that order against anyone,” Winter told CBS Sports. “If you think about it, any other athlete in Pavia’s situation can now go to a court, file the same exact type of lawsuit and say here’s an order from another court specifically saying this likely violates antitrust law and you enjoined it.
“If the NCAA tries to enforce this rule against other athletes, there’s gonna be a tsunami of lawsuits in my opinion.”
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Author : Richard Johnson
Publish date : 2024-12-19 20:59:00
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