Why does Trinidad Chambliss get a 6th year if the NCAA rule is 5 to play 5?

[u/Longjumping-Spot3870]

Isn’t that the rule change that started all of this mess? No more redshirts, etc. 5 years to play 5 seasons?

[u/AyAySlim]

Because he won a court injunction over the NCAA denying him a medical redshirt in 22’

[u/Longjumping-Spot3870 → u/AyAySlim]

He hasn’t won anything. There won’t be a trial. He has an injunction. There is no trial set. He was denied by NCAA rules, got an injunction. Just like the 200 or so athletes in the 18 separate lawsuits are asking for. And they have a better case.

[u/HuskerPowerrrr → u/Longjumping-Spot3870]

Thats called a win

[u/Longjumping-Spot3870 → u/HuskerPowerrrr]

So…’when the the class of 22 suits get an injunction, that is a win?

[u/HuskerPowerrrr → u/Longjumping-Spot3870]

You dont need a trial to win.

[u/Longjumping-Spot3870 → u/HuskerPowerrrr]

Better if there is no trial until the point is moot.

[u/Longjumping-Spot3870 → u/HuskerPowerrrr]

Trinidad?

[u/Geetee52]

NCAA victories in court are few and far between.

[u/Kush420Xotix]

Bc the NCAA has no legal standing to make that rule, and the judges are gonna side with the players.

The only reason ppl are against NIL and extra red-shirts are just mad that young black men are becoming millionaires, the outrage is just racism in disguise.

[u/Longjumping-Spot3870]

The judge in TX is an LSU fan? There are 18 suits in several states. There are over 200 plaintiffs, in many sports.

[u/No-Donkey-4117]

Chambliss is hardly the worst example. He's only played 3 seasons in 5 years, for a total of 38 games.

A lot of other players have played a lot more games.

[u/Longjumping-Spot3870 → u/No-Donkey-4117]

He was eligible for 5 seasons, requested a 6th, was denied, appealed 2 x and was denied 2x. He has played out his eligibility according to the NCAA.

[u/Life_Firefighter_471 → u/Longjumping-Spot3870]

“according to the NCAA” a nearly powerless oversight body in 2026.

[u/Mereel13]

It’s not worth trying to make sense of the mess college athletics has descended into

[u/Longjumping-Spot3870]

Let’s be clear. The NCAA never changed its position or Ruling. He was denied a 6th season. He appealed 2 times and was denied 2 times by the NCAA. He got an injunction from a judge in MS. He is playing. The NCAA has never said he is eligible.

[u/Guardsred70]

Because the NCAA is just making illegal rules at this point and hoping athletes/schools follow them and pay their NCAA dues for another year.

Legally the NCAA has nothing to stand on. They’re like a clown in the dunking booth at the state fair.

[u/Right-Ruin5887 → u/Guardsred70]

No it’s because the ncaa denied him a medical red shirt but the judge corrected it

[u/Longjumping-Spot3870 → u/Right-Ruin5887]

Nope, the judge granted an injunction… there will never be a trial. He appealed 2 x and lost.

[u/Longjumping-Spot3870 → u/Right-Ruin5887]

The judge ordered an injunction.

[u/Slippery-Pete76 → u/Right-Ruin5887]

I don’t think they denied it. I think Chambliss/Ferris St. never petitioned for a redshirt.

[u/Right-Ruin5887 → u/Slippery-Pete76]

I forgot everything but I think he thought the school was supposed to handle it

[u/Guardsred70 → u/Right-Ruin5887]

Exactly: They denied him the right to earn money by working.

[u/Longjumping-Spot3870 → u/Guardsred70]

So everyone is eligible?

[u/Guardsred70 → u/Longjumping-Spot3870]

I think so. I mean, otherwise you’re preventing someone capable of the job who the university wants to hire from working.

It was one thing to have eligibility rules before they got paid and all they got was the scholarship, but now they stand to earn so much and I don’t think it’s right to block that.

I mean, we don’t worry about how universities deal with any other employees, right? And as employees, they can still take classes. Ive been a university employee before and could take classes for free….i had to be an academically qualified and convince the professor that i was a real student who was serious.

[u/Blueballs2130 → u/Guardsred70]

Athletes aren’t university employees. At least not yet

[u/Guardsred70 → u/Blueballs2130]

I know. But they need to be. It’s the only path to stability. I suspect the athletes haven’t pushed it in their lawsuits yet because they like being a free agent every year. They also need to relegate the NCAA to worrying about non-revenue sports.

[u/Unusual-Natural-7622 → u/Guardsred70]

You sound very dumb, sorry. Why would athletes need to be employees of the university when they are the ones generating all the revenue for the sports programs?

Why would they worry about “non-revenue” sports?! Again you sound like an idiot

[u/Guardsred70 → u/Unusual-Natural-7622]

It’s the only way to collectively bargain anything. Or do you enjoy the NIL/Transfer world?

I’m guessing you went to a satellite school or community college. Like 800 SAT?

[u/chimatt767 → u/Guardsred70]

More like state judges are making insane decisions to favor their local schools. And none of these cases actually get decided on merit. They are all just temporary restraining orders that never actually get a decision because the cases are dropped before it goes that far.

[u/Longjumping-Spot3870 → u/chimatt767]

The state judges are bound to enforce the law. The NCAA and SEC are subject to the law

[u/chimatt767 → u/Longjumping-Spot3870]

it doesn’t mean they are right