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Judges have too much power in this country.
No, I don’t have an alternative solution, but that doesn’t change the fact that this is completely ridiculous.
It’s also not the first time a local judge has issued an injunction to overrule the NCAA’s authority over its players’ eligibility.
Our court system, man.
I don’t know if it’s too much power. Honestly it’s been the only thing holding back the executive branches power grab over the last 6 or 7 decades. But we need some forced recusal or force jurisdiction change in cases in which conflict of interest is so damn obvious.
And why is a court ruling over something like this in the first place? That’s also a thing I don’t get.
Like, I get why technically it’s their jurisdiction, but is this particular case really one some random judge should be able to decide on his/her own?
Well Courts are in place to decide disputes between parties in the USA.
They are needed so people do not just go and beat the piss out of people they do not like (OK so it does n0t always stop that).
40 years ago it was explained to me that once a government taxes their people as much as possible they then legalize gambling as one of the last ways to raise capital. So now we have gambling that is legal…kind of…but only by certain people in certain situations…except when it is not…
I am not sure why anyone actual thought he would be held accountable for his decitions.
Oh yeah….
on this thread…..
We don’t have elected judges in Canada, which while is less democratic on its face, also removes the politicizing of the judiciary and all of the fuckery that goes in the US. Judges in Canada are appointed based on merit and are expected to rule objectively. Not perfect either, but we don’t have all the drama you guys have with our judges.
We also don’t elect sheriffs. Similar thing there.
I won’t post again in this thread to ensure I don’t engage in anything political. I just made the thread to say I think it’s ridiculous the NCAA can’t enforce any rule it creates ever again because some booster judge can just overrule it whenever they feel like.
College sports are long gone.
Not trying to be political here either, just talking about judiciary systems in general. If a judge in Canada tries to go rogue, they don’t stand a chance vs. constitutional challenges.
But msu got in trouble. Lmao.
College athletics is a shit show
In the past, saying ‘it’s OK if the players involved in this game bet on it’ was a death knell for a sport, and the sports leagues themselves knew it.
Nowadays? I don’t think people care. Judging by the success/popularity of soccer, the Dodgers/Yankees, and college football, fans clearly don’t care about the playing field being level.
This is why the NFL is the best, honestly. Long may it continue. ESPN getting its grubby fingers in the door by buying NFLN doesn’t bode well. It’s not their playbook to keep playing fields level.
Democracy is a value we all hold dear, but in its modern incarnation, things are fuzzy, at least here in California.
There were around 50 candidates for governor for 2 spots in the November election, a few for lieutenant governor, numerous judges and other positions. I had the option of reading War and Peace or candidate statements to make an informed decision. I chose War and Peace and then marked the ballot whimsically with my preferred racial, gender and party categories.
And I throw out every political mailer I get while trying to avoid looking any name or picture. I do spend time studying California ballot referendums when they come up, so I’m not a total nihilist.
At some point maybe @nate can give some clarity on this type of thing. If there is nothing partisan and it’s clearly in the spirit of discussing football is that okay until it becomes partisan. IMO feeling outrage that a Lubbock or Oxford judge gets to make decisions that swing the football team’s season by 3 games seems justified and seems like a fine thing to carefully express on our football loving fan site. Not my call though of course.
I’m too ignorant to properly reply. Yeah, it seems like they should be able to uphold their rules, still the academic world (which is the context in which the NCAA is embedded) loves to set up their own kangaroo courts, so I wouldn’t be shocked if this was a case of them overstepping
You’ll continue to see these cases until players collective bargain. The issue isn’t courts, it’s the slow moving process of college sports.
It’s more art than science and more feel than black and white, as far as discussions we’ve had as a mod team. There can be eight guys having a really good inbounds discussion and then one person just can’t f****** help themselves and steers it right into the wood chipper, so a lot of times it’s trying to figure out whether or not it’s worth it to keep it open if it will eventually get to the wood chipper anyways.
The Chamblisss situation was just whatever to me. This? Gambling on games? This just seems so black and white.
It looks to be a Texas thing
Remember Ethan Couch and the Affluenza verdict??
At age 16, Couch drove drunk and caused a crash that killed four people. During his sentencing, a defense psychologist argued that his wealthy, privileged upbringing left him emotionally underdeveloped and unable to understand the consequences of his actions. This concept—coined as “affluenza”—sparked national outrage. [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
Key details of the case include:
