Comments on: Oliver Wins Suit Against NCAA

By: The Bylaw Blog | Why Do You Keep Withholding?

The Bylaw Blog | Why Do You Keep Withholding? — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 18:19:19 +0000

[...] the Oliver decision actually said was that the NCAA has no power to regulate attorneys. While Judge Tyge M. Tone spoke [...]

By: Paxton’s attorney may be key to understanding lawsuit « BluGrass Baseball

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 13:51:14 +0000

[...] ecstatic,” Johnson told Aaron Fitt of Baseball America. “We wanted three things–to have those two rules thrown out [...]

By: American Football NFL » Detroit Tigers Draft Links

American Football NFL » Detroit Tigers Draft Links — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 23:01:48 +0000

[...] Tigers second round pick, Andy Oliver was involved in a pickle of a lawsuit over the past [...]

By: Steve

Steve — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 15:07:01 +0000

So if I’m interpreting this correct, any amateur baseball player can retain an agent and meet with and negotiate with them and have them negotiate with a MLB team on their behalf so long as the agent calls themselves a “lawyer” and not an “adviser or “agent”?

By: Bing Bingham

Bing Bingham — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 23:35:32 +0000

NCAA would not allow my son at DBU to be redshirtd with only 2 innings pitched. The NCAA is not interested in helping kids and their future.

By: Bill Rehman

Bill Rehman — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 15:50:18 +0000

Finally, a sane and logical answer to the need of protecting a student athletes intrests.
The NCAA’s only intrest should be maintaing an athlete’s amatuer status. By definition, a professional is a player who is financially compensated for his performance. A player should not have to risk making poor career descions for his future in order to protect his amatuer status for today.
As an amatuer baseball coach of over 20 years, I have been faced with questions from athletes and parents regarding these types of descions.
Just as I do not want a lawyer advising my player on hitting mechanics, it is not in my players’ intrest to take contract negotiating advice from me.
If the NCAA focuses on enforcing academic eligibilty and graduation success, both the institution and the student athlete are better served.

By: Beau McDaniel

Beau McDaniel — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 03:25:09 +0000

Finally, someone put the NCAA in it’s place. They’ve had ridiculous rulings for years. Like the one football recruit who died and his parents couldn’t afford a funeral; so one of the boosters offered to pay for it and the NCAA said the school he was affiliated with would get in trouble. Maybe this is the first step in taking down that terrible monster. Plus getting Oliver back will make the Big 12 even more interesting.

By: John

John — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 17:21:35 +0000

either way. Rules are rules and he broke them. Why is the perception of A-Rod so bad, hey at least he didn’t break the MLB rules in 2001-2003. Remember it was not banned then.
What this ruling does is teach the kids that they can break the rules. And if they cry hard enough, they will get their way. The fact is this has been in NCAA rule since I can remember and he broke it. He should be punished, as well as the team as the rule says. You want to point a finger, point one at the coach and the Athletic department at Oklahoma for not explaining the rules to their players. That is what THEY are supposed to do, that is why if the rules are broken the team eligibility is in jeopardy.
This teaches the youth that if they cry long enough or act as if they didn’t know what they were doing was wrong Cry, and you will be forgiven. It is unfortunate, but it figures you would have to leave a republican state where real Cowboys who take responsibility for their actions have to seek ruling from Ohio… Swing state-