SEC agrees to comply with court order on former NFL players
NBC Sports • • sports
Key Points:
- The SEC has decided to comply with a court order preventing punishments for teams signing former NFL players granted a fifth year of eligibility through the courts.
- This ruling allows LSU to add several players who had been released by professional teams back to their roster.
- Legal disputes are expected to continue as players who left college for the pros seek retroactive application of the NCAA’s five-year eligibility rule.
- The NCAA and conferences likely hope this situation will prompt Congress to pass the Protect College Sports Act, which would create an antitrust exemption affecting player rights.
