NFL Draft Restrictions and NCAA Brain Study Highlight Evolving Sports Landscape

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NFL Draft Restrictions and NCAA Brain Study Highlight Evolving Sports Landscape
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  1. The SEC’s rule approved Tuesday banned players who have been drafted by NFL, NBA or WNBA teams or listed on rosters in those leagues. The Big Ten only included football in its decision and is expected to later address other sports.

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    USA Today

    It's college football's latest version of Pandora's box. However, as is the case with many things in college football these days, the Big Ten and SEC are setting the pace, and doing so by making former NFL players ineligible to come back to the college ranks. The Big Ten passed a rule on Tuesday and released a statement on social media.

  2. The problem with that is that some of those players graduated and were on NFL rosters. Some have been cut and are now looking to come back. In fact, LSU and head coach Lane Kiffin have been leading the charge in trying to bring those ex-NFL players onto the roster.

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    Associated Press

    Two players seek to go from NFL back to former college coach At least two players who signed with NFL teams as undrafted free agents this offseason were hoping to return to college and play at No. 11 LSU.

  3. The NCAA just implemented the five-for-five rule recently. Basically, it means players have five years to play five full seasons. However, the byproduct of that is that the players who just graduated aren't a part of that new rule, and many of those graduated seniors aren't too keen on that. As such, there have been multiple lawsuits to get those players included with that extra year of eligibility.

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    Associated Press

    The ruling gives the NCAA a win in ongoing litigation across the nation in federal and state courts involving college athletes who contend they should get a fifth year of competition under revised NCAA eligibility rules adopted in June.

  4. The startling paper, published this morning in the journal BMJ, examined the brains of 235 of the 878 former NFL players who died between 2016 and 2021. It found that at least one in four of those players — and, in all likelihood, many more than that — had chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) at their time of death.

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    PBS NewsHour

    New study reveals widespread signs of brain trauma among former NFL players At least one in four NFL players has CTE when they die, according to a new study that examined the brains of former pro players. CTE is a brain disease thought to be caused by years of sustained head trauma and can only be diagnosed after an autopsy of the brain. Amna Nawaz spoke with Dr. Chris Nowinski of the Concussion and CTE Foundation, and a co-author of this study.

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  1. 01 Associated Press

    NFL executive Troy Vincent reiterated the longstanding policy at the league’s meetings Wednesday, saying any player who returns to college would not be eligible to play in the NFL until 2027.

  2. 02 New York Times

    Their Children Want to Play Football. Parents Ask: Is It Worth the Risk? Many families are engaged in tense debates after a new study found a high percentage of N.F.L. players had developed degenerative brain disease.

  3. 03 Breitbart

    Any NFL players planning on using extra colorful obscenities or making provocative celebratory gestures this year should probably think again.

  4. 04 USA Today

    To say that it's a crazy world in college sports right now would be a drastic understatement. From name, image and likeness (NIL) running wilder than ever, players transferring at breakneck pace, to all the talk of conference and College Football Playoff expansion -- oh, and Congress getting involved -- there's more going on than anyone can keep track of.

  5. 05 Vox

    Football season kicks off soon, and there’s an elephant on the field. Not the University of Alabama’s pachydermal mascot, alas — but a new study on the incidence of brain injury in football players.

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Center NFL says players who return to college will be ineligible to play in 2026 as ACC, Big 12 weigh topic - AP News — Associated Press
Lean Left Their Children Want to Play Football. Parents Ask: Is It Worth the Risk? — New York Times
Right NFL to Continue 'Strict Enforcement' of Taunting Rules in 2026 — Breitbart
Center Big Ten, SEC ban conference members from taking NFL players back - Buckeyes Wire — USA Today
Center New study reveals widespread signs of brain trauma among former NFL players — PBS NewsHour
Left Can you read this study and still love football? — Vox
Left Football is dangerous. Parents are finally steering their kids away from it. — Vox