Ep. 111: College Sports Eligibility Rules, with Diego Pavia's Lawyer, Ryan Downton!
About this episode
Ryan Downton discusses the challenges to NCAA eligibility rules and the future of college sports.
Send us Fan Mail College sports’ eligibility rules are under attack, and Ryan Downton is one of the lawyers leading the charge. He represents Diego Pavia and other athletes challenging NCAA limits on JUCO seasons, redshirts, and the five-year clock. We talk antitrust, fairness, the future of eligibility, and whether the NCAA can ever find stability in this new era. Thank you for listening! For the latest in sports law news and analysis, you can follow Gabe Feldman on twitter @sportslawg...
People in this episode
Host: Gabe Feldman
Guest: Ryan Downton
Topics covered
- college sports
- eligibility rules
- NCAA
- antitrust
- athlete rights
- sports law
Keywords
- college sports
- eligibility
- NCAA
- antitrust
- athletes
- JUCO
- redshirt
- five-year clock
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Organizations: NCAA
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