you're talking about an anti-trust exemption. I'm not a legal expert but my inclination is to say the exemption wouldn't/couldn't apply to public institutions. The mix of public and private universities probably could not secure the necessary exemption I remember reading a discussion about this a couple of years ago, and the consensus was that in order for that exemption to be secured, then every public institution would first have to spin-off their football programs into a private corporation. But that would require an actual physical separation from the athletic departments. And those actions were never withstand legal challenge for instance the UofO would have to sell Autzen stadium to a new corporation. But somehow survive the zoning that would divide Autzen from Pape Field and PK park while also adding the practice facility and maybe the Duck Store. Then what happens to all the other facilities that the football players use? There is simply way too much overlap to facilities and way athletes from sports other than football use those facilities. So, it would probably have to be that the university would have to divest the entire athletic department....but they couldn't because of Title 9 and because of all these facilities being on state owned land. Meaning that every single public university would have to spin off the new corporation while forming lease agreements that adhered to state laws and their charters. and of course, to be a legal move, the universities would have to surrender direction and control to those new corporations while surviving all the inevitable legal challenges. Meaning: forget about it
The runner made no effort to slide. Plate obstruction or not, the runner has an obligation to attempt to reduce the contact. He did not fulfill his obligation.
the NCAA came out and explained the rules and explained the call. And yet there are people still arguing that they got it wrong lol
Hmm? Which side of the base path was he supposed to choose? Certainly not the right side because the catcher had his knee covering the plate there. Certainly not the left side because the catcher had his other knee and mitt there. Interesting idea that he was supposed to attempt a slide but the catcher wasn’t interested in staying off the base.
