Football

Wright cleared waivers with an LSU agreement confirmed by his agents – but the SEC’s new ban landed hours later. Every box checked and pending, updated live.

Rookies are returning to college – could NFL veterans be next? Why every current ruling stops at the class of 2022, and what could actually move the line.

Reported seven-figure NIL packages vs. the $885,000 rookie minimum and $13,750-a-week practice squad reality – the money math pulling players back to college.

The Protect College Sports Act would grant the NCAA antitrust immunity on eligibility rules – what the bill does, who backs it and why its clock matters most.

Wisne v. NCAA is the federal class action behind the eligibility war – a nationwide class, a preliminary injunction and a 10th Circuit appeal that decides fall.

The NCAA’s June five-for-five rule skipped the class that enrolled in 2022 – and that single gap produced ~100 lawsuits, the NFL-returnee fight and the bans.

The five-step path from an NFL roster to a college one – waived, cleared, portal, signed – with Dae’Quan Wright’s five-day run as the worked example.

Signing a pro contract has always ended college eligibility. In 2026, court orders carved exceptions – and conference bans built a new wall. The current map.

Courts cleared NFL players to return to college; the Big Ten, SEC and ACC moved to ban them anyway. Whether conference rules can beat court orders, mapped.