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CFP supports prohibiting player return from NFL
Leaders of the College Football Playoff on Friday stopped short of implementing any new rules around eligibility or participation at this time but issued...
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- Leaders of the College Football Playoff on Friday stopped short of implementing any new rules around eligibility or participation at this time but issued a statement that "strongly supports" the recent positions of conferences prohibiting players returning to college teams from the NFL.
- "The CFP strongly supports the positions and rules of individual conferences concerning the return to college of athletes with professional draft, contract or roster ties," the statement read.
- The Big Ten, SEC, ACC and Big 12 recently put out independent statements that were nuanced in their own way but collectively agreed that former NFL players shouldn't be allowed to return to college rosters.
- On Thursday, after a lengthy court hearing, a judge in Baton Rouge ruled that Dae'Quan Wright and Zxavian Harris are cleared to return to college football after brief stints in the NFL.
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Leaders of the College Football Playoff on Friday stopped short of implementing any new rules around eligibility or participation at this time but issued a statement that "strongly supports" the recent positions of conferences prohibiting players returning to college teams from the NFL. "The CFP strongly supports the positions and rules of individual conferences concerning the return to college of athletes with professional draft, contract or roster ties," the statement read. The Big Ten, SEC, ACC and Big 12 recently put out independent statements that were nuanced in their own way but collectively agreed that former NFL players shouldn't be allowed to return to college rosters. On Thursday, after a lengthy court hearing, a judge in Baton Rouge ruled that Dae'Quan Wright and Zxavian Harris are cleared to return to college football after brief stints in the NFL. They are among 42 athletes from various sports -- including former Notre Dame pass rusher Junior Tuihalamaka, who also plans to play for LSU -- who have sued the NCAA in Louisiana to play a fifth and final season of college sports. The SEC in late August joined the Big Ten in its unanimous opposition to athletes leaving the...