Well, well, well, Trinidad Chambliss wants to beat up on the NCAA some more after whipping the organization in court a few weeks ago.
The star quarterback obtained another year of eligibility to enjoy gridiron glory at Ole Miss. The NCAA denied his petition for an extra year. Chambliss sued the NCAA in Lafayette Chancery Court. Chancellor Robert Q. Whitwell ruled in the athlete's favor, holding he was unable to play one year due to medical reasons.
The NCAA appealed the decision to the Mississippi Supreme Court. However, Chambliss was not through with the NCAA. Chambliss filed a motion for leave to file a second amended petition for injunctive relief and punitive damages against the NCAA on March 12.
The motion includes a copy of the proposed amended complaint.
Chambliss wants to make the NCAA pay a price for appealing to the Mississippi Supreme Court. The gridiron star claims the appeal cost him a great deal of money:
During and after hearing on the motion for preliminary injunction, Trinidad was engaged in negotiations with Electronic Arts Inc. (a/k/a “EA Sports”). EA Sports is an American company with a $50 billion market capitalization that develops and manufactures video games for personal computers, video game consoles, and mobile devices, including but not limited to EA Sports’ annual EA College Football video game. As late as March 6, 2026, Trinidad was one of three college football players, if not EA Sports’ favored player, to whom EA Sports was prepared to offer the cover of its upcoming College Football video game. In addition to the NIL compensation which Trinidad would have received for being featured on the cover, Trinidad would have enjoyed heightened notoriety and prestige since the cover shot is considered an honor in college football and in the gaming community. Appearing on the cover would have created organic publicity for Trinidad, enhancing both his marketability and publicity rights. Being on the cover would have been personally meaningful to Trinidad, who could have shown his cover photo to potential employers and even his children and grandchildren. 95. On or about March 9, 2026, EA Sports withdrew from negotiations with Trinidad, explaining in a text message that EA Sports’ leadership “just can’t stomach the risk” that Trinidad may be unable to play college football during the 2026-2027 football season. The risk,"as perceived by EA Sports, arises from the NCAA’s bad faith denial of Ole Miss’s request for an" "extension of eligibility waiver for Trinidad and from the NCAA’s continued opposition to" "Trinidad’s eligibility, including filing of the NCAA’s meritless and specious Interlocutory" "Petition."
Chambliss asks for extra-contractual damages that include:
- All damages due to loss of NIL compensation from EA Sports and any other potential NIL opportunities because of the NCAA's "bad faith" appeal.
- damages for "impairment" of the petitioner's "personal brand, marketability, and publicity rights
- Anxiety and emotional distress
- Attorney's fees
- Punitive damages for NCAA's malice and bad-faith dealing
Attorneys Thomas Mars, William Liston, III, and Wilton Byars, III represent Chambliss.
12 comments:
Turn loose of the string and let the ballon go, it’s over for college sports. The lawyers smell the money in it…
What a joke. The NCAA attorneys made the Baby Dye look like a fool on the stand.That case was never going any other direction, and if the Supreme Court has any stones they will reverse it. But we know they will not.
I just don't see why the NCAA wants this to be the hill they die on, after forfeiting so many hills over the last 3 years. Trinidad would draw a lot of eyeballs in 2026, isn't that what NCAA football has become?
@5:56
Good. University should be about academics and not playing with balls.
Time to disband NCAA and start over. SEC administration isn't much better.
What if they made it law that 50% of NIL revenue goes to benefit the State’s children’s hospital. Win win. Chambliss knows the odds are against him on a pro field. He would be five and done. Invest in a chain restaurant and then what?
6:12, The “if you’re a real man you’ll do it” argument may work on children with low self esteem, but that’s not how the Supreme Court operates.
I think they’ll deny the application because 1) the NCAA’s main argument is procedurally barred, and 2) the plaintiff alleged a viable cause of action under contract law, so the Hattiesburg case does not apply.
NCAA better pony up for appellate lawyers because they ass is cooked in this match
The rumor is that the SEC, and the Big 10, 12, 14, ever how many it is, will eventually form two super conferences with no NCAA involvement.
I am far from an Ole Miss fan, but I hope he takes the spineless NCAA to the cleaners. They made this mess, they can deal with it.
I always thought it would be the college and university boards/presidents who would destroy the NCAA by pulling out collectively. But I guess it will be the courts that do it. It won't matter either way because college sports is ruined.
6:12PM, the only people that NCAA attorneys made look like fools were the NCAA attorneys. The judge's ruling was legally correct, and the MS Supreme Court will agree with him. Also, now that the NCAA cost Chambliss all this money from EA, I bet the NCAA wishes they had his eligibility determination to do ALL OVER AGAIN! Anybody pulling for the NCAA does not know how corrupt Emmert and his bunch were there. They could have gotten ahead of all this NIL issue when it first came out, but as usual, they are never proactive. All the NCAA cares about is NOT the athletes, but the money that keeps rolling in.
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