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Can NCAA appeal?

The way Judge Whitwell ran that hearing today was an embarrassment for the State of Mississippi judicial system. He didn’t even try to give the impression that he was impartial. He went out of the way to make sure everyone knew he was in the bag. He traded respect and reputation for popularity. Because even the people who are happy with his ruling will not respect him.

All he had to do to look impartial was keep his mouth shut about in the hearing and then rule for Chambliss. Incredibly, he WANTED everyone to know he wasn’t impartial. Unreal

Hour and a half opinion lol

You know, the Ole Miss crowd crowed all week about how this one was in the bag because of the Ole Miss judge. They were right. What a shame. I don't know how you listen to the testimony about Chambliss's devastating tonsillitis and come away with any other conclusion. Congrats to them I guess. But shame on us.

Be careful how you deceive just because you can, as it may not be long until you learn that Karma communicates with the Boogie man.

Stunner

NCAA should have known they're is
nothing like some good old homecookin Oxford style!

KF - I am a big fan of how you report and deal with the mouth breathing knuckleheads on here but I don't love the last pat of the post. It's fair game to say the judge went to UM Law School but why say anything (anything) about a judge's children? Our judicial system objectivity is the last barrier between us and the world of the left. Why slip that in which can only lead the reader to wonder about his impartiality.

The judge announced his verdict: ARE YOU READY? HELL YEA DAMN STRAIGT! HOTTY TODDY..... and the Honorable Jurist finally concluded.... BY DAMN!

Bound to be an appeal.

@7:06 There was zero objectivity in this one. This decision made a mockery of our judicial system.

Yeah, shame on you Kingfish for sharing enough information to allow readers to conclude for themselves whether or not a conflict of interest may exist.

His kids play for OM...nothing to see. Move along.

7:06: In case you missed it this WAS about his impartiality and everybody maybe excepting you, knows it. We can deny it, but in this world such things do happen. Welcome to the real world.

Judges in Mississippi are politicians. This guy lives in the shadow of Ole Miss and must be a part of that community. He did what he had to do. Tomorrow is another day.

This is the stupidest thing I’ve seen since JA recruiting saga last week. Did the judge really do the landshark gesture during his
90 min opinion 😂

There might be an appeal, but the judge's ruling seemed to focus on the NCAA's own bylaws and inconsistent application of its own rules in waiver decisions. Surely not a good look that the NCAA attorneys left and did not show back up to hear the judge's ruling.

Chambliss is stupid if he does not declare for the draft. He has nothing to gain by coming back and EVERYTHING to lose. He is taking bad advice from the same selfish people who said that the Hugh Freeze probation was totally worth it to go to the Sugar Bowl.

Homer much?

This was a silly, irrelevant case - whether someone can play another year of a sport that increasingly has no rules. If this judge had ruled in favor of a family member in a felony case, I’d understand the outrage. It’s only football, so everyone take a breath.

Woo wee! The leg humpers are hot tonight.

Leg jumpers are humping out of control now! And of course they will have to "clean" themselves properly afterward.

I agree the smart decision would be for Chambliss to enter the NFL draft ... but to equate him with that goofy Hugh Freeze is the most asinine comment I've read in a while.

6:35, How about some specific examples?

I bet you didn't even watch the hearing.

If the judge was so obviously "in the bag" for Ole Miss, then why didn't the NCAA lawyers push for recusal?

They know how to do it, since they did it a couple of weeks ago on the Tuscaloosa judge who allowed a basketball player to play for Alabama, after two years in the NBA.

But hey, maybe in this case the NCAA didn't have the money to hire a competent legal team, and they just stood by with their thumbs up their butts, while this highly-publicized proceeding "made a mockery of our judicial system."

Or maybe, there were no grounds for recusal, despite the cynical assumptions of Internet trolls, whose first reaction to not getting their way is to claim the whole system is rigged against them. The victim culture seems to grow stronger every day.

Can’t believe you mentioned his kid went to Ole Miss and lives in Oxford close to the Honorable Judge and that his grandkids are also at Ole Miss. This should be not be discussed.

Chambliss wins that case if it were tried in Alaska. I have no allegiance to UM. I never could figure out why the NCAA pushed it. The NCAA’s lawyers actions seems to indicate their legal channels of recourse have all but closed and they are going all in with the legislative branch. NCAA should’ve realized that employee status was inevitable and worked out a cba and benefits packages. Bet the NCAA is out of football in less than 3 years.

"Judge Whitwell's son played on the Ole Miss tennis team and his grandson is currently on the tennis roster."

KF, I think you know that, of itself, does not constitute grounds for recusal. The NCAA legal team knows it, since they didn't move for recusal.

8:28 Nothing to gain? He is about to get paid. Big time. I mean in the millions and he can still go pro and make more. Not so stupid.

My goodness I didn’t know that many State fans had access to the internet.

Mockery of our judicial system? The 1930s called. They want their naive quaintness back.

State fan here. If you’re going to allow Diego, the Wyoming kid, Beck and several others to play 6-9 years, you have no grounds to hold Chambliss back. None. And they know it. Hell, the NCAA didn’t even show up today. They created this mess and they can’t pick and choose which schools to enforce it on and ones to let it slide.

The only Mississippi State University student in the courtroom was JUDGE Whitwell. He attended State before going to JC and then graduating from The Okra.

Maybe stupid maybe not. Draft value can go up or down. Ask Garret Nussmeir. It’s hard to imagine Chambliss playing better in 2026 and the QB class is weaker this year. That being said, the kid surely has an agent. If he knows what he’s doing all this has been considered.

When a man is corrupt, and affects an entire community with his corruption - his entire family is fair game. It's always been that way because by implication - he's the head of a snake.

Wrong...it compounds the severity of Conflict of Interest, and that Whitwell should have recused.

Hope the Rebels don't lose any key offensive lineman....Trinidad may come to regret he didn't announce for the draft if he gets hurt.

By now the NCAA knows the way the cookie crumbles. All the SEC schools with the exception of MSU and maybe Auburn have law schools and are legally connected. None more so than Ole Miss. In this venue the NCAA had no chance. They knew it before the hearing started. However they must still defend their flag and make a showing in case some of the less powerful schools try similar legal shenanigans. In those cases the NCAA will still kick their ass. The rich get richer....

@12:14, the ones you listed didn’t play 6-9 years. That’s not factual. There are rules, and this Chambliss case is a first. It’s unprecedented.

College football today is a marketplace that buys and sells human beings. When they are no longer of any use they are discarded to another entity until worthless to any buyer. The education aspect offered alongside athletics is worthless in the majority of cases. Playing with no rules doesn't work out well in the long run for anybody, especially those on the lessee side of participation.

Did y'all hear the bumpkin preacher's prayer to start? Basically prayed for a Chambliss win. Insane.

Now this is a story that is on the minds of Mississippians. Thank god all other issues in the state are solved.

NOTE: Same Courthouse that Dickie Scruggs bribed a judge, so what would you have expected.
BTW did the "Judge" cry when he read the ruling? What in the actual F#^% did we witness yesterday?

Question for the attorneys. Is it common for a judge to give an opinion that takes him as long to read as he takes deliberating? To the untrained eye it makes the thing seem predetermined. Do they typically write their opinions from the bench while the trial is ongoing, then edit after? Was he just riffing? Seems odd.

The NCAA ceased to exist as a regulatory entity for certain rich and powerful schools before this. This case is a stark reminder of where our country is headed. Money now rules period. Make no mistake the NCAA and other regulatory agencies in our economy will continue to jam their rules down the throats of the common folk but the rich and influential will do as they please. This applies to "top twenty" football and Wall Street robber barons as well. In the long run it's the common folk who will pay.

The judges long, time consuming opinion was obviously thought out and prepared well before the trial. The NCAA lawyers were somewhere finishing dinner before he finished reading it. Embarrassing.

Reading these comments, one might think he got away with murder. Nah, that only happens in every other courtroom in Mississippi. It's football. Let him play one more year. He seems to be one of the few college ball players without a felony arrest, so he's kind of exceptional.

The NCAA in an affidavit admitted ordering its staff to completely ignore the expert medical opinion of the treating physician and offered no medical expert opinion of its own despite its rules allowing such opinions. The NCAA actually maintained that the board certified treating physician was not "credible". Further, the NCAA has a written policy instructing staff to favor denial of eligibility waiver requests.

It's beyond serious argument that the NCAA administrative process is biased against student athletes. They created the so called litigation crisis by actively working against the young people they claim to champion.

6:27
Beck and Diego both played 6 years. Many many others did also(I’m not going to attempt to name them, Google is your friend).
You must not have watched college sports(not just football) in at least 5 years.

6:00 I agree with most of what you said. The NCAA knew they could not win and really didn't care but like a big insurance company they had to go through the motions so that every little piss-ant institution would not think they are dead and the flood gates are wide open. The flood gates are only wide open for the chosen few. UM among them. Congrats to Ole Miss for having the gas to handle them.

@8:50 Then you should have used google. You would have found that Beck took a redshirt, then played 4 years at Georgia and 1 at Miami. He was given the additional Covid year as were ALL players in the NCAA. So he was legal and received the same treatment as all NCAA players.

Diego did not play 6 years of NCAA football. He only played 4. His appeal had to do with JUCO not being under the jurisdiction of the NCAA. I didn't like the ruling, but it is not similar to Chambliss. The Chambliss decision is unprecedented.

Because they so look down on Mississippi the NCAA would treat Ole Miss like they would Jackson State, Alcorn, or Delta State. Not anymore. We are Ole Miss!!!!

The whole system is a joke at this point. You have nonstop eligibility lawsuits, grown men hanging around college ball way past their expiration date, and meanwhile real high school and youth athletes get pushed to the side. Regular kids do not stand a chance when wannabe semi pros keep gaming every loophole just to stay on the field and milk the system.

I like Trinidad Chambliss he actually brings something worth watching. But in my opinion guys like Diego Pavia and Carson Beck just are not on that level and it shows every time they take the field.

No this is not common in Chancery practice but it was an exceptional case that had huge audience, and Judge Whitwell was also likely fully briefed by both sides before the hearing took place. The core of the oprinion was also likely prepared in advance with an opportunity to plug in any content gleaned from the live hearing during deliberation.

https://www.clarionledger.com/story/sports/college/mississippi-state/2026/01/12/will-whitson-mississippi-state-football-eligibility-waiver-2026/87800708007/

People forget MSU has a current player that will be in his 7th season this year.

NCAA 12 Ole Miss 1

The NCAA just allowed a kid to play in his 8th year, Miami linebacker Mohamed Toure. They are picking and choosing.

9:04
1+4+1=6
2+4=6
JPS?

America today is a marketplace that buys and sells human beings. Fixed it for ya.

6:46/2:06, So football is modern-day slavery? You really need to read up on actual slavery.

Made an absolute mockery of the Justice System.

2:38, How do you feel about the case of De'Monte Russell?

https://kingfish1935.blogspot.com/2025/05/former-msu-football-player-sued-over.html?m=1

Was that a mockery of justice?

Good News! Now the young man can get back to concentrating on getting a degree and putting it to use in the real world!

It would be stupid to leave $5 million on the table to spend an extra year in college.

He’s projected as a 3rd or 4th rounder which would get him a 4 year contract worth about the same as what he would make playing one more year in Oxford. The guaranteed money from the NFL contract would be around 1.25 million. Maybe Chambliss believes in himself enough to think another year of film will only improve his draft grade. Hard to argue against making the most money he can, it’s a decision we’ve all made when taking a new job.

Was there any testimony about his coursework or are we not even paying lip service to that?

4:40 Of course you are joking. Now he can get back to his job at Ole Miss which will pay him well. He will also be continuing his on the job training for the NFL. School? What School?