(10-07-2019 10:44 PM)Attackcoog Wrote:  Those attacks are based in federal law. My point is that California law cant decree anything once it reaches the border of California. The NCAA has already faced that issue before with Tarkanian.

That said, my hesitation about outright booting the Cali teams from the NCAA would come from the 1984 Oklahoma Regents vs NCAA decision. Thats why I think the NCAA will take the more conservative road and simply ban them from post season play. That's basically the same penalty that every other team guilty of that infraction gets and that penalty has already been successfully defended in court on multiple occasions. It would seem to be a more reasonable and proportional act that would maintain the integrity of the league while doing as little damage as possible to the schools (who are frankly just caught in the middle). I seriously doubt any attack on a post season ban would be successful.

Right, but my understanding is that that too might be an illegal group boycott. I'm just interested in the hypothetical, though. IMO, there is zero chance the NCAA would actually try to ban Cali schools from anything. Lost revenue, rotten PR, pissed off media partners, pissed off fans, pissed off everyone.

The NCAA is either going to relent to the mounting public and state governmental pressure or it will be forced to by congress or (least likely because I don't think it will go this far) courts that uphold state laws. I see no realistic escape path for the NCAA. It's not going to challenge the Cali law. If Congress doesn't act, the NCAA and the Cali legislature will come to an agreement. Section 1 of the Cali law is a signal to the NCAA that the Cali legislature will repeal the law once an agreement is reached, or at least amend it to be in agreement with the NCAA's new rules.

*repeal