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The world according to Jim:<\/em><\/p>\n

\u2022 If the following isn\u2019t the essence of college sports in 2026, I don\u2019t know what is.<\/p>\n

Read more Fryer: New football coaches at Los Alamitos, Yorba Linda take on big challenges<\/a><\/p>\n

On Tuesday, the NCAA announced that its Division I Cabinet had approved a new, time-sensitive eligibility rule. No more redshirts, and no more waivers with exceptions for military service, religious missions or pregnancy. From now on, athletes will have five seasons of eligibility, with the clock beginning either when they enroll or at the beginning of the academic year following their 19th birthday, whichever comes first.<\/p>\n

Sensible, right? Uncomplicated. All involved parties should buy in, no?<\/p>\n

No. \u2026<\/p>\n

\u2022 A group of 15 men\u2019s and women\u2019s basketball players, who had entered college in the fall of 2022 and used four years of eligibility under the old rules \u2013 and thus were deemed not eligible for that fifth year \u2013 promptly filed a lawsuit in Hamilton County, Ohio. And according to Amanda Christovich of Front Office Sports, the attorneys who filed those suits \u2013 and have had previous cases before the court against the NCAA \u2013 will be filing many more similar suits.<\/p>\n

The issue involved here: In drafting the new rule, the NCAA decided, for whatever reason, that those athletes who had already used four years of eligibility without using a redshirt year under the old rules shouldn\u2019t get that fifth year. Doesn\u2019t that go against the spirit of the rule they just approved? \u2026<\/p>\n

\u2022 And, of course, there\u2019s another issue at play here. That\u2019s one academic year\u2019s worth of NIL and revenue-sharing money those athletes won\u2019t get. You think they won\u2019t be asking for financial damages as well?<\/p>\n

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So let\u2019s see if there\u2019s a settlement and if it involves those athletes getting that year of eligibility after all. (If so, imagine the angst of coaches who have spent the spring and summer roster-building only to have to tear it up and start over.) \u2026<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0 There was another announcement this week that likely created some nervousness: The PGA Tour\u2019s format change, beginning in 2028, will split the tour schedule into \u201cChampionship\u201d and \u201cChallenger\u201d tiers, with promotion and relegation and a significant difference in purse sizes: $20 million per tournament for one tier, $4 million for the other.<\/p>\n

And I hate to say it, but I fear the mid-January stop in the Coachella Valley, still associated with Bob Hope even though it hasn\u2019t had his name attached since 2011, will be among those downgraded to the second tier. For so many years, largely because it fell right after two tournaments in Hawaii, its fields suffered from less star power because so many pros coming back from Honolulu took that week off. (Yet Scottie Scheffler, No. 1 in the Official World Golf Ranking both then and now, won in January, and Jon Rahm won in 2018 and \u201923 before defecting to the LIV tour.)<\/p>\n

I hope it stays as part of the championship tier. But I\u2019m not optimistic. \u2026<\/p>\n

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\u2022 Today\u2019s quiz: Hope\u2019s name was attached to the tournament for 47 years, during which it was a 90-hole pro-am tournament played on four different desert courses, with one pro and three amateurs (either celebrities or those well-heeled enough to afford the entry fee) comprising each group. Who won the first edition of the tournament known as the Bob Hope Desert Classic, in 1965, and who won the last one with Hope\u2019s name attached in 2011? Answers below. \u2026<\/p>\n

\u2022 John Canzano, in his \u201cBald-Faced Truth\u201d Substack column, noted that the Mountain West Conference is unveiling a new slogan: \u201cBuilt Bold.\u201d\u00a0Something tells me that the Big West, which changed its motto to \u201cOnly The Bold\u201d a few years back, would like a word. \u2026<\/p>\n

\u2022 A belated thank you, by the way, to all of those who responded to my recent request for ideas on fixing sports (which gave me material for three full columns). I referred to you as Assistant Commissioners of Everything, and our Inland columnist, David Allen, noted: \u201cThey are ACEs!\u201d<\/p>\n

Read more Fryer: A look back at an unforgettable high school sports year in Orange County<\/a><\/p>\n

That works. \u2026<\/p>\n

\u2022 It is not an accident or coincidence that the NFL will not hold a supplemental draft this year. The only applicant was former Texas Tech quarterback Brendan Sorsby, who gave up the fight for one last year of college eligibility and opted to turn pro, but whose betting history while still a player made him a flash point for the whole issue of legalized gambling (and the sports industry\u2019s embrace of same).<\/p>\n

In effect, 2026 amounts to a one-season suspension for Sorsby, which is as it should be. Maybe, hopefully, he\u2019ll be wise enough to use it as a recovery year. \u2026<\/p>\n

\u2022 Someone should have filled Sorsby in. This was the league that, under Pete Rozelle, suspended stars Paul Hornung and Alex Karras for a season in 1963 for betting on games and associating with known gamblers. It may have been over 60 years ago, but it\u2019s still a precedent. \u2026<\/p>\n

\u2022 Quiz answer: Billy Casper won the first Bob Hope Desert Classic in 1964, finishing 12-under and winning by a stroke over Tommy Aaron and Arnold Palmer. The total purse was $80,000, and Casper\u2019s winner\u2019s share was $15,000. Jhonattan Vegas won the final tournament with Hope\u2019s name attached in 2011, at 27-under in a playoff with Bill Haas and Gary Woodland. The purse then was $5 million and the winner\u2019s share $900,000.<\/p>\n

(By contrast, when Scheffler won the American Express by four shots five months ago, the total purse was $9.2 million and the winner\u2019s share $1.656 million.) \u2026<\/p>\n

\u2022 Worth checking out: The Armenian national basketball team plays an exhibition game against Ireland at 5 p.m. Saturday at Cal State Los Angeles.<\/p>\n

Why here? Armenia\u2019s head coach is Rex Kalamian, who spent two tours as a Clippers assistant coach (first under Bill Fitch, Chris Ford and Alvin Gentry from 1995 through 2003, and later on Doc Rivers\u2019 staff from 2018-20) and most recently has been on Milwaukee\u2019s staff. Kalamian played two seasons at East L.A. College (1987-89), finished his studies at Cal Poly Pomona, went back to ELAC as an assistant coach in 1990 and has been an NBA coach since Fitch hired him with the Clippers in 1995. \u2026<\/p>\n

\u2022 A couple of years back, we made the observation that the folks in San Diego who renamed a highway after Ted Williams might have chosen the wrong one. They attached Teddy Ballgame\u2019s name to State Route 56, a number more synonymous with Joe DiMaggio and his record hitting streak.<\/p>\n

But we have one closer to home that seems to be begging to be renamed, and it\u2019s entirely appropriate. State Route 2 runs from Santa Monica through Echo Park and Glendale, and ultimately becomes the Angeles Crest Highway that ends east of Wrightwood at State Route 138.<\/p>\n

Read more Missile alert goes off in Dubai but authorities quickly tell the public to disregard the warning<\/a><\/p>\n

Shouldn\u2019t the L.A. portion, at least, be renamed the Tommy Lasorda Highway?<\/p>\n

jalexander@scng.com<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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