with a smattering of the other sports. Rules against gifts, giving the NCAA all your vehicle information, out-of-competition performance, etc...etc... almost all have their root at some football or basketball player abusing their situation to make profit, sometimes at the cost of the team, the same as players who already have contracts before they're done playing. By the way, anytime you hear about an active football player who's "already signed to X team"??? yah that's bullshit.

The unfortunate thing, is a lot of these rules were created for "one off" instances, but they're applied to EVERYONE and sometimes to ridiculous levels. but in the NCAA's defense, most of them are not intended to do this and were created because someone already did whatever "Ridiculous" thing they're trying to prevent, or something similar. Another example, NO ONE can engage in fantasy sports of any kind. ANY kind. A tennis player cannot join a fantasy football team. A footballer can't join a track-team fantasy team. You can't even join fantasy teams that are outside of collegiate sports. Period. End. Because some athletes in the past in similar activities have behaved inappropriately (rigged games, wasted team time, etc...etc...)