[Bikers4Bush]

Please explain to me how it could possibly be restraint of trade when he has not met the requirements needed to make him eligible AND he is free to go play in canada or the arena league.

It would be no different than if the NFL required an IQ test or in the case of the NHL a sigt test and someone failed it. The test is being three years out of high school and he fails that test.

[ContemptofCourt]

Because the eligibilty requirement is arbitrary and has no rational basis...physical immaturity is BS, as 20 year olds are playing in the NFL.

[Alberta's Child]

Please explain to me how it could possibly be restraint of trade when he has not met the requirements needed to make him eligible . . .

That argument is a non-sequiter, because "the requirements needed to make him eligible" are the issue that is under dispute.

Consider the irrationality of that argument . . .

Justice Department Official: "Mr. Landlord, we've determined that you have engaged in a long-term effort to refuse to rent apartments to minority applicants."

Landlord: "That's preposterous! How can you possibly say that?"

Official: "We've documented 150 cases in the last two years of prospective minority tenants with no criminal records, flawless credit reports, etc. -- all of whom were rejected. This is a clear case of systemic discrimination against minorities."

Landlord: "This apartment building has a written policy of renting only to white applicants. We didn't discriminate against any of those 150 applicants -- We simply turned them down because they didn't meet our written policy!"