Diego Pavia will be back for Vanderbilt in 2025.

That’s huge for the Commodores who are coming off their most successful season in six years, which could culminate with their first winning record in over a decade by beating Georgia Tech in the Birmingham Bowl.

Pavia won a landmark lawsuit against the NCAA after winning a temporary injunction from the court when it sided with its contention that rules on junior college participation counting toward eligibility violate antitrust law.

This opens the door for junior college players behind him to have their edibility clocks start when they reach the NCAA level, which was not the case before this decision.

There’s no doubt that this will have a major impact on college sports moving forward, and while Vanderbilt is certainly happy to have its star quarterback fit in 2025, not everyone feels the same way .

Before his first-round College Football Playoff game, Texas Head coach Steve Sarkisian spoke out strongly against the verdict.

“I totally disagree with the NCAA’s determination on this. We chose to go to junior college football, and that’s where we wanted to start and play our careers. So, I don’t understand it at all We’re going to have guys, 28, 29, I play college football, what’s the point, man, I don’t understand, I don’t understand, I totally disagree with that,” he said. -he declared.

Sargsyan is wrong on one major point.

This is not an NCAA decision.

In fact, if it were up to the NCAA, Pavie wouldn’t be playing in 2025 since that’s his position. caused the quarterback to file this lawsuit in the first place.

Pavie is given an extra year because the court agrees with his idea that the NCAA clock should not start while a player is in college, especially in the NIL era.

Sargsyan can be upset all he wants about this verdict, but his frustration should be directed in the right place if he wants to be critical.

However, it doesn’t matter what he thinks.

Vanderbilt will have Pavia back in 2025 as they look to build on this successful campaign.