B10 and Power 5 mull over making freshmen ineligible...

[charsibb]

I disagree. This will hurt the G5 schools as taggart and others like him will be unable to pitch playing time to recruits. Quick turnaround will basically require a class full of JUCO guys that p5 schools will have much less trouble getting.

 

 

huh?

 

Zachary the opposite. It gives the G5 an advantage of pitching playing time if P5 enforces redshirting ALL freshmen

[Bull Matrix]

 

I disagree. This will hurt the G5 schools as taggart and others like him will be unable to pitch playing time to recruits. Quick turnaround will basically require a class full of JUCO guys that p5 schools will have much less trouble getting.

 

 

huh?

 

Zachary the opposite. It gives the G5 an advantage of pitching playing time if P5 enforces redshirting ALL freshmen

 

 

AAC has stated they will follow the same policies that the P5 have in hopes of getting included one day. I doubt the AAC commish will let any AAC play by a different rule. 

[2000bull]

 

 

I disagree. This will hurt the G5 schools as taggart and others like him will be unable to pitch playing time to recruits. Quick turnaround will basically require a class full of JUCO guys that p5 schools will have much less trouble getting.

 

 

huh?

 

Zachary the opposite. It gives the G5 an advantage of pitching playing time if P5 enforces redshirting ALL freshmen

 

 

AAC has stated they will follow the same policies that the P5 have in hopes of getting included one day. I doubt the AAC commish will let any AAC play by a different rule. 

 

have they stated it about this policy or just the one about paying athletes?

[TheUpperHand]

 

 

 

I disagree. This will hurt the G5 schools as taggart and others like him will be unable to pitch playing time to recruits. Quick turnaround will basically require a class full of JUCO guys that p5 schools will have much less trouble getting.

 

 

huh?

 

Zachary the opposite. It gives the G5 an advantage of pitching playing time if P5 enforces redshirting ALL freshmen

 

 

AAC has stated they will follow the same policies that the P5 have in hopes of getting included one day. I doubt the AAC commish will let any AAC play by a different rule. 

 

have they stated it about this policy or just the one about paying athletes?

 

 

It's tough to say. Aresco has said the AAC will match everything the P5 does, but it seems to have been said in regards to everything that has some kind of financial benefit (i.e. stipends, extended medical protection, etc.). This is the first thing the P5 has proposed that student-athletes may not like. I believe Aresco means to remain competitive with the things the P5 is offering for the sake of keeping up with them, not joining them, so I could definitely see him opting out of this.

[Guest]

For starters -- this is not something ONLY the P5 could decide. It's not part of the autonomy delegation.

 

It would be something that all of Division 1 would have to decide... and it's being driven by basketball ... and the desire to maintain "student" athletes.

 

Consider a star basketball player like LeBron.  He can't go from High School to the NBA - as the NBA requires 19-years of age OR 1 year after graduation... so he goes to college.

 

The fall semester he has to attend class and get a C average... in the spring semester, he has to enroll - but he never has to show up for a single class.  So a 2.0 student in 1 semester gets all Fs for the Spring.  The school doesn't care ... he's leaving for the NBA after one year.

 

Before the NBA would take high school stars, so thee were not a lot of the "one and done" students and it wasn't an issue.

 

Now it is.

 

Moreover, the really low graduation rates ... plus academic standards are actually going up in the future - related to incoming freshman - so there is some "logic" in making them "students" first and athletes second.

 

Especially when you factor in four-year scholarships that pay more than the full cost of attendance.