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Longer scholarship terms proposed

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dbackjon

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The NCAA could soon allow individual conferences to decide for themselves whether they want to pay athletes more and award them longer scholarship terms.



Demand for such proposals came out of the first day of an NCAA presidential retreat on reform Tuesday. NCAA chief Mark Emmert said the group is operating with "an extreme sense of urgency" and would like to vote on new rule proposals as early as October and no later than January.

http://espn.go.com/college-sports/story/_/id/6848439/ncaa-presidents-discuss-scholarship-terms-retreat" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
 
With a redshirt, isn't it already a 5 year eligibility? 6 if one can get a medical redshirt or count a gray shirt as well.

PS I didn't read the article so maybe those factors were mentioned.
 
Just read the article and it mentions nothing I posted about. :lol:

Sounds like this is another attempt by the BCS to further the gap between the haves and have nots. Surprise surprise. :roll:
 
SDHornet said:
Just read the article and it mentions nothing I posted about. :lol:

Sounds like this is another attempt by the BCS to further the gap between the haves and have nots. Surprise surprise. :roll:
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Yup - the ones that can afford a full cost schollie will have a greater advantage
 
This is a tough one...

I'm not really happy with what's been happening with schollies being split up amongst players...one player picks up 25%, another gets 40%...I've heard all kinds of crazy stories so coaches can build 120+ player rosters. That's not really fair to the players who struggle to pay the bills. I personally know of several players who had to quit as they couldn't cover the expenses without racking up huge debts.

It's obviously not fair if a conference with particularly high attendance can afford to throw money at the athletes...that could quickly wipeout 25% or more of the remaining conference/teams who lose competitiveness. In the same breath, however, until NCAA places limits on roster size/schollie distributions, the only direction which seems inevitable is towards an "arms race".
 
travelinman67 said:
This is a tough one...

I'm not really happy with what's been happening with schollies being split up amongst players...one player picks up 25%, another gets 40%...I've heard all kinds of crazy stories so coaches can build 120+ player rosters. That's not really fair to the players who struggle to pay the bills. I personally know of several players who had to quit as they couldn't cover the expenses without racking up huge debts.

It's obviously not fair if a conference with particularly high attendance can afford to throw money at the athletes...that could quickly wipeout 25% or more of the remaining conference/teams who lose competitiveness. In the same breath, however, until NCAA places limits on roster size/schollie distributions, the only direction which seems inevitable is towards an "arms race".
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I see that as an issue, but from a player’s point of view, if they know paying for college will be an issue, why not go with whichever program gives them a full ride. If said player is not good enough to get a full ride then the player can only take what he has available. It’s the free market at work.
 
travelinman67 said:
This is a tough one...

I'm not really happy with what's been happening with schollies being split up amongst players...one player picks up 25%, another gets 40%...I've heard all kinds of crazy stories so coaches can build 120+ player rosters. That's not really fair to the players who struggle to pay the bills. I personally know of several players who had to quit as they couldn't cover the expenses without racking up huge debts.

It's obviously not fair if a conference with particularly high attendance can afford to throw money at the athletes...that could quickly wipeout 25% or more of the remaining conference/teams who lose competitiveness. In the same breath, however, until NCAA places limits on roster size/schollie distributions, the only direction which seems inevitable is towards an "arms race".
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Scholarships can only be split up like you mentioned at the FCS level, I believe. In FBS you are either on a scholarship, or you're a walk-on.
 
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