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per CBS:
Maryland's student newspaper, The Diamondback, is reporting it has obtained documents that show the Big Ten is on board with the notion of reverting back to freshman ineligibility for scholarship athletes.
It's a philosophy that's decades old; the NCAA lifted its ban on freshman playing sanctioned sports in 1972. Last week, CBSSports.com's Jon Solomon broke the story that Pac-12 commissioner Larry Scott was leading a charge, supported by other commissioners in college athletics, of adopting the ancient practice.
It's an ideology many believe has rightfully been off the table for more than 40 years because it's not practical or ideal for college programs to sit 17- and 18-year-olds who have the talent and ability to contribute to their schools immediately.
According to the docs the The Diamondback obtained, the Big Ten is in the early stages of starting/contributing to a "national discussion" over the practicality and likelihood that this previously universal practice could one day again take hold.
Football and men's basketball would be the primary sports affected and most hotly debated.
“What I like about the concept of the proposal is it puts right up front the basic issue: Are we basically a quasi-professional activity or primarily an educational activity?” university President Wallace Loh said. “And if you support it, you are basically saying very clearly the No. 1 priority is the education of the students.”
http://www.cbssports.com/collegebas...reshman-ineligibility-for-basketball-football
Go Gophers!!
Maryland's student newspaper, The Diamondback, is reporting it has obtained documents that show the Big Ten is on board with the notion of reverting back to freshman ineligibility for scholarship athletes.
It's a philosophy that's decades old; the NCAA lifted its ban on freshman playing sanctioned sports in 1972. Last week, CBSSports.com's Jon Solomon broke the story that Pac-12 commissioner Larry Scott was leading a charge, supported by other commissioners in college athletics, of adopting the ancient practice.
It's an ideology many believe has rightfully been off the table for more than 40 years because it's not practical or ideal for college programs to sit 17- and 18-year-olds who have the talent and ability to contribute to their schools immediately.
According to the docs the The Diamondback obtained, the Big Ten is in the early stages of starting/contributing to a "national discussion" over the practicality and likelihood that this previously universal practice could one day again take hold.
Football and men's basketball would be the primary sports affected and most hotly debated.
“What I like about the concept of the proposal is it puts right up front the basic issue: Are we basically a quasi-professional activity or primarily an educational activity?” university President Wallace Loh said. “And if you support it, you are basically saying very clearly the No. 1 priority is the education of the students.”
http://www.cbssports.com/collegebas...reshman-ineligibility-for-basketball-football
Go Gophers!!
