NCAA approves ‘five-for-five’ age-based eligibility model

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Ope3 said:
The age 19 limit is weeding out those going to JUCOs/NAIA and then saying they still get 4 additional seasons at an NCAA institution.
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Far more important:

they don't want to ever allow American high-level college sports getting flooding with those who went directly into (or already were!) professional ranks at age 18, doing that for 6-10 years, deciding they've had enough and will never "make it", and then being like "Oh! But now I can go play for some American college team and make some nice money too!" as 28 year old.

NO!

Not allowed! We don't want you!


College is for college age people. 18-23 year olds! Make your choice, and live with it!
 


fmlizard said:
I think recruiting class sizes would end up being smaller, too. If they don't enlarge the number of scholarships and now we're dividing by 5 instead of 4 (or 4.5ish with redshirts), then teams will probably take a few less HS players. Meaning HS talent trickles down to anyone who didn't have their pick of the litter.

Those couple extra 4* guys Ohio State or Michigan would have taken before maybe end up at Minnesota.
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I don't see how you figure this.

Right now, most guys are in the program, getting a scholarship, for five years.

They can play football on the football field all five years. True, one of the years (usually the first one) they can only play in four regular season games plus a bowl game. That is true ... but they're still getting a scholarship and taking up a roster spot and all that goes with that resource-wise for that full fifth year.


Really the only thing changing is that they can play an unlimited number of games that (usually) first year.

Special teams coaches are happy
 

The biggest actual difference will be guys who somehow:
- started or played every game as true freshman
- yet don't think they're good enough to try the NFL after their fourth year in college

It's more than zero players I'm sure, who want to take the risk of starting/playing a 5th college year and getting hurt & ruining their chances at the NFL, for whatever they'd be getting to stay.

Just doesn't seem like a needle mover.


I guess it will be guys who started out at a lower school for the first two years, then moved up to Power FBS and think the risk/reward of staying there for a third year over going to the NFL is worth it.
 

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