BleedGopher
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They should just make it a minor league system. Each pro team gets three affiliates like baseball. Have a triple A league, double A and single A. Draft the high schoolers instead of recruiting them.I wrote this before and watching week 1, I feel it even more strongly - they should completely eliminate the idea of eligibility. If you are enrolled, you should be eligible. College athletics is 100% a business now so let's even the odds and allow unlimited eligibility. Bring back Leidner or Morgan until we buy a better QB from the portal.
So MIT drafts you but you are more of a City College guy.....They should just make it a minor league system. Each pro team gets three affiliates like baseball. Have a triple A league, double A and single A. Draft the high schoolers instead of recruiting them.
I think as TV revenue models break (for college and pros - NBA already happened), college football will realize that they are actually a direct competitor for NFL and they need to change their relationship to that new reality to gain a bigger share of the remaining revenue. If you go back to the early days of pro-football, it was seen in the same light as WWE, not as a huge skill and pay opportunity vs. college. I say this as the current paradigm was not always the case. If revenue gets more diluted with college getting a bigger share, the NFL model completely breaks. All that said, I think college will at least always have the local university tie-ins to keep their fan bases. NFL appeal is wholly based on some strange geographic affiliation only.They should just make it a minor league system. Each pro team gets three affiliates like baseball. Have a triple A league, double A and single A. Draft the high schoolers instead of recruiting them.
It fits in the same way that new dorms and other student amenities do - it is their marketing arm as universities have transitioned to being big business and local economic drivers vs. a mission of educating. If the U of Minnesota tightened academic standards resulting in a 75% drop in enrollment but a top 10 national ranking - do you think it would be supported? I don't because the drop in economic activity would be devastating and directly impact the governing class.How does the mission of the U of MN, or any other higher education institution, fit with major college sports today?
why do you need to enroll? I'd rather they just pay them directly under contract instead of making it so fans at footing the bill via NIL.I wrote this before and watching week 1, I feel it even more strongly - they should completely eliminate the idea of eligibility. If you are enrolled, you should be eligible. College athletics is 100% a business now so let's even the odds and allow unlimited eligibility. Bring back Leidner or Morgan until we buy a better QB from the portal.
Thanks for the summary.the headline is a little misleading.
the proposal would take the current redshirt rule used in football and wrestling, and extend it to other sports. so, just like a football player can appear in 4 games + a bowl game, and not lose a year of eligibility, a basketball player or hockey player could appear in a certain number of games (that # to be determined) without losing a year of eligibility.
so if the Gopher basketball team brings in a high school recruit, that recruit could appear in - potentially 8, 9 or 10 games and still have 4 years of eligibility remaining. this would not impact high-end recruits, because they almost never stay in college for 5 years. but for a HS recruit who needs development, they could gain some valuable game experience.
the other part of this is the idea that the National Letter of Intent would be eliminated. its functions would be taken over by the signing of scholarship agreements. not sure how that would impact National Signing day.
Thanks for the summary.
In today's rapidly changing environment, I think the NLI has lost some meaning? Isn't it the case that you can't sign it until Feb? If a player truly, legally wants to commit to a school before then, I think they should have an option to do that. And perhaps this is for that. I also don't think the NLI was legally binding in any way, but I could be wrong about that. Perhaps this new agreement would have more legal teeth.
I would think the majority of non-superstar college athletes would prefer to be in school and on the team for five years instead of four, if it means they can earn more money and get more time to develop? Some will prefer to play right away.
I thought it was legally binding... But if player asked to be released, that could happen. That's what the basketball team did with Dennis Evans IIRC. Depends on how bad you wanted to keep a guy that you knew was going to be unhappy maybe? That also might be one of the things the courts shot down in the last couple years too, I don't pay as close of attention as I probably should. I'm sure someone here will let me know if I'm wrong (right GHers?)I also don't think the NLI was legally binding in any way, but I could be wrong about that.
And there is an early signing period in DecemberIsn't it the case that you can't sign it until Feb?
Beat me to it SONthe signing of the NLI is - in theory - an announcement that the recruiting process is over and the athlete has made a final decision. I believe that it is considered to be at least a type of contract. unless you are Dennis Evans - and in his case, he had to formally request that he be released from the NLI, which doesn't happen often.
This is what I've been saying. I'd suit up a team of 30-year-old pros...Vikings reserves...win big. Now, before anyone else does.I wrote this before and watching week 1, I feel it even more strongly - they should completely eliminate the idea of eligibility. If you are enrolled, you should be eligible. College athletics is 100% a business now so let's even the odds and allow unlimited eligibility. Bring back Leidner or Morgan until we buy a better QB from the portal.