5 year proposal... ? support or oppose

[aceboon]

Or college basketball should adopt the football rule to play 33% of the season and still redshirt. That would be valuable for everyone

Yea I agree with this, never understood why the redshirt rule is so drastically different from football to basketball

 

[Scottobot]

Why? Where does it stop? Why don’t they just cut to the chase and let schools hire a professional team. Why even require they attend classes?

 

[REB1094]

I just don’t see why it’s so hard or wrong to give people 4 years of eligibility and that’s it. Medical redshirt if you get hurt and miss a season, and go get a graduate degree to remain a student if you need. But you get 4 years to play.

The norm for college graduates is 4 years of school. It’s not 100%, but it’s the norm. Set your policy to the norm and strictly manage the exceptions as exceptions

 

[Flipside]

really? most people or athletes? I think 95% of people I went to college with finished in the standard 4 years

https://www.bestcolleges.com/research/college-graduation-rates/

In 2024, the U.S. college graduation rate was 61%.

In 2024, the graduation rate at four-year colleges and universities was 71% at public schools, 76% at private nonprofit schools, and 36% at for-profit schools.

 

[Flipside]

Why? Where does it stop? Why don’t they just cut to the chase and let schools hire a professional team. Why even require they attend classes?

 

[Hi-Low]

4 full years of playing CBB is sufficient....make room for the next group of younger players after that. If after 4 full years of CBB you're good enough to still make $ money playing go for it, otherwise move on to the next chapter.

 

[jibsey]

really? most people or athletes? I think 95% of people I went to college with finished in the standard 4 years

My son didn’t see that stat..

 

[Flipside]

UConn Retention and Graduation Report 2024

https://studentlife.media.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/810/2025/01/Retention-and-Graduation-Report-2024.pdf

• Four Year Graduate: 72-76%
• Six Year Graduate: 83-85%

Latest NCAA graduation rates remain high

Latest NCAA graduation rates remain high - NCAA.org

NCAA releases graduation rates for Divisions I, II and III.

www.ncaa.org

Division I student-athletes continue to achieve graduation success, according to the latest Graduation Success Rate data announced Wednesday. Both the single-year and four-year rates remain high at 90%.

 

[Scottobot]

https://www.bestcolleges.com/research/college-graduation-rates/

In 2024, the U.S. college graduation rate was 61%.

In 2024, the graduation rate at four-year colleges and universities was 71% at public schools, 76% at private nonprofit schools, and 36% at for-profit schools.

I was not thinking about people who drop out after a year or two with my previous comment. There was a bunch of that.

 

[BigTenFan]

Oppose- Only benefits a few individuals and gambling platforms. I don't think anyone wants 26 year old 'kids' representing their schools.

 

[Flipside]

... I don't think anyone wants 26 year old 'kids' representing their schools.

I'd love to have this guy represent my school

 

[How Sway?!]

Oppose- Only benefits a few individuals and gambling platforms. I don't think anyone wants 26 year old 'kids' representing their schools.

The proposal would cap the maximum age at 24...

 

[upstater]

This!

• My Mom graduated UConn the same year my brother (UConn Med) graduated High School
• Took me 11 years to finish @ UConn, then on to Duke for MBA

My Mom and I didn't graduate, according to standards some are trying to re-impose on athletes ... if this is truly about education, the new models (NIL, Transfer Portal) are set up for these young athletes to do just that - get an education, and then some; opportunities that many could only dream of (which really gets to the issue, imho) --- I don't throw stones b/c I live in a glass house

There is nothing that says these guys can't remain at their universities as students, fully funded even.

So you could still do that.

Unfortunately, the constant transfers make it nearly impossible to achieve anything that looks remotely like an education. For normal students, their credits don't transfer en masse, and if the same standard is used, then there's no way for these players to major and graduate. UNLESS you stick them in bogus majors run by someone friendly to the athletic department -- in which case that's not a real education either. I write this as someone whose duties include approving transfer credits toward a major.

 

[Flipside]

There is nothing that says these guys can't remain at their universities as students, fully funded even.

So you could still do that.

Unfortunately, the constant transfers make it nearly impossible to achieve anything that looks remotely like an education. For normal students, their credits don't transfer en masse, and if the same standard is used, then there's no way for these players to major and graduate. UNLESS you stick them in bogus majors run by someone friendly to the athletic department -- in which case that's not a real education either. I write this as someone whose duties include approving transfer credits toward a major.

I hear you, and trust, I'm old school and long for my glorious past too, so agree with most of your points

... but this is a new world; e.g. remote classes, nothing can ever hold up to our "realness" and what we deem is the proper experience (I used to walk 15 miles each way to school, uphill in both directions)

While folks try to cap an age on legitimate college students (athletes), who (personal sandbox moment: are enjoying the spoils of what they create), once many of those same folks reach AARP age, they usually sing a very different "It shouldn't matter" employment toon (albeit on the other side) about age discrimination, bla bla bla

(rant off)