Yep, so we have a series of minor leagues JUCO (minor³)> DIII (lower minor²) > DII (upper minor minor²) > FCS (lower minor) > FBS (upper minor) > NFL...and in an alternate universe you have whatever the CFL pretends to be (I've watched the games when nothing esle was on, but this 3 down thing is as much football as lipsyncing during the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade is a real live performance). What's next, unlimited transferring in minor league college football where you get to compete until the age of 30?
NIL, ironically, is not the biggest challenge at the moment.
Having said that, I’ve sat in the coaches area of a P4 school after a reg season game and a lot of time is spent with parents who want to know what they can get in terms of $$$.
Holy smokes, I can only imagine how some of those conversations go..."Coach, my boy scored 2 TDs and ran for 100 yards today, I think that's worth $100K. Get it or he portals out next week...".
I think that stuff already happens, though. No program fires its coach these days without getting a thorough appraisal of who's likely to stay or leave first. Texas A&M, for instance, wanted to get rid of Jimbo but keep as many of his players as possible - so it decided to hire the guy who recruited a lot of those players in Mike Elko.
Peggy would have spent it all.
Charlie Baker was on Pat McAfee today and while I think he’s trying to bail water from the titanic as NCAA President, he made an interesting point.
Diego Pavia court ruling another potentially massive blow for NCAA — 'It's not going to end until we collectively bargain'
The 30,000-foot view of the Pavia decision: It not only paves the way for all junior college players to gain an additional year, but it may invite even more legal challenges over the NCAA's eligibility rules.sports.yahoo.com
If this get held up schools can use JUCOs as minor leagues. Basically park kids for a couple years until they are ready to go.
Issue seems that NCAA doesn't treat Juco and prep schools the same. A player can spend a year at a prep school without affecting his eligibility but if that same player had gone the Juco route, his eligibility clock would have started.
This would be a pretty huge boon for JuCos I would imagine. If this holds up I would assume NAIA will fall into the same umbrellaDiego Pavia court ruling another potentially massive blow for NCAA — 'It's not going to end until we collectively bargain'
The 30,000-foot view of the Pavia decision: It not only paves the way for all junior college players to gain an additional year, but it may invite even more legal challenges over the NCAA's eligibility rules.
If this get held up schools can use JUCOs as minor leagues. Basically park kids for a couple years until they are ready to go.
Once this happens there will just be a straight case to argue there should be no caps whatsoever. "Grad students should be able to play until their third PHD is completed!" I look forward to the 32 year old QBs and place kickers (sarcasm).
They'll warm up playing scrimmage games against the Jets
Ha, there is next move after the "unlimited rule" and that is why can't people play in the pros and then go back to college? I can just see it now; "Your starter today at QB is XYZ who you might remember played three years in the NFL and after a break has decided to ABC school at age 31 to get his MBA/PHD."They'll warm up playing scrimmage games against the Jets
I mean, one school is high school. One school is college. What am I missing??
This is a tricky debate. Some parents/kids are more sophisticated when it comes to eligibility, etc. For example, a kid who my son competed against who is 2 years older than him (son is a college sophomore) is playing D1 basketball and he is a redshirt freshman! He played the hold back/PG/redshirt game as his parents are very sophisticated when it comes to eligibility and have the money to afford it. And, there are many kids who do 1 year at a community college before going to college and use up a year of eligibility when they could have done a PG year if they understood the process or had the money to afford it and not used up a year.
They just play the robb classify game.
Articles might as well be novels at this point
Academics at boarding school are substantially superior to most public high schools. It is relatively common for kids transferring that they need to repeat a grade to catch up.
Juco is college sports. It is sports at a college. The JUCO kid couldn't afford a prep year at Loomis. That's the difference.
