NCAA Extra Year of Eligibility

[Edward Sargent]

Just heard a news report in Tampa that the NCAA is considering giving an extra year of eligibility to athletes.

Anyone else hearing this?

 

[Kathy]

Just heard a news report in Tampa that the NCAA is considering giving an extra year of eligibility to athletes.

Anyone else hearing this?

For athletes involved in spring sports - I posted it in a different thread.

 

[Edward Sargent]

It isn't spring?

 

[Kathy]

It isn't spring?

Basketball is a winter sport

 

[Dream Jobbed 2.0]

It isn't spring?

March 20th

 

[Kemba'sYogurt]

For athletes involved in spring sports - I posted it in a different thread.

They're still exploring ways to make it work with Winter sports as well.

Took the excerpt below from: NCAA pushing rule change to allow athletes impacted by coronavirus to regain eligibility

Extending similar scholarship relief to those participating in winter sports, namely men's and women's basketball, will be discussed for student-athletes "who were unable to participate in conference or NCAA champions," the letter continued.

 

[Kathy]

They're still exploring ways to make it work with Winter sports as well.

Took the excerpt below from: NCAA pushing rule change to allow athletes impacted by coronavirus to regain eligibility

Extending similar scholarship relief to those participating in winter sports, namely men's and women's basketball, will be discussed for student-athletes "who were unable to participate in conference or NCAA champions," the letter continued.

Not sure how they are gonna get any of this to work.

 

[UconnU]

Not sure how they are gonna get any of this to work.

Make it really narrow. Seniors who have good grades, on track to graduate in spring, remained at a school for 3 years, players who missed their conference tournaments... etc

 

[Kathy]

Make it really narrow. Seniors who have good grades, on track to graduate in spring, remained at a school for 3 years, players who missed their conference tournaments... etc

That's still a huge impact.

 

[TheRogers]

Make it really narrow. Seniors who have good grades, on track to graduate in spring, remained at a school for 3 years, players who missed their conference tournaments... etc

I agree with this but boy do I already see the discrimination suits piling up.

 

[Kathy]

I agree with this but boy do I already see the discrimination suits piling up.

If they do it I don't see how they can use any metric except were they eligible to play at the time of cancellation.

 

[TheRogers]

If they do it I don't see how they can use any metric except were they eligible to play at the time of cancellation.

And not count them as a scholarship

 

[Jay-Bone]

Imagine if you had 5 seniors on your team, and five incoming freshmen to replace them, that would be bonkers. Would they all get scholarships?

 

[Ajs120102]

Only thing that might be worrisome even with the extra year of eligibility is that since this infection has a couple disease cycles, if there isn’t a vaccine by the fall then it might be a major issue. The virus will probably fade a lot in the summer but itll likely return in the fall with a vengeance 1) basketball starts in the fall 2) we won’t have a vaccine to make it safe to play. So I wouldn’t be shocked in the slightest if the next year of basketball is effected and/or be in jeopardy. I just hope everyone stays safe.

 

[EROCK CONN]

Imagine if you had 5 seniors on your team, and five incoming freshmen to replace them, that would be bonkers. Would they all get scholarships?

yes.

 

[Waquoit]

Yeah, no. You go to college for the classes.

 

[UCSouth]

Not sure how they are gonna get any of this to work.

They would have to consider the number of allowed scholarships. Who would Hurley run off in order to keep the incoming recruits?

 

[huskypantz]

Make it really narrow. Seniors who have good grades, on track to graduate in spring, remained at a school for 3 years, players who missed their conference tournaments... etc

I think this is the correct direction. First note - I don't think you'll see a huge number of interested kids outside of those with professional aspirations who don't wish to or can't jump to the pros. If I'm a hockey player who gets a shift every other game or a pitcher getting an inning in midweek games as a senior, is there any real benefit to committing to another full year of school, off-season workouts, practice etc to repeat that song & dance? If I'm a hockey player with a pro skillset, I may choose to get drafted and move on.

• Senior in the fall 2019
• Current undergrad only (can't be post-grad)
• Good academic standing
• Cannot be a transfer student
• Scholarship does not count against limit
• Cannot transfer and use eligibility elsewhere
• Must participate in full 20-21 academic year
  • Not sure what you do here - if they were going to graduate, does that mean they need to apply for and be accepted into a graduate degree program? I guess it must......unless they can pursue a second undergrad degree?????

 

[rman726]

Must participate in full 20-21 academic year

• Not sure what you do here - if they were going to graduate, does that mean they need to apply for and be accepted into a graduate degree program? I guess it must......unless they can pursue a second undergrad degree?????

i feel like they already do that all the time. There are always tons of transfers every year taking a year off, redshirts, and grad transfers, all of which results in five year students. It never seems to be an issue. Will this result in several hundred cases? Sure, but I don’t think they will have a problem finding courses for them to take.

 

[RayIsTheGOAT]

If they grant seniors an extra year of eligibility, it's likely a good percentage of seniors still wouldn't return.

But then again, getting a post-grad degree along with 1 more go at the NCAA tourney is pretty enticing for seniors who aren't quite at the level of making sustainable money playing pro basketball.

Having said that, this would greatly benefit UConn. We could be a bit shorthanded next year as it is. Let's assume CV and AG come back, and the NCAA allows extra scholarships.

PG: Cole, Gilbert, Gaffney
SG: Vital, Bouknight
SF(ish): Jackson, Polley, Adams, Wilson(?)
PF: Whaley, Springs, Akok (med. RS?)
C: Carlton, Brown-Ferguson

That is insane, and probably would never happen. Certain guys would be probably be unhappy with playing time. And that would be the issue across the country if the NCAA does this. There would be a lot of player movement.

But basically, yes please to one more year of CV.

 

[ClifSpliffy]

I agree with this but boy do I already see the discrimination suits piling up.

please don't mention lawyers. we have enuf on our plate as it is, and really don't need to be thinking aboot 'the next plague.' lol.

 

[uconnbill]

Most seniors would go on with life after college but some would take up the NCAA on this possible offer. I would hope they would make it so they wouldn't count on the 13 scholarship but only for those seniors who decide to stay.

I will admit I would love CV to come back along AG but my guess that won't happen as CV can make some money overseas or the NBA D-league

 

[Stinger92860]

Which schools can afford the cost of the extra scholarships? Oh yea, the P5.

 

[gtcam]

IF that ever happened to include seniors this year, imagine the numbers of players reopening their recruitment. NCAA would have to let those who desired out of their LOIs. It would be a free for all and only those who were certain lottery picks would be leaving.
Don't know if it would be the most ideal or even equitable decision, if it came up to that, but it would be nice and justifiable for great young men like CV and AG.

 

[bigknight3]

Which schools can afford the cost of the extra scholarships? Oh yea, the P5.

Saw somewhere, I think Geno mentioned that there's already a precedent for this.

If a player is offered a medical redshirt or there's a hardship waiver that grants an extra scholarship to the team but the school can't afford to pay that scholarship the NCAA would foot the bill.

Ie. The Diarra situation this year that allowed Springs to get a scholarship. If Uconn documented that it couldn't pay then NCAA would cover it.