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NCAA rules change

Foreign tours​

At the recommendation of the Men's and Women's Basketball Oversight Committees, the Cabinet approved a change allowing teams to complete a foreign tour annually, rather than once every four years, and expanded the proposed rule change to apply in all sports.
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Fencing to tour Transylvania.
Soccer going to Brasil and Argentina.
Béisbol to Venezuela.
Ice Hockey to … Duh! Canada.
Beach Volleyball. (Don’t ask.)


 
This creates a trade-off between money for NIL player payroll and money for foreign summer trips. I recall Geno making a statement last fall that said that European trips would probably not be possible because of the demands of NIL.

But there may be some schools with friendly billionaires who can afford to provide both handsome paychecks and summer foreign travel. I wonder how long that will last.
 
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SVCBeercats said:
Seems like frivolous way to waste an institute of higher learning's money and possibly people's tax money. Although the coaches get a great free vacation. I know money well spent on its marketing and advertising for a loss leader.
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It was my understanding that traveling abroad was a learning experience, especially for young adults. I know that when I was in the Navy during the same age period, I certainly learned a lot when we were docked in Spain and Scotland.
 
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SVCBeercats said:
Seems like frivolous way to waste an institute of higher learning's money and possibly people's tax money. Although the coaches get a great free vacation. I know money well spent on its marketing and advertising for a loss leader.
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My oldest son spent a semester in Hong Kong when he was in college. It was part of a semester abroad that is very common these days. Schools have these sessions because they feel students have a better rounded education by meeting people in other countries, learning their language, and culture. It wasn’t a vacation- he was part of a project to design traffic routes that incorporated a variety of factors (eg foot traffic, bike paths, retail centers etc). We paid his airfare and spending expenses but the school picked up the rest of the bill

Why should student athletes be denied a similar experience because they’re playing a sport?
 
HuskyNan said:
My oldest son spent a semester in Hong Kong when he was in college. It was part of a semester abroad that is very common these days. Schools have these sessions because they feel students have a better rounded education by meeting people in other countries, learning their language, and culture. It wasn’t a vacation- he was part of a project to design traffic routes that incorporated a variety of factors (eg foot traffic, bike paths, retail centers etc). We paid his airfare and spending expenses but the school picked up the rest of the bill

Why should student athletes be denied a similar experience because they’re playing a sport?
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"denied" is too strong
 
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During her university days, my wife spent a semester in Spain and a semester in Malta. In February we took a Med cruise and she was able to return to both Universities. By the way, today we celebrate our 49th anniversary. And they said it wouldn't last. Who new.
 
HuskyNan said:
My oldest son spent a semester in Hong Kong when he was in college. It was part of a semester abroad that is very common these days. Schools have these sessions because they feel students have a better rounded education by meeting people in other countries, learning their language, and culture. It wasn’t a vacation- he was part of a project to design traffic routes that incorporated a variety of factors (eg foot traffic, bike paths, retail centers etc). We paid his airfare and spending expenses but the school picked up the rest of the bill

Why should student athletes be denied a similar experience because they’re playing a sport?
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If it is associated with an educational program then no problem. Sports??????? No!!!!!!!

With NIL the players can pay their own way. Heck many of them probably collect more in NIL than many of their coaches' income. These are boondoggles. UCONN's money can be better spent sending top tier students to other countries to participate in science and/or art programs. Some players could be included judging by their GPAs. UCONN is an educational institute? No? Or just basketball player factory? Next season they can experience culture from 6 different countries in their own locker-room, not counting many more in the general school populace.
 
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TWG236 said:
During her university days, my wife spent a semester in Spain and a semester in Malta. In February we took a Med cruise and she was able to return to both Universities. By the way, today we celebrate our 49th anniversary. And they said it wouldn't last. Who new.
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Happy anniversary! 49 years of marriage takes a lot of hard work. My hat goes off to you both!
 
cabbie191 said:
Or South Dakota, home of the “Corn Palace”!
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Learned something new today. Adding a new section to the notebook to cover states and corn references. Love it! 😁

Teacher Studying GIF
 
HuskyNan said:
My oldest son spent a semester in Hong Kong when he was in college. It was part of a semester abroad that is very common these days. Schools have these sessions because they feel students have a better rounded education by meeting people in other countries, learning their language, and culture. It wasn’t a vacation- he was part of a project to design traffic routes that incorporated a variety of factors (eg foot traffic, bike paths, retail centers etc). We paid his airfare and spending expenses but the school picked up the rest of the bill

Why should student athletes be denied a similar experience because they’re playing a sport?
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They aren't. Instead, they're getting the opportunity to travel annually while playing a sport. That's a different thing.

I am not opposed to doing a semester out of the country and agree that it is valuable. My daughter spent did a semester at Trinity College in Dublin. She took classes at Trinity and did clinicals at Saint James Hospital. I did a semester at Oxford University where I took classes in my speciality ultimately using that experience to write a a comparative analysis of the US and UK systems as a part of my degree. But both those things are very different the traveling abroad playing a sport for a few weeks. And, as with your son, neither opportunities were paid for by the universities we attended.

This is just another potential perk for athletes. I have no objection to that other than the fact that that it will be used to separate the haves from the have nots in college athletics.
 
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