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[QUOTE="Fairfield Fan, post: 2662589, member: 6911"]
I don't care whether they are talented or not, whether the incoming coach wants them or not.  This is about decency and fairness.  As an increasing number of student-athletes are saying is that this one-year scholarship system is grossly unfair to the students.  It is entirely slanted to the needs of whichever coach there is.  And that's not fair.

This is supposedly an amateur system.  Indeed, the NCAA pounds away that most of these kids won't turn pro, that it's about receiving an education, that this is about a "university", not a team.  But then we're confronted with the professional nature of this entire system.  The university hires a new coach who wants different players.  So the kids there, the university students, suffer the loss of their scholarships, they're essentially told that they can come up with big bucks to stay in school, or else they can hit the road.  Perfectly understandable if this is a pro team.  But it's not.

If there is any consideration for the student-athletes at all, this system has to be changed.  If this is an amateur system, then the coach needs to just suck it up, and make the most of the players she has until the scholarships open up.  Otherwise, pay them.
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