Eligibility is going to come crashing downâŚ
just a matter of time.
Chris Reynolds start warming up that arm.
Anybody else on this board prepared to completely drop support for college sports if unlimited eligibility is allowed and or the academic component is removed?
If either of those happen Iâm done.
Itâs bad enough as is but that would be an abomination.
Yup. I already have one foot out. If eligibility rules go away, Iâll still root for us and maybe go to a few games, but likely cease donating and buying season tickets.
Same. Close now also. Been with football since day 1. I didnât sign up for any of this.
Same. Almost there now
If the players are not students I wonât be rooting for us and I wonât be watching.
Yes we have had academic scandals, fake classes lack of educational rigor etc. etc. in America but the majority of players were actual students.
If that goes it rips out the heart of it. They can shut it all down for all I care.
That sentiment is so widely held that I think some semblance of classic college athletics will survive. Simply because there are enough people, and even schools, who want to support that model.
I still see a fracture coming between the pro franchises and the schools who want to stick to as much of the classic setup as the courts will allow. Will be interesting to see how it shakes out.
In the ideal world the 30-40 schools that can operate like a pro franchise go do that.
The rest of us find some sort of legal place where we get athletes to commit to 3 years and with education and a stipend and cost of attendance as adequate trade off.
Take what ever school are doing that and make amen common sense conferences.
Iâm really trying to hold out until the break happens, but itâs getting awfully hard.
I hope the break happens asap and Iâll be fine if we go full non scholarship and play all schools in NC SC in a bus league.
I would have more fun with that anyway.
I want to be in a division where we have a chance to compete for national titles and I donât care about what division it is.
We need a coalition of leaders who would actually have the balls to do this in enough schools to get the ball rolling.
The top 40 or P4 can all go live in their private hell.
If extra eligibility is granted. Whatâs to keep an ex player from coming back.
Even if they played pro.
I mean they are getting paid now.
Whatâs to stop Alex Highsmith, when he canât make a roster in NFL anymore, from enrolling in classes and joining the team again?
How much would a team pay to get Derick Henry on a college roster??? lol
clt says plavich and jobey and can still shoot, letâs get them on the roster.
Thatâs the question. If this passes and Alabama offers more money to Cam Ward than his rookie contract, whatâs to stop him from going to Alabama instead of the Titans?
Itâs already happened. Ewers was offered way more to play in college than heâll make in the nfl. Dumb to turn it down imho
My point is, even if he gets drafted. If there is not eligibility restriction, why canât Alabama go head to head for players? Why canât they sign Christian McCaffrey?