NCAA approves landmark age-based eligibility model
The NCAA Division I Cabinet has unanimously voted to approve the age-based eligibility model, sources tell On3.
Football NCAA approves landmark age-based eligibility model
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Well this will probably stand up until the first court case.
Exemptions for pregnancy/military/mission? Are those separate categories, or do pregnancy and mission refer to missionary position used to achieve pregnancy? If not, what exactly is mission referring to?
Church missions. Definitely Mormon, maybe a couple others.
I've always said (cynically) that they may as well go directly to unlimited eligibility for all, because that's where the money is and I think that's where we're headed. Semi-pro NCAA. Not that I'm a fan of it...
I always think to myself "why bother with all these rules if they are always going to be challenged in court"?
Just curious what about this rule makes you say this? Seems like the opposite. The new rule is stated clearly with the handful of allowed exemptions being very black and white. If ever there was promise for some structure to come, this is it. I’m not holding my breath but this is at least a good first step.
I hope you're right. To my cynical mind, the only key part is "4-->5" and the rest is fluff to disguise the master plan, ha ha...
I missed my last year of little league due to an injury. I wonder if I can find a lawyer to help me get that year back. Thinking I can demolish those little buggers on 60 foot basepaths.
Yes - there’s that. But what’s really happening is that the games with redshirting are going away and instead of those “games” everyone is simply eligible during that time period making it all cut and dry.
I’m a former board member for the league in town. I can pull some strings for you
In all seriousness, I think it's a good edict and I believe the NCAA is sincere about this. But I think the various entities in the bigger equation, who have been radically changing college sports in the past decade or so, will simply use it as a springboard for accomplishing their own objectives...
There’s nothing to sue over. Everyone is equal. Injuries are an unlucky break. They happen. By making it 5 years they are covering the 4 year span of a student athlete’s academic endeavor with a 1 year buffer. Setting age parameters around the years immediately following traditional high school graduation makes complete sense. Pay or not, that’s what playing for a college is about traditionally. The rule is logical.
So it begins...
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Suit alleges new NCAA rule unfair to high school Class of 2022
Less than 24 hours after the NCAA Division I Cabinet approved a monumental change in eligibility rules, a group of 15 college basketball players filed a lawsuit claiming the new age-based model unfairly shuts them out of further competition.
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As sure as the sun will rise in the East and set in the West......So it begins...
Suit alleges new NCAA rule unfair to high school Class of 2022
Less than 24 hours after the NCAA Division I Cabinet approved a monumental change in eligibility rules, a group of 15 college basketball players filed a lawsuit claiming the new age-based model unfairly shuts them out of further competition.
Sure there is something to sue over. There always is. What was illogical about 5 years to play 4 ?
And sports like hockey generally have players play in juniors until they age out at 19 and then come to college at 20.