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Poster: SuppySup
Subject: RE: BYU's Old Runners, Fair or Not?
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Wait 2 yrs, then start college wrote:

There's no law that says a HS grad has to go to college right out of high school. The NCAA eligibility clock doesn't start until you attend your first college classes. I used to advise kids to stay home for one or two years after graduation doing nothing but increasing mileage to collegiate/national level, then start college as a 20 year old frosh. If you think about it, those first few years of college are usually a transistion period for track athletes anyway. Why waste one or two years of precious eligibility in development?


The thing about going on a mission as well is that they cannot train. Many missionaries gain weight because its hard to stay fit. There's no way a missionary could do any real training as they have tight schedules and can never leave their companion. Their companion would have to literally run with them, and they're generally only allotted 30 minutes for working out I believe.

Other than being 2 years older, they gain no benefits as any base they had is gone, and they'll essentially be starting over when they get back home.
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