Why have eligibility limits at all at this point? It's straight up professional athletics anyway, so why limit the length of an athlete's career? If a quarterback can make a nice living playing "college" football for 15 years, playing for 15 different teams as he bounces from one NIL deal to the next, why not? He's making more than he'd make graduating and sitting in a cubicle.
As far as football goes, the best are going to want to move on to the “big show” and will continue to go pro after 3 years.
If I was a good but not top recruit I'd like this - run well in undergrad and then do a 5th year at Duke, ND, UVA, etc. Terrible for American high schoolers though
So yes the very best go pro but 98% get a free degree
Have you see the graduation rates for college football. They might have some generall access to a degree.... but actually earning one? Not so much in a lot of cases.
As long as they tie it into grades and actual classes taken. when i was in college we had mandatory study hours after practice. I doubt that is still done
You didn't read the post that I responded to. He claimed that 5 years doesn't mean much because football players go to the NFL. I pointed out that only 2% go pro. The 98% are the remaining who are getting their degree paid for. Whether they finish or not was not the point. They get room, board, and tuition paid for. Expanding eligibility to 5 years will greatly increase the amount of football players who graduate.
If you are a great athlete, you're bypassing college, if not, you need to go get a job.
You don't have to spread out over 5 years. Finish BA in 4 and then do a masters.
With red shirts and injury, many kids are on campus 5-6 years already with only 12 seasons of running eligibility.
At schools that are generous in accepting AP credits, kids complete Bachelors in 3 years and then do bigger grad programs. Also if you are on campus for summer, that also makes it easier to finish early.
Chmiel did b.s. and m.s., Tuohy did 2 b.s. degrees. An Arizona basketball player did B.a. and first 2 years of law school while playing in the former PAC.
With generous scholarship, may as well max out what you get for it.
You didn't read the post that I responded to. He claimed that 5 years doesn't mean much because football players go to the NFL. I pointed out that only 2% go pro. The 98% are the remaining who are getting their degree paid for. Whether they finish or not was not the point. They get room, board, and tuition paid for. Expanding eligibility to 5 years will greatly increase the amount of football players who graduate.
I did read it. And you are still wrong.
100% get access to a college degree, not 98%.
Less than a third actually "get" the college degree.
You wrote that "98% get a free degree." That is wildly wrong.
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