Insane: Pro sprinter Louie Hinchcliffe allowed to return to NCAA. And he's competing at Big 12s this weekend!!!

HS records and NCAA records are a joke. Age group records matter more.

Leaving Houston to train with Kelty in north east England was aways a bizarre decision, if you’re a sub-10 guy you need good weather and fast training partners. No surprise he had a disaster year, hopefully he can get back on track in Houston.

I have no idea what the NCAA is doing anymore, though. Hopefully they’ll set some clear guidelines on this stuff or at least some age limits, but I’m not holding my breath. What’s stopping Oregon from calling Wanyonyi and offering him a million dollar NIL deal?

Like schools haven’t been doing this Kenyans already?

Why is a 23 year old pro athlete going back down to the NCAAs to race 18-21 year olds?

Fantastic news for Lutkenhaus! When he competes in his fifth and final Olympics in 2044, he can return to college at the ripe old age of 35! Perfect.

NCAA basketball is doing the same. A couple 25 year old bigs that didn’t make it in the D league are now coming back to at least make a couple million in college. it’s f*cking crazy but it’s where we’re at. I’m bout to just give up on d1 all together. It has officially become the minor leagues for pro sports. Might as watch some d2 kids who play or run cause they love it.

Yeah technically a pro deal can add conditions for performance (times, placements, etc) while the NIL is simply for the athlete representing their brand through Name, Image, and Likeness (without regard for how well they do).

In all reality though, this is surely easily skirted.

For the coaching.

I told a race director for a race where I'd finished third that I couldn't accept the prize money due to NCAA rules. He gave me a baseball cap lol.

The NCAA D3 runner up ran into trouble this year for accepting prize money at CIM though. Which seems crazy when pros can literally turn their shoe deal into a NIL and return to the NCAA - and keep all their winnings from their time as pros.

Diadora is offering a NIL with a condition - first hs'er to run sub 4 in their spike.

What’s wrong with letting pros compete in the NCAA? NCAA football players are making $5-$6m now. Track athletes should be able to sign a $250k pro deal and still compete in the NCAA.

Unlikely. Hinchcliffe never competed professionally in the US. Lutkenhaus has. One would think the distinction shouldn't matter, but it does--for now, at least.

https://www.letsrun.com/forum/flat_read.php?thread=14037995#post-1

LOL.

Please, tell me, has Shawn Maswanganye developed at all? Or, has he slowly regressed? Hems been there a long time now. Better yet, has anybody developed there?

Brother, Thats what I'm saying. The development will go to Mid Majors, D2, and D3. And the power 4 could end up being a legit professional track league. Power 4 would break away from the rest but thats been a long time coming with all these rule changes.

Yes, Louis Hichliffe developed there. (OP doesn't know how to spell "Hichliffe").