Marauder44 wrote:
Correct. You can compete as a professional in one sport and retain eligibility in another. Football, baseball and basketball players do it all the time. Usually it involves minor league baseball. I recall one former NFL player who came back and ran the 400m at Drake in the 1990's.
So Lukas could do pro triathlon and then come back and do cross country??
kartelite wrote:
So Lukas could do pro triathlon and then come back and do cross country??
Two issues with this:
1. Not sure how NCAA views triathlon. It is possible that it makes you ineligible for swimming and XC/track.
2. You cannot accept sponsorship dollars and retain NCAA eligibility in any sport. That is fine with the minor league baseball, as they get good bonus money/salary and Louisville slugger isn't offering multimillions to minor league players, but a whole host of smaller sports (skiing, cycling, triathlon among them) rely on sponsorship to provide a major part of athlete income.
TrackFan19 wrote:
Really, Bro? wrote:I'm pretty sure that is false. I saw UT football coach Mac Brown talking on the news last night about how Goodwin will be back at football practice after the Olympics. He couldn't play football for UT if he was a professional athlete.
Not true at all. There have been several athletes who were professional in one sport and came back to compete in the NCAA in another sport.
Athletes can't sign sponsorship deals with companies and continue to compete in other NCAA sports. If Goodwin indeed signed with Nike, then he can't play football.
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