Let’s say you want to build a great track team but have only 12 scholarships.
Now imagine having an additional 7 scholarships for XC. You can give the to 5000m runners, 1500m runners, 800m runners. You can also Ben give them to long jumpers.
It really becomes 19 track and field scholarships.
Let’s say you want to build a great track team but have only 12 scholarships.
Now imagine having an additional 7 scholarships for XC. You can give the to 5000m runners, 1500m runners, 800m runners. You can also Ben give them to long jumpers.
It really becomes 19 track and field scholarships.
But they already do this to put extra football players on scholarship by giving them track scholarships. If football can do this then XC should also be able to do it.
Let’s say you want to build a great track team but have only 12 scholarships.
Now imagine having an additional 7 scholarships for XC. You can give the to 5000m runners, 1500m runners, 800m runners. You can also Ben give them to long jumpers.
It really becomes 19 track and field scholarships.
But they already do this to put extra football players on scholarship by giving them track scholarships. If football can do this then XC should also be able to do it.
In D1... if you are a recruited football athlete you cannot be on scholarship in another sport.
This rule was implemented because of the very scenario you described.
You CAN be a football scholarship player and also play another sport... but you don't count against that sports scholarship limit. Just the roster limit.
It was done to be cheaper. Cross only programs (different than track teams that have only distance runners) have fewer scholarships. I believe it is 5 maximum.
Won't matter moving forward anyway. While I am not real clear on why DI wants to move to head count (although I get the roster cap), every administrator/Executive committee members, say it's coming.
In D1... if you are a recruited football athlete you cannot be on scholarship in another sport.
This rule was implemented because of the very scenario you described.
You CAN be a football scholarship player and also play another sport... but you don't count against that sports scholarship limit. Just the roster limit.
So? Recruit him for track then allow him to play football. Do you really think this doesn't happen?
If you are on a “track scholarship” and play football it counts against football limit. the rule is made so football can’t have additional scholarship athletes on their already bloated scholarship limit.
therefore you can be on a football scholarship and run track, but you won’t be in a track scholarship and play football.
But they already do this to put extra football players on scholarship by giving them track scholarships. If football can do this then XC should also be able to do it.
In D1... if you are a recruited football athlete you cannot be on scholarship in another sport.
This rule was implemented because of the very scenario you described.
You CAN be a football scholarship player and also play another sport... but you don't count against that sports scholarship limit. Just the roster limit.
So... You could be a walk on football player with a track scholarship. If the school doesn't care about your points in track and uses it as football conditioning, its an extra football scholarship, albeit with some strings attached - ie the track meets.
You don't seem to understand the point. If you are on a track scholarship, but then choose to also play football, that scholarship will no longer count against track limits, but will count as football scholarship. Unless you are a very good football player, most football programs will not go for this, as they have to pay the scholarship and potentially lose some control over the athlete. There are less and less dual sports athletes in football and track at the D1 level because football wants to control what the athlete is doing every day. For those who are able/allowed to do both, they miss large portions of the track season, due to spring football practice and scrimmages.
And so? Women get 18 while men get 12.6. The point is that any limit is fair if it applies to all schools. NCAA D1 has a limit of 12.6 for track and cross country. All schools have the same limit and restriction.
People bring this up so often. Distance runners should be happy that they have 3 sports. If separate XC scholarships existed, it wouldn't really change anything.