Easy fix for the foreign recruiting issue in the NCAA

Your suggestion and also cap the maximum age for domestic or foreign D1 athletes at 25. People that went on religious missions, took a gap year or two, or served in the military could still complete 3-4 years of college sports in that time.

Your topic title assumes there's an issue where, in reality, you think there's an issue that isn't an issue..

Why?

And since you dislike foreigners competing, why are you okay encouraging them to come even earlier? You want them to dominate NXN and Footlocker?

cross country isn’t the only NCAA sport

College needs to go back to four years of eligibility. And if someone doesn’t graduate in four years all of their results are vacated and all scholarship money repaid. NIL money should be held in a trust, dependent upon graduation.

Hah good one! You are kidding, right?

You're take is trash in all aspects so I won't elaborate on that, but maybe you should think about why you felt so compelled to write this. Are you not as good as you want to be in running? Do you feel that if these African athletes weren't coming over, you would actually have more of a chance at a scholarship? Did Dave Smith pull his offer to you and give it to a Kenyan guy that helped them win a title instead? Probably not. Schools wouldn't need to recruit from Kenya if America had the abundance of elite level talent that they do...but we don't. These guys are 25 still trying to be great at running. Most American kids have swallowed the dream at that point and moved on. Which you one day will too. And maybe have a little more sympathy for these guys trying to better their lives from a place none of us could last a week in without losing it.

As with the problem with so many aspects of this country - we spend American money on anything and everything non-American.

Everytime a foreigner sets foot on an American campus, an American student loses their opportunity.

Maybe the American could go to the University of Eldoret?

This would then be the only nation that would disallow international students from participating in college athletics because they are international students. I don't think that's realistic.

A more realistic approach would be to reinstate an old 20th century rule many NCAA universities had, that freshmen, transfers, or other first year students cannot participate in competition during their first year at their new school. If you wanted to use a 27 year old Kenyan on your T&F team, he would have to be a student at your school for a full year first. Would he be willing to do that?

The new roster size rules make that impractical.

If anything should be done, it’s just stricter requirements and verification around whether international students are still amateurs when they come over.

What other nations have college athletics like the United States? LOL.

On scholarship?

That is because other nations aren't willing to give full rides to anyone but their own.

i played D3 soccer and track. we had a few foreign kids on the soccer team. at our level they are paying for the education, they should be allowed to play just like me.

my old solution would have been anyone with permanent status can play or get scholarships, but for those here on education visas, foreign players who pay their way can play but no D1 or D2 foreign player scholarships. however if we are shifting towards a "paying players" model, then walkons who pay their way are gone.

i have no problem with foreigners playing on college teams they help pay for. i also think private schools can put on the team and fund whoever they want, within discrimination limits. but i do think if i am paying taxes to state A used to fund school A State, ideally a lot of the team and scholarships should be to A kids, or at least americans, and that it's goofy to be giving foreign kids rides to A State that my taxes pay for.

i don't support the xenophobic version of this -- if they are willing to pay tuition, join the team -- but i think paying taxes to fund scholarships going to foreign players to squeeze out in-state or domestic players is absurd. in UK/europe my experience was they might make school free or cheaper for their nationals but charge the heck out of us. i realize at the D3 level they pay closer to sticker to come here. which is turnabout as fair play. but if at D1 or D2 an athlete comes here free but a domestic kid is paying tuition, that's nuts.

What about folks who just want to enroll in college for academics? Should they also be required to attend a US high school?

Schools where their best sprinter ran for another country.

USC....Andre Degrasse Canada

Fresno State....Mike Agostini Trinidad

Stanford....Ododi Nigeria

Azusa Pacific....Davidson Ezinwa Nigeria

Hasley Crawford......Trinidad

UCLA.....Ato Boldon Trinidad

BYU,,,,Frankie Fredericks Namibia

Illinois.....Herb McKenley Jamaica

UTEP.....Oba Thompson Barbados

LSU.....Richard Thompson Trinidad

Oregon....Harry Jerome Canada

NCC....Edwin Roberts Trinidad

TCU.....Ray Stewart Jamaica

Lubbock...Daneil Effiong ==Nigeria

Missouri.....Chidi Imoh Nigeria

Michigan....Tom Robinson Bahamas

LA State.....Stanley Allotey Ghana

Miss State....Steve Mullings Jamaica

I would say the Canada ones aren't as bad because it is so close and a lot easier and reasonable for a Canadian to compete in America then say some random country.

I agree with that and that was Eastern Michigan with Crawford,

While not the best Glenroy Gilbert LSU. Desai Williams Clemson and Chuck Francis were all Canadian spriinters at USA schools. Feel like I'm missing someone.

USC had Degrasse but also had Jamaicans Don Quarrie and Lennox Miller also Olympic medalists, BYU;s all time 4x1 all African sprinters,