If the coaches approved it, it seems like the NCAA has no reason to not approve it
Generally, one. But there are edge cases for medical, hardship and others. So lets say a player has a major injury after playing five games and misses two years. In this case, he could get three years: the year he was injured and the two years of recovery. I think we are getting a kid from BYU or Utah who took two years for a Mormon missionary.
Another year under a coach that isn't screwing his head up might get Allar to maximize his value. Not sure that is PSU though. Would he even play ahead of Becht?
I think Drew is done at PSU. We have our QB and have moved on.
Eventually I think they will have unlimited eligibility and possibly no requirements to take classes. You already have guys staying for 7 and 8 years.
At some point in the past I surmised that there probably needed to be a decoupling of major sports and academics. The US is the only country with major sports residing in academic institutions.
I don't know but this may not survive a challenge in court. Remember, these are now employees, for the most part. If a person is Mormon and has to go on a two year missionary, they could claim that they are being denied based on religion. Injury is the same. I don't know for sure but the courts getting involved and making these kids, for all intent and purpose, employees changes the game.
You now can only root for the jersey, not the person wearing it. Every CFB team today is effectively 100 free agents playing without contracts
It is really no different than the NFL or any other pro league. The pittsburgh steelers represent Pittsburgh in no way, shape or form. They'd all be gone in a NY heartbeat if the league and CBA didn't set up guidelines to make each team more competitive. Almost none of them are from PA. Yet, the league promotes this notion that you are only a fan if you support them through thick and thin. Well at least the steelers have been good. If you live in CLE or Indy, the idea of spending money and time rooting for ineptitude is laughable.
Agreed. For me, the NFL is nothing more than entertainment like any steamed movie or TV show. There is no emotional investment. With PSU I had emotional investment. It will be interesting to see how I feel next year with a new coach, staff, and players. Terry and Tony Rojas are the only ones that I really feel strongly about right now.
Correct. It is currently collapsing and in obvious free fall. This was easily foreseen. One can only assume the the power brokers ( Presidents, Administrations, Conference leaders) were/are much more enamored with ridiculous amounts of increased revenue than the original purpose of the institutions. —-Many parasites attached to this host.