maybe a change to honoring a scholarship for mutliple years instead of 1

[PANDFAN]

Associated Press
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Schools are objecting to an NCAA reform measure on multiyear scholarships sought by university presidents.

More than 75 schools want to override a proposal allowing multiyear athletic scholarships rather than one-year renewable awards. That's the number of dissenters needed for reconsideration by the Division I Board of Directors when it meets next month in Indianapolis.

More schools have objected to NCAA plans to give athletes a $2,000 stipend for living costs not covered by scholarships. That proposal also returns to the Board of Directors.

Both measures were pushed by NCAA president Mark Emmert and adopted as emergency legislation after a presidential summit in August.

A permanent reversal could force schools to have two sets of standards, with an obligation to honor multiyear scholarship offers for some students but not others.

 

[crzychris]

The NCAA needs to separate small D-1 schools from the same level as the big-revenue schools. Those 75ish schools are preventing real reform for the big programs that desperately need it.

 

[NYMIKE6]

The NCAA needs to separate small D-1 schools from the same level as the big-revenue schools. Those 75ish schools are preventing real reform for the big programs that desperately need it.

exactly, but unfortunately i don't see this happening.

 

[Buster Bluth]

The NCAA needs to separate small D-1 schools from the same level as the big-revenue schools. Those 75ish schools are preventing real reform for the big programs that desperately need it.

I disagree entirely. The smaller FBS schools don't profit from their teams (most don't), therefore they have an unbiased view of what amateurism is.

You get free housing, free books, free food, and no tuition. Tens of thousands of kids work their asses off for scholarships all through high school, there is still clearly a demand.

If you think you need more money to live during school, go take out a student loan or get a campus job in the off-season. I worked with an Ohio State walk-on for months; he needed the money so he worked a campus job. OR, if you really think the NCAA is screwing you...don't go to an NCAA-affiliated school. Go to the NAIA. Go to Canada. Go to Europe. Go anywhere else but to the NCAA, they aren't forcing you to go to college, it's simply in your best interest 99% of the time.

Besides, giving the players a stipend solves no problems. All you did is give them tattoo money.

If anything, the NCAA should rule that walk-ons get free food like the rest of them. I understand that their educations aren't paid for, and that they pay for books and housing, but we live in a world where the players who work their asses off just as hard (if not harder) than the scholarship guys have to pay for meals at simple team functions. THAT is the ridiculous aspect.

I say all of this as a cousin to a current captain of Ohio State's swim team, a former captain of Ohio State's wrestling team, and a brother to two sisters who earned D-1 track scholarships. I have a bit of experience around the lifestyles of college athletes.

 

[Buster Bluth]

unless I am way off and you aren't talking about the $2,000 stipend? hahah

 

[Rocky2820]

I disagree entirely. The smaller FBS schools don't profit from their teams (most don't), therefore they have an unbiased view of what amateurism is.

You get free housing, free books, free food, and no tuition. Tens of thousands of kids work their asses off for scholarships all through high school, there is still clearly a demand.

If you think you need more money to live during school, go take out a student loan or get a campus job in the off-season. I worked with an Ohio State walk-on for months; he needed the money so he worked a campus job. OR, if you really think the NCAA is screwing you...don't go to an NCAA-affiliated school. Go to the NAIA. Go to Canada. Go to Europe. Go anywhere else but to the NCAA, they aren't forcing you to go to college, it's simply in your best interest 99% of the time.

Besides, giving the players a stipend solves no problems. All you did is give them tattoo money.

If anything, the NCAA should rule that walk-ons get free food like the rest of them. I understand that their educations aren't paid for, and that they pay for books and housing, but we live in a world where the players who work their asses off just as hard (if not harder) than the scholarship guys have to pay for meals at simple team functions. THAT is the ridiculous aspect.
I say all of this as a cousin to a current captain of Ohio State's swim team, a former captain of Ohio State's wrestling team, and a brother to two sisters who earned D-1 track scholarships. I have a bit of experience around the lifestyles of college athletes.

Did not know that. The NCAA is so stupid with some things, and this one is near the top of the list.

 

[kmoose]

Associated Press
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Schools are objecting to an NCAA reform measure on multiyear scholarships sought by university presidents.

More than 75 schools want to override a proposal allowing multiyear athletic scholarships rather than one-year renewable awards. That's the number of dissenters needed for reconsideration by the Division I Board of Directors when it meets next month in Indianapolis.

More schools have objected to NCAA plans to give athletes a $2,000 stipend for living costs not covered by scholarships. That proposal also returns to the Board of Directors.

Both measures were pushed by NCAA president Mark Emmert and adopted as emergency legislation after a presidential summit in August.

A permanent reversal could force schools to have two sets of standards, with an obligation to honor multiyear scholarship offers for some students but not others.

I'm not philosophically against multi-year scholarships, but I think you have to have a plan for the knuckleheads. Scholarships are limited. Even moreso for sports like basketball. So let's say you get some kid that comes in and does nothing but cause trouble, resulting in him being kicked off of the team(think Maurice Clarrett). Do you still have to honor his scholarship? Let's say he gets arrested, and ends up in jail? Does he default his scholarship, or does that scholarship still count against your limit?

 

[Rocky2820]

I'm not philosophically against multi-year scholarships, but I think you have to have a plan for the knuckleheads. Scholarships are limited. Even moreso for sports like basketball. So let's say you get some kid that comes in and does nothing but cause trouble, resulting in him being kicked off of the team(think Maurice Clarrett). Do you still have to honor his scholarship? Let's say he gets arrested, and ends up in jail? Does he default his scholarship, or does that scholarship still count against your limit?

I am in favor of multi-year scholarships but agree that you'd have to put certain provisions in place, such as staying out of legal trouble, adhering to a reasonable extent to the university's code of conduct, and maintaining a certain GPA.

 

[tadman95]

Are we sure it's just the smaller schools we're talking about? Thought I read where most, if not all of the SEC coaches were against the 4 year scholarship for obvious reasons.