What’s everyone’s thoughts on this? I can see it both ways, especially in the NIL era and kids making money. I don’t see how this fixed college basketball though. The portal is what needs addressed.
5 years of College Eligibility
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Why don’t we just forget about classes and throw in another game each week?
There’s truly no connection now between big time college sports and the academic side …which was the original basis for making it four years …so why not? Hell, they could just as easily make it six, seven or eight years.
We’ve reached the point where they need to officially admit it’s pro sports and get rid of the requirement that the players be enrolled in classes. Just admit that they’re university-sponsored pro teams. The players can still attend classes for free if they want, but it shall no longer be a requirement.
If we honestly and formally acknowledge what this is, then maybe we can set to bringing more rationale order and structure to it.
We’ve reached the point where they need to officially admit it’s pro sports and get rid of the requirement that the players be enrolled in classes. Just admit that they’re university-sponsored pro teams. The players can still attend classes for free if they want, but it shall no longer be a requirement.
If we honestly and formally acknowledge what this is, then maybe we can set to bringing more rationale order and structure to it.
I think for the first time in my life the possibility of being able to keep Kentucky players at the University of Kentucky for past 4 years very possible. It might be that we can keep them for 10 years sometime in the future or as long as they want. Hell we might even see in the future we're retired NBA players can come back to college and still play.
I think it's awesome because I think that's exactly where all this is headed.
If we can pay to keep our best players right here at home that's what we should do!!!!
I approve
I think it's awesome because I think that's exactly where all this is headed.
If we can pay to keep our best players right here at home that's what we should do!!!!
I approve
So the new norm could be park a player for 2 years in junior college followed by 5 years in another college?
That’s my question with it too. It sounds as if they’re giving everyone a redshirt year regardless if you played in a game or not. I guess they figure guys are going the 5th year route now anyways while the best are going on to the NBA.
Complete overhaul needed but no one has the nads for it.
The Oregon QB had 5 seasons of over 3,000 yards passing plus another year with 800 yds. 6 seasons total. 4 years plus a covid year plus a "Oh, why not" year. I know other players were 7th year guys.
I can see the NCAA's thoughts on this. For the non-NBA bound kids, this gives them another year to stay in school, make money on NIL, grow & develop. More mature players typically equal better sports for non-professional kids and most people avg 5 years in college, either just getting a bachelor's degree or getting a bachelor's in 3 years and an MBA in 2.
College basketball right now is better than it has been in 20 years and part of that is so many players in their fifth year because of the covid situation. I’m all for making that permanent because I like good college basketball. Doesn’t seem like rocket science.
It just keeps getting worse. Just make college a career for everyone.
I wish the NCAA would communicate some of their thinking more clearly, because this one sentence tweet gets everyone worked up without really knowing why they would consider it. Like maybe this replaces any form of waiver or redshirt. Or maybe it’s in conjunction with the JUCO rule change. I don’t know and there’s no way of knowing from the info we have. But at first glance, five years + transfer portal + scholarship limits increasing seems like a recipe for indefinite chaos.
Plus you’re entitled to a redshirt year if want one …and, if you’ve got a good enough sob story, to request one of those bonus waiver years that the NCAA now seems to grant so easily.2 years junior college then five years of D1 25 + years will soon be playing . What about grad school students too
At this rate, 30-year-old college players may soon become a real thing.
From what I have heard it sounds like a redshirt would be included in the 5 years deal. 5 years and this is all. ? Got to get that transfer fixed. Should not be every year.
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It's cute you still think academics are even close to a consideration in 2025. It's probably been decades since anyone involved in major college sports cared about that outside of the Ivy.
The NCAA has ZERO clue what it's doing right now, let alone how to handle the mess they've created. Absolutely clueless.
Because every time they try to do anything at all that puts up guard rails it gets struck down by the courts. They're hoping if they can do a little to give in preemptively it will stem some of the court cases. Almost any reasonable restriction on the portal or NIL will get struck down by the courts unless the players form a union and collectively bargain.
I don’t know that they’ve created it as much as the courts. I think they’re trying to adapt to what has been forced on them.
Completely different circumstances, but Virginia's kicker last year was 34. And Brandon Weeden was 28 when he played at Ok. St. in 2011.
I don't think this rule would be helpful for anything other than making college more like pro. Also wouldn't help Kentucky very much, at least in the short term. Almonor and Kerr are the two guys we'd be able to bring back and I'd rather find their replacements out of the portal to be honest
NCAA is doing all it can to ruin the sports.
If I want to watch 26 years olds....just watch NBA, GLeague or go the YMCA. Why are we screwing around with what has always worked fine. 5 years to play 4?
This stuff hampers HS kids shot to play college ball but cluttering it up with dudes who had their chance.
If I want to watch 26 years olds....just watch NBA, GLeague or go the YMCA. Why are we screwing around with what has always worked fine. 5 years to play 4?
This stuff hampers HS kids shot to play college ball but cluttering it up with dudes who had their chance.
Hope not. I’m fine with an additional 5th bonus year if it’s grad school but not if it took you 5 years to complete undergrad.
The portal is what needs to be addressed. We need to go back to the old transfer rules of 1 free undergrad transfer and if you transfer again then you sit a year; And then you get a free grad transfer.
The argument of “coaches can leave whenever they want so why can’t kids” is flawed. Coaches sign contracts, often with buyouts where the school can get paid if a team comes and takes them from you. Coaches also aren’t hopping around every year
The portal is what needs to be addressed. We need to go back to the old transfer rules of 1 free undergrad transfer and if you transfer again then you sit a year; And then you get a free grad transfer.
The argument of “coaches can leave whenever they want so why can’t kids” is flawed. Coaches sign contracts, often with buyouts where the school can get paid if a team comes and takes them from you. Coaches also aren’t hopping around every year
Yep, courts are clueless and lawyers are chasing the money. Not the best circumstances for establishing governing rules for college sports.
Truth be told very few posters want kids for five years. They want em pro ready. We have a 15 year generation of that. It was successful at first. Now UK and other schools turned into a six month pit stop of the way to the NBA, Eurasia or the G League.
The NCAA is not doing any of this, the courts are. Any guardrails the NCAA tries to put up get struck down in court. This one specifically is just them trying to get ahead of things and get people to accept five years of eligibility and not sue in a court later for unlimited eligibility, which probably will happen in the future regardless of this rule change.
He now holds the record for yards and TDs too, the record book needs changes. Real 4 year records and the others.
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3 years Israeli pro league, 2 years JUCO, come in and redshirt,
5 years eligibility. At the end of that investment, you have a very seasoned, polished, and mature 30 year old PG. This is clearly the way!!
Are you serious? College basketball is horrible now and has been for a long time. Everyone has their likes and opinions but all I can say is wow.
It’s gonna happen isn’t it lol. Gonna have some dude that got perpetually hurt and he’s gonna be 35 playing college ball in between selling real estate and taking care of his 3 kids and mortgage.