Slive is up...
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and adding a "partial qualifier" status to those that don't meet new requirements. Partial qualifier = kids that met old rules but not new rules. They can sign, receive aid, practice, but not play until successfully completing Freshman year.
That can't help us in any way....
That can't help us in any way....
There is no reason to strengthen the academic requirements. We're not trying to be the Big 10. You saw what happened to the Big 10 when they decided they were going to become the academic leader in the conferences. They went from one of the top two leagues in the country to no better than 4th.
I feel like someone at Florida, or maybe even Vandy, is pulling Slive's strings. The 25 limit rule, increased academic requirements, those things only help a handful of schools in the SEC. The rest of the schools are hurt by anything that takes away some of the academic leeway.
Awful, awful, awful. I really hate that man.
I feel like someone at Florida, or maybe even Vandy, is pulling Slive's strings. The 25 limit rule, increased academic requirements, those things only help a handful of schools in the SEC. The rest of the schools are hurt by anything that takes away some of the academic leeway.
Awful, awful, awful. I really hate that man.
will be waaaaay fluffier than the actual 30-for-30's which dive headfirst into some dark subject matter and get into editorial territory. I'm expecting more NFL Films Presents style documentaries (which are awesome, too; don't get me wrong here).<div>For example: no way they touch on Herschel Walker's well-documented mental illness and stick to him running all over some helpless DB's.</div>
but I fear that he's going to go out on a limb and propose it and pass it before the NCAA in an effort to push them to adopt a similar rule across the board, just like he did with the 28 rule and the 25 rule.
I will be shocked if he doesn't go about it this way, and if you're keeping score, look out for USM if Slive does get this rule passed as an SEC only rule first prior to hoping to get it for the entire NCAA. USM would thrive if Ole Miss and MSU had to deal with a rule that had our requirements 0.5 GPA points higher than theirs.
I still don't like the rule personally, because I think we should be going the opposite way with college football, but if it's across the board for the NCAA, that's not as big of a deal.
If I were king of the college football world, my rule would be that schools can reserve 5 spots from each signing class for football for players that don't meet the minimum requirements of the NCAA. Those students could either enroll in a remedial program on scholarship or just simply be on campus solely for football without attending classes. The rest of the team has to meet the minimum requirements so that the majority of your team are actually students at the school. That way you don't close the doors to players who want to have a shot at the NFL and want to go the normal route (via major university team).
Honestly, I'd be fine if they eliminated all academic requirements and simply made players enroll at the university's own determined minimums or just sign papers to be athlete only. I've seen the farce that the student athlete has become, and as long as fans are heavily interested in college football (that's not changing anytime soon), then I don't see why we should pretend that we care about what they do in the classroom. If they want a degree, allow them that opportunity if they meet the minimum academic requirements. If they don't want that opportunity to pursue a degree and they want to use your school solely as a springboard to try to play in the pros, let them do that. As long as both parties are being used by each other equally, I'm fine with it.
I will be shocked if he doesn't go about it this way, and if you're keeping score, look out for USM if Slive does get this rule passed as an SEC only rule first prior to hoping to get it for the entire NCAA. USM would thrive if Ole Miss and MSU had to deal with a rule that had our requirements 0.5 GPA points higher than theirs.
I still don't like the rule personally, because I think we should be going the opposite way with college football, but if it's across the board for the NCAA, that's not as big of a deal.
If I were king of the college football world, my rule would be that schools can reserve 5 spots from each signing class for football for players that don't meet the minimum requirements of the NCAA. Those students could either enroll in a remedial program on scholarship or just simply be on campus solely for football without attending classes. The rest of the team has to meet the minimum requirements so that the majority of your team are actually students at the school. That way you don't close the doors to players who want to have a shot at the NFL and want to go the normal route (via major university team).
Honestly, I'd be fine if they eliminated all academic requirements and simply made players enroll at the university's own determined minimums or just sign papers to be athlete only. I've seen the farce that the student athlete has become, and as long as fans are heavily interested in college football (that's not changing anytime soon), then I don't see why we should pretend that we care about what they do in the classroom. If they want a degree, allow them that opportunity if they meet the minimum academic requirements. If they don't want that opportunity to pursue a degree and they want to use your school solely as a springboard to try to play in the pros, let them do that. As long as both parties are being used by each other equally, I'm fine with it.
Whether they strengthen the requirements or not, you either qualify or you don't. And if you don't there should be no limits on how many a school can take. The only catch is, if they don't qualify they sit out a year then have 4 to play 4 and you're on the hook for the scholarship for 4 years (the 5th would be at the school's option).</p>
The SEC banned them from campuses last month. You can still have 7-on-7 tournaments on campus if the teams are "academic" teams, i.e. all from the same school. So we can still host a tournament with Madison Central, Meridian, Oak Grove, etc. just not an AAU type team. The SEC wants the NCAA to make this ban nationwide. It's a good move.