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http://www.diamondbackonline.com/news/article_02376858-b858-11e4-b662-db4b843c100a.html

[HoosierReb01 7,511]

Glad to see the B1G on the ball on this one. Lets pass it.

[Alford Bailey 12,417]

That'll go ahead and finish off recruiting. Jimmy Priller come on down.....

[Hoosierboy1980 451]

That will be a death nail for recruiting!!! Terrible idea.

[Magnanimous 4,631]

If this is not unanimously agreed upon by all conferences, this will never pass, as the Big10 will die. If this does pass, we need to be proactive and join the SEC.

[Miller'sTheMan 1,652]

This is a horrendous idea

[HoosierReb01 7,511]

Oh, I can't see the B1G going it alone in this, without support of the Power 5 conferences, this goes no where. There is no doubt though, there is a real need to return the student-athlete to big time college athletics, and the notes on graduation rates for men's basketball and football show the reason. However, in case you missed it, there is a similar proposal coming out of the PAC-12 the other day. So if it gets support from all the Power 5 conferences, it would be a level playing field recruiting wise, and not the death knell for B1G recruiting. However, I doubt the SEC willingly goes along with this. 

[Hovadipo 56,946]

I would boycott college sports.

Maybe not but this is earth-shakingly stupid.

[LIHoosier 26,629]

Oh, I can't see the B1G going it alone in this, without support of the Power 5 conferences, this goes no where. There is no doubt though, there is a real need to return the student-athlete to big time college athletics, and the notes on graduation rates for men's basketball and football show the reason. However, in case you missed it, there is a similar proposal coming out of the PAC-12 the other day. So if it gets support from all the Power 5 conferences, it would be a level playing field recruiting wise, and not the death knell for B1G recruiting. However, I doubt the SEC willingly goes along with this. 

The article I posted the other day was started by rumblings from the Pac 12 and Big 12(not quite). So there's 3 of the 5 for ya.

[Magnanimous 4,631]

Oh, I can't see the B1G going it alone in this, without support of the Power 5 conferences, this goes no where. There is no doubt though, there is a real need to return the student-athlete to big time college athletics, and the notes on graduation rates for men's basketball and football show the reason. However, in case you missed it, there is a similar proposal coming out of the PAC-12 the other day. So if it gets support from all the Power 5 conferences, it would be a level playing field recruiting wise, and not the death knell for B1G recruiting. However, I doubt the SEC willingly goes along with this. 

 

You're not a student-athlete if you're not playing sports. Who are these schools and conferences to tell these kids who can and cannot play just because, while they're simultaneously scheduling 40 game basketball seasons, adding a CFB playoff, playing 50+ baseball games, etc.

[drewheck 749]

Freshman ineligibility would kill recruiting and make kids go overseas and play ball

[coonhounds 9,319]

Terrible idea all I will say

[Walking Boot of Doom 18,170]

Freshman ineligibility would kill recruiting and make kids go overseas and play ball

not really. Maybe the top 5 every year could even succeed along that path. Regardless of the league, they'd be 18 year olds playing grown men.

[drewheck 749]

not really. Maybe the top 5 every year could even succeed along that path. Regardless of the league, they'd be 18 year olds playing grown men.

why would anyone not want to get paid to play ball. Let's face it cash is king now and these kids are all about the money

[Banksyrules 4,930]

Freshman ineligibility would kill recruiting and make kids go overseas and play ball

How about making sure these kids get good gpa's their first semester (with core classes)? Also their second semester. For each kid that does not meet requirements, a scholarship will be taken away the following year. Take that Kentucky.

[drewheck 749]

How about making sure these kids get good gpa's their first semester (with core classes)? Also their second semester. For each kid that does not meet requirements, a scholarship will be taken away the following year. Take that Kentucky.

their basketball team would be non existent

[HoosierReb01 7,511]

Freshman ineligibility would kill recruiting and make kids go overseas and play ball

Some would go overseas, but it would be very few. I doubt it would kill recruiting, but it would change it. Personally, if the players who are one-and-dones chose to go overseas, I would be all for it, and college basketball would probably be better off for it. 

[Walking Boot of Doom 18,170]

why would anyone not want to get paid to play ball. Let's face it cash is king now and these kids are all about the money

Its not about desire to get paid. It's about ability. Very few will have the ability.

[mamasa 15,395]

why would anyone not want to get paid to play ball. Let's face it cash is king now and these kids are all about the money

Kids want the image sold to them as NBA stars. Let 'em go overseas and deal, with their vast maturity, with crowds (ha!) that don't know them, contracts sold mid-season, living conditions "beneath" them, etc. There's an argument that the market overseas may build their stars to US level, but the most "handled" kids won't risk that, IMDO (in my drunken opinion)

[drewheck 749]

Some would go overseas, but it would be very few. I doubt it would kill recruiting, but it would change it. Personally, if the players who are one-and-dones chose to go overseas, I would be all for it, and college basketball would probably be better off for it.

the only positive I would see from freshman ineligibility would be the competition would be more evenly matched