Post by bulkey on Apr 27, 2021 10:54:23 GMT -5
thehill.com/opinion/education/550442-the-ncaa-is-not-doing-it-the-right-way
Some very good points:
Setting aside the sports, student-athletes are still students. Participation in college athletics provides a forum for character building, with self-discipline and sacrifice often taught during adversity. Young people recruited to their choice school but who do not get the playing minutes they feel they deserve, can now move to another school promising more playing time, with no personal penalty or sacrifice. How can that support character-building among impressionable and frequently impulsive 18-24-year-olds?
And a suggested approach:
If the NCAA grants student-athletes immediate eligibility, they should also permit schools to offer incentives for staying and disincentives for transferring, creating a pathway for player compensation. The NCAA can establish a tiered compensation program for student-athletes that kick in after the players stay at a school for two years; they are payable at the end of this time period, with bonuses offered for those who stay at least three years. In addition, making transferring students ineligible for such compensation at their new school will provide appropriate transfer headwinds.
If compensation is off the table, the NCAA can grant all student-athletes five years of eligibility out of high school, with students who transfer losing one or two of these years.
Some very good points:
Setting aside the sports, student-athletes are still students. Participation in college athletics provides a forum for character building, with self-discipline and sacrifice often taught during adversity. Young people recruited to their choice school but who do not get the playing minutes they feel they deserve, can now move to another school promising more playing time, with no personal penalty or sacrifice. How can that support character-building among impressionable and frequently impulsive 18-24-year-olds?
And a suggested approach:
If the NCAA grants student-athletes immediate eligibility, they should also permit schools to offer incentives for staying and disincentives for transferring, creating a pathway for player compensation. The NCAA can establish a tiered compensation program for student-athletes that kick in after the players stay at a school for two years; they are payable at the end of this time period, with bonuses offered for those who stay at least three years. In addition, making transferring students ineligible for such compensation at their new school will provide appropriate transfer headwinds.
If compensation is off the table, the NCAA can grant all student-athletes five years of eligibility out of high school, with students who transfer losing one or two of these years.
