Big NCAA changes

[06panther10]

http://www.ncaa.org/wps/wcm/connect/...thlete+welfare

The Board approved an implementation plan – which includes all football bowl games – that mandates a certain level of academic performance in order to participate in postseason competition. The eligibility requirement will begin phasing in with the 2012-2013 academic year.

The Board also adopted legislation giving student-athletes who receive full athletics scholarships the opportunity to receive additional athletics aid up to the full cost of attendance or $2,000, whichever is less.

The working group that made the recommendation told the board the $2,000 figure is meaningful in addressing the miscellaneous expenses student-athletes now have. Institutions will not be required to offer the benefit, but conferences are encouraged to consider common application within their membership.

Don't see anyway that mid-major schools like UNI will be able to afford paying each and every athlete $2K dollars.

This could very well crush mid-major athletic programs across the country, including UNI. The BCS leagues are making it so we cannot compete.

[panther-state]

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I think that only applies to athletes with FULL scholarships...how many of those do we have? I know most of the athletes I know are only getting a % paid for so I don't believe this would affect them although you'd think those are the athletes that would need the $2000

[9YRPLAN]

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its a completely absurd proposal.

first off, scholarship athletes everywhere including UNI already abuse Pell Grants.

second, $2000 is not going to stop a kid from accepting $20,000 in cash under the table over 5 years from a booster

third, you have to apply these to every athlete in every sport, unless there is a loophole for "full scholarship" athletes

fourth, they are already getting free tuition, food, housing, tutoring, and networking for future employment.

[9YRPLAN]

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i do like the idea of how schools can offer guaranteed multi-year scholarships or the current one year renewable scholarships. this could help smaller schools.

[Casey'sitsallgood]

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Just out of curiosity, what specifically does the NCAA think student-athletes need the extra $2,000 for?

[panther-state]

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Just out of curiosity, what specifically does the NCAA think student-athletes need the extra $2,000 for?

Hookers and blow...what else?

[9YRPLAN]

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Just out of curiosity, what specifically does the NCAA think student-athletes need the extra $2,000 for?

life expenses. i dont disagree with it entirely, especially seeing as though they cant have job in-season. many of the kids come from poverty.

[FOTY]

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Today its $2,000. In 5 years it will be $6,000, and in 10 it will be $12,000. Where do you draw the line. The Pryor's of the world will break the rules no matter the amount of cash you give them. Providing money to "pay additional expenses" will never be enough.

This will kill the smaller programs from a recruiting aspect. A decision lacking foresight.

[9YRPLAN]

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of course, i realize that this $2000 will be entirely spent on PS3's, jordan's, and TV's

[UNI Fight]

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In 20 years there will only be 40 or so collegiate programs and they will come from the "BCS conferences". Expenses are getting way too high. The current economy doesn't help. Tution went up another 8% on avg across the country, travel will get more and more expensive with fuel costs going nowhere but up. Unless fans/alums start shelling out the dollars in record amounts smaller schools won't survive in NCAA competition. I just don't see an end in sight from the scrambling to put competitive programs on the field. This doesn't sound like it helps any. #pessimistic

[Trapped in California]

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Just out of curiosity, what specifically does the NCAA think student-athletes need the extra $2,000 for?

Bail .

[mwatje]

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Since when did athletes with full ride scholarships become some sort of endangered class of citizens? They are getting 90% more funding from UNI and other institutions than they gave me (and everyone else on this board). The idea that athletes need to have 100% subsidized education is absurd. They can take out loans just like the rest of us. This is simply the BCS's way of getting their "foot in the door" to someday pay student athletes, thus destroying the mid major and protecting the power conferences.

#WorstIdeaEver
#OccupyBCS
#DeathOfTheMidMajor

[9YRPLAN]

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Since when did athletes with full ride scholarships become some sort of endangered class of citizens? They are getting 90% more funding from UNI and other institutions than they gave me (and everyone else on this board). The idea that athletes need to have 100% subsidized education is absurd. They can take out loans just like the rest of us. This is simply the BCS's way of getting their "foot in the door" to someday pay student athletes, thus destroying the mid major and protecting the power conferences.

#WorstIdeaEver
#OccupyBCS
#DeathOfTheMidMajor

sportstalkmatt?

[mwatje]

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sportstalkmatt?

Hahaha....no, sorry. But I think I just upchucked for invoking the comparison.

[TommyT]

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Everyone is missing the obvious result of this ruling on all but the major colleges, the death of the "full" scholarship. Every school in the country will now go to a "partial" scholarship (which will be partial in name only) therefore avoiding the $2000 rule. This ruling will not really affect anything except some payments to top athletes will now be above the table and ticket prices for those schools will increase a ridiculous amount now that those schools have an excuse.