Does the NCAA still have any academic eligibility requirements anymore? Do these student athletes still have to pass a certain number of hours? How does that apply to grad transfers? Do they have to take /pass a certain number of hours?
I'm out.
I did make the plunge this year but as this BS continues to develop I want play.
They want it to be about"ME...ME....ME...LOL I may make it about me and save a couple thousand a year.
Athletes are the only college students who had to overcome a presumption that it's wrong for them to make money while in school. Everyone else -- like the dot-com types -- didn't have the NCAA blocking them from income. When I was in college in the 1980s, Michael Dell was running a computer business out of his dorm room at UT-Austin. He made $200,000 profit his first year.
I don't think it's insane for college athletes to want some of that sweet green cheese. A lot of them won't make the NFL or will only be there for a short time on cheap rookie deals. When the money truck arrived on campus of course everybody got in line.
The article raised a couple of questions. I read that Vic (can I call you Vic ?) played 3 seasons at UMass and one season here. He is said to have one more season of eligibility. I thought a player got 5 years to play 4. Is the extra COVID year still in effect ? Also, it said Vic could remove his name from the portal and remain at NT. Is this the player’s call or does the school have the right to say, “no thank you” ( he only started 6 games on the worst defensive team in the nation. Is he a desirable commodity ?).
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