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"The NCAA is considering allowing five years of eligibility for players in all sports moving forward, per an NCAA official."

If this policy was adopted I think it helps Stanford WVB more than most other top programs.


A random football response to the above X comment:

"so you can juco for 2 and then have redshirt 1 year and still have 5 years of eligibility…i’m all for people getting their doctorate with little to no student debt, but I don’t know many doctors who played O-line at Ole Miss"

I’m curious what problem this is meant to solve.  I’m all for it if it improves graduation rates by giving athletes extra time to balance athletics and academics (for example, by taking a slightly lighter load with a goal of graduating in five years).  But I have a hard time believing that just giving blanket five years of eligibility does anything.

One of the things that historically is great about collegiate sports is that you get both continuity year to year (at least you used to, before the “portal”) and yet yearly renewal as seniors graduated and new freshmen enrolled.  If you are lucky, you get to witness players develop within the system from promising freshmen to absolute stars, and if you are really lucky, you get an incredible class like the 2016 class with Jenna Gray, Kathryn Plummer, Morgan Hentz et al and get to watch them win three titles in four years.  I can’t claim that four years is the magic number; obviously I would have loved to have Plummer et al for a fifth year.  But it seems like it makes a good balance between continuity and renewal, and that automatic five years might further encourage transferring as players get antsy or feel like they are buried in the depth chart.

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https://x.com/JonRothstein/status/187518...page%3D224

"The NCAA is considering allowing five years of eligibility for players in all sports moving forward, per an NCAA official."

If this policy was adopted I think it helps Stanford WVB more than most other top programs.


A random football response to the above X comment:

"so you can juco for 2 and then have redshirt 1 year and still have 5 years of eligibility…i’m all for people getting their doctorate with little to no student debt, but I don’t know many doctors who played O-line at Ole Miss"

I’m curious what problem this is meant to solve.  I’m all for it if it improves graduation rates by giving athletes extra time to balance athletics and academics (for example, by taking a slightly lighter load with a goal of graduating in five years).  But I have a hard time believing that just giving blanket five years of eligibility does anything.

One of the things that historically is great about collegiate sports is that you get both continuity year to year (at least you used to, before the “portal”) and yet yearly renewal as seniors graduated and new freshmen enrolled.  If you are lucky, you get to witness players develop within the system from promising freshmen to absolute stars, and if you are really lucky, you get an incredible class like the 2016 class with Jenna Gray, Kathryn Plummer, Morgan Hentz et al and get to watch them win three titles in four years.  I can’t claim that four years is the magic number; obviously I would have loved to have Plummer et al for a fifth year.  But it seems like it makes a good balance between continuity and renewal, and that automatic five years might further encourage transferring as players get antsy or feel like they are buried in the depth chart.

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