Clare called Tuesday night. I was barely able to say Hello before she
started in. “Here’s the subject for your
next blog post,” she pretty much yelled loud enough to be standing next to me.
The subject of my daughter’s ire
was the NCAA, that organization so good at charging ant hills while staying out
of the way of mountains. As many of us
were wondering, the NCAA did in fact grant an extra year of eligibility to D-I
spring athletes, whatever the sport, with individual schools having the final
say; real show of strength there. As for
the rest of it, you’d have to read the press release and probably find someone
to translate it before it made sense.
From what I could tell, fifth-year
seniors will be placed in a special category best labelled “Don’t expect the
same level of financial assistance as last year, guys.” Or, as the NCAA put it, schools won’t be
required to provide aid “at the same level awarded for 2019-20. This flexibility applies only to
student-athletes who would have exhausted eligibility in 2020-21.” That kind of flexibility sure sounds like a
screwing.
But, hey, schools can apply to a
special NCAA fund to get extra athlete scholarship money. While they’re at it, maybe the schools can
ask the poohbahs why they didn’t come out with a statement along the lines of
this: Every student on a spring sport 2020 roster has an extra year of
eligibility through the 2024 season. The
presence of extra players in each of the next four years will require
scholarship aid the NCAA will provide because it’s all about the
student-athletes.”
Right?
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