student-athletes

Athletic Recruits
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<p>Should the NCAA promote changing the rules to allow schools to have 4 year athletic scholarships?
Will the Agnew v. NCAA, 10-04804, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California lawsuit force their hand?
Would it take more than this to change the current dynamic?</p>

<p>Currently the person determining (usually a head coach) who gets a college scholarship or who gets an annual renewal has a tremendous amount riding on the decision and vested interest in the renewal process.<br>
In comparison, those issuing academic scholarships do not have a big dollar career hanging in the balance.
How hard would it be to write standards to maintain scholarships?</p>

<p>Is your student athlete more than a number to their coach?</p>

<p>For parents: what would you have done if a coach spoke publicly about your athlete like this, after all the promises made during recruitment?
OTL:</a> Over The Limit - ESPN Video - ESPN</p>

<p>NCAA</a> Sacked with Lawsuit Alleging Conspiracy and Anti-competitive Scholarship Practices</p>

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<p>Interesting. In a nutshell, the suit claims that capping the number of athletic scholarships violates anti-trust laws. In a free market, schools should be free to offer as many scholarships as they wish to field a competitive team. This will increase opportunities and put the athlete in the driver’s seat.
My instinct is that this would be the demise of the non-revenue sports. I believe football and basketball are generally the only sports that make money. If the process becomes completely market driven, I can see schools giving 50 football and basketball scholarships and eliminating all others. Assuming Title IX remains in effect, an equal number of womens scholarships must be made available, even though they aren’t revenue generators.</p>