With the spiraling decline of the NCAA’s influence and the “Wild, Wild West” of NIL are academic performance standards/progress even in existence any longer.  Obviously college athletes are now legitimately paid professionals so does that athlete have to go to class, perform at a minimally acceptable standard in order to remain eligible to play and get his paycheck?  Hmmmm?

14 minutes ago, Oldercoach said:

With the spiraling decline of the NCAA’s influence and the “Wild, Wild West” of NIL are academic performance standards/progress even in existence any longer.  Obviously college athletes are now legitimately paid professionals so does that athlete have to go to class, perform at a minimally acceptable standard in order to remain eligible to play and get his paycheck?  Hmmmm?

The short answer is yes...they have to maintain a minimum number of hours in class with certain GPA expectations.

They have to remain academically eligible to play and in case they ever want to transfer in the portal at some point.

Let’s just say that the standard for achieving a proper GPA is in effect but that standard has very few players spending nights studying for the next day or the next test in required classes.

Let's be real. The college eligibility requirements have been a joke well before NIL came around.

9 minutes ago, bugatti said:

Let's be real. The college eligibility requirements have been a joke well before NIL came around.

This and I imagine when you move schools each new school has some extra easy classes you can take.  It it a joke, it has been a joke, and it is more of a joke now than ever. 

33 minutes ago, theguru said:

This and I imagine when you move schools each new school has some extra easy classes you can take.  It it a joke, it has been a joke, and it is more of a joke now than ever. 

As Shannon Sharpe would say, these kids are majoring in eligibility.

12 minutes ago, bugatti said:

As Shannon Sharpe would say, these kids are majoring in eligibility.

It is a good point and I certainly don't blame any young men or women, make it all while you can.

I'd actually heard a podcast last week that talked about how some schools might create a "Sports" major that would just be filled with practicing your sport most of the day and athletes would just take that.  Seems ridiculous.

I am waiting for this to be the next lawsuit (along with eligibility limits), though.  If a school stops a player from playing due to grades they are "impeding their ability to earn" which goes against precedent with NIL and earnings generally.

2 minutes ago, DanvilleFan said:

I'd actually heard a podcast last week that talked about how some schools might create a "Sports" major that would just be filled with practicing your sport most of the day and athletes would just take that.  Seems ridiculous.

I am waiting for this to be the next lawsuit (along with eligibility limits), though.  If a school stops a player from playing due to grades they are "impeding their ability to earn" which goes against precedent with NIL and earnings generally.

Ridiculous or not that is what I would do if I was in charge at a big college.  That would be one of the selling points, along with the money, "classes" are a breeze here, no one has ever failed...

1 hour ago, theguru said:

This and I imagine when you move schools each new school has some extra easy classes you can take.  It it a joke, it has been a joke, and it is more of a joke now than ever. 

I have read, however, and I'll try to find a link to the article, that transferring from School A to School B and making sure all your credits go with you has been complicated at times. That is why you occasionally hear that Player 1 is transferring to School B, only to then randomly choose School C - his credits wouldn't transfer. I would imagine that is a bigger problem in a public/private, but I believe that kept Caleb Love from going to Michigan from North Carolina and instead sent him to Arizona.

13 minutes ago, DanvilleFan said:

I'd actually heard a podcast last week that talked about how some schools might create a "Sports" major that would just be filled with practicing your sport most of the day and athletes would just take that.  Seems ridiculous.

Honestly though, not a terrible idea. Think about some of the players that Calipari brought to Kentucky. They were obviously one-and-done players headed toward long NBA careers. Instead of taking Chemistry and Calculus, it might make more sense to take basketball skill classes, communication classes, personal finance classes, and some other types of things more suitable toward their career choice.

2 minutes ago, gchs_uk9 said:

I have read, however, and I'll try to find a link to the article, that transferring from School A to School B and making sure all your credits go with you has been complicated at times. That is why you occasionally hear that Player 1 is transferring to School B, only to then randomly choose School C - his credits wouldn't transfer. I would imagine that is a bigger problem in a public/private, but I believe that kept Caleb Love from going to Michigan from North Carolina and instead sent him to Arizona.

I see that as a separate, colleges are playing games with each other, issue.  But, real!! ?

1 minute ago, theguru said:

I see that as a separate, colleges are playing games with each other, issue.  But, real!! ?

Oh sure, that's definitely the case in some situations. No way do those Sam Houston State credits compare to what one would get at Stanford!

1 minute ago, gchs_uk9 said:

Honestly though, not a terrible idea. Think about some of the players that Calipari brought to Kentucky. They were obviously one-and-done players headed toward long NBA careers. Instead of taking Chemistry and Calculus, it might make more sense to take basketball skill classes, communication classes, personal finance classes, and some other types of things more suitable toward their career choice.

That is what I was thinking, communication classes, finance, Psych 098, drivers licensing & car insurance, Legal 098, risk management, and other "big boy" classes.