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Pat Dye Field => War Damn Eagle => Topic started by: The Six on February 23, 2015, 09:00:05 AM

Title: The B1G Wants Freshmen Inelligible for Football, Basketball
Post by: The Six on February 23, 2015, 09:00:05 AM

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"A Year of Readiness"

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The Big Ten is at least taking steps toward a discussion about ruling freshmen ineligible for both football and basketball, according to a report from The Diamondback, the University of Maryland's independent student newspaper.

The Diamondback obtained a document about the discussion, which will take place at Maryland. The Big Ten is titling this idea, “A Year of Readiness,” which equates to a mandatory redshirt season to examine “the health of the educational experience.”

According to the report, "the document, which shows football and men’s basketball as the only sports with graduation rates less than 75 percent across the NCAA, states that a push for freshman ineligibility would benefit athletes academically."

Maryland president Wallace Loh spoke to The Diamondback on Thursday.

“What I like about the concept of the proposal is it puts right up front the basic issue: Are we basically a quasi-professional activity or primarily an educational activity?” Loh said. “And if you support it, you are basically saying very clearly the No. 1 priority is the education of the students.”

Title: Re: The B1G Wants Freshmen Inelligible for Football, Basketball
Post by: WiregrassTiger on February 23, 2015, 09:38:31 AM

So, basically back to the way that it used to be.

Title: Re: The B1G Wants Freshmen Inelligible for Football, Basketball
Post by: The Six on February 23, 2015, 10:42:19 AM

Quote from: WiregrassTiger on February 23, 2015, 09:38:31 AM

So, basically back to the way that it used to be.

I wonder if they'll let them colored boys play...