NCAA will vote on March 30 on whether winter & spring sports receive extra year
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Probably have no effect on Iowa either way. In his interview sounded like RK was ready to move on with his life and give pro ball in Europe a shot if its available. Doubt that BE would return either...
Spring sports should be given the extra year (if they choose), no questions asked. They'd just need to work out the logistics.
Winter sports is where the internal discussions will be had. I'm only 60/40 on the NCAA giving the option of another year of eligibility to winter sports.
Winter sports is where the internal discussions will be had. I'm only 60/40 on the NCAA giving the option of another year of eligibility to winter sports.
Don't see how you could give players who played 90% of the year another year of eligibility. I think winter sports are out.
Well then they should give Iowa both the wrestling and basketball national championships.
That's the only fair thing to do........
Once the postseason disappointment goes away, which I’m sure it has somewhat. I’d think seniors would be ready to move on
Monkey, do you know of anyone who would have thought the Hawks were not going to win the tournament this year? Comparing basketball and wrestling is a no-win proposition. When was the last time a wrestling team went into nationals as heavy favorites and lost? I can only think of the '97 Hawks. Ok. St. were the heavy favorites that year, but they and everyone else ran into a Hawkeye buzzsaw. That was more than 20 years ago.
I don't think you can give Bball players another season. Wrestling just missed out on the tournament. That is easy, just have the tournament at some point before next season starts. Don't know about other winter sports.
Any spring sport should absolutely not count any games/meets/etc. this season and give those players another year along with expanding scholarships by 20% to account for those extra players.
Any spring sport should absolutely not count any games/meets/etc. this season and give those players another year along with expanding scholarships by 20% to account for those extra players.
I feel bad for seniors that missed out on the conference and NCAA tournaments. Actually, very badly.
But, you can't fix every disappointment in life. These seniors were not "cheated" out of anything - just a very sad and unusual situation that impacted everyone.
I vote no.
But, you can't fix every disappointment in life. These seniors were not "cheated" out of anything - just a very sad and unusual situation that impacted everyone.
I vote no.
It will be interesting to see:
(1) who gets another year of eligibility in the winter & spring sports and
(2) how it is funded
Couple recent developments amid the coronavirus:
(1) Distributions from the NCAA are going to be less with the cancellation of the men's basketball tournament
(2) There is an expected second wave of the virus this fall. If that impacts football (and ticket and TV revenue), that impacts Iowa's revenues.
With less revenue, how do you finance the extra scholarships in these winter & spring sports:
* men's basketball,
* women's basketball,
* wrestling,
* men's gymnastics (season canceled mid March),
* women's gymnastics,
* baseball,
* softball,
* men's tennis (season canceled mid March)
* women's tennis,
* men's track and field (The NCAA Indoor Championships were scheduled for March 13-14.)
* women's track and field
I am more worried about a season at all NEXT year.
I'm more worried about me being alive to see another season more than anything else right now!
So you are not in favor of sitting shoulder to shoulder with *cough*cough* tens of thousands *sneeze* other loyal Hawkeye fans?Maybe season tickets will include a script for hydroxychloroquine.
The decision from yesterday affects not just seniors. Every spring athlete (fr, so, jr, and sr) gets a year back.
Those who voted are administrators representing all 32 D-I conferences.
Some interesting Tidbits From the Associated Press:
The NCAA Division I Council voted Monday to give spring-sport athletes regardless of their year in school a way to get back the season they lost, but it did not guarantee financial aid to the current crop of seniors if they return to play next year.
Winter sports, such as basketball and hockey, were not included in the decision because many athletes in those sports had completed all or most of their regular seasons, the council decided.
The council is made up of college sports administrators representing all 32 D-I conferences, plus two members of the student-athlete advisory committee. Voting is weighted to give the Power Five conferences more say. Chairwoman Grace Calhoun, who is Penn’s athletic director, declined to reveal the final vote.
“At the end we really did coalesce around all of the decisions that we made today,” Calhoun said. “They were strongly supported.”
How much scholarship money will be made available to each athlete whose college career would have ended this spring will be determined by the athlete’s school. The amount could range from nothing to as much the athlete received had been receiving.
Schools will be able to use the NCAA’s Student Assistance Fund to pay for scholarships for students who take advantage of the additional eligibility in 2020-21.
Calhoun said the council did not consider the possibility of the fall sports season, including football, being interrupted. Football generates billions of dollars, especially for Power Five conferences. Losing that would be potentially devastating to schools that play major college football.
“There was an acknowledgment that we don’t know the future and if other seasons are canceled other things happen in the future we’ll have to take that up with the individual merits of the case at time,” Calhoun said.
LINK: https://apnews.com/12f17528434389bd0bd636aabad8ecbd
