Become a Supporting Member to remove this ad and help support the site.
IU's Athlete Bill of Rights
- Thread starter Jason Svoboda
- Start date
WANTED: Passionate Sycamore Fanatics. That You?
Register NOW to join our community of die-hard Sycamore fans.
Become a Supporting Member to remove this ad and help support the site.
If all of the "big" schools go to this, it could help the mid-majors some.
I might say I am TOTALLY AGAINST giving an athlete a 4-yr scholarship. If he lacks the ability to play, he should be cut and replaced. (And if a player does not give the total effort, where do you draw the line in taking the scholarship away?)
And I want to add that you are NOT punishing him. You are merely electing not to pay him for something he cannot do and awarding the scholarship to another DESERVING player to give him/her a chance to earn it.
I might say I am TOTALLY AGAINST giving an athlete a 4-yr scholarship. If he lacks the ability to play, he should be cut and replaced. (And if a player does not give the total effort, where do you draw the line in taking the scholarship away?)
And I want to add that you are NOT punishing him. You are merely electing not to pay him for something he cannot do and awarding the scholarship to another DESERVING player to give him/her a chance to earn it.
Last edited:
I like it. I hope this covers non scholarship athletes in the health and wellness, academic support, and leadership programs. Huge props to IU for doing this. I guess the threat of unionization has become a mute point at IU.
Does this mean that the athletes are receiving benefits that are not available to all academic students?
Sycamore Proud
The Nicks Level
Seems good in most parts. I do not like the 4year scholarship concept. The amont of $ that it would cost a "big time" program like IU Would be such a small % of their budget that it would hardly be noticed. A similar policy at ISU would take a hard hit on the budget. I don't see this in place for all scholarship students. It is mich like the "training table" for student-athletes. There are just a couple of things that need to be tweaked to make it to my liling. Just my opinion when combined with a coule of dolars will get you a cup of coffee in many, but not all, places.
Not following you on why it would be such a hard hit on ISU's budget. I just guarantees that a student athletes scholarship will not be reduced over four years. If a coach makes a mistake in the judgement of an athletes ability for example they can not take his or her scholarship from them. That is assuming that are a member of the team in good standing.
"No athletic scholarship will be reduced because of injury, illness, physical or mental condition, or on the basis of a student-athlete's ability, performance or contribution to the team's success. While four year scholarships were made permissible by the NCAA in 2011, most member schools have only selectively provided them."
"No athletic scholarship will be reduced because of injury, illness, physical or mental condition, or on the basis of a student-athlete's ability, performance or contribution to the team's success. While four year scholarships were made permissible by the NCAA in 2011, most member schools have only selectively provided them."
Last edited:
Become a Supporting Member to remove this ad and help support the site.
On the surface this is a good thing... if it was universal. That is where I'm in the "believe it when I see it" group. Tom Crean has over recruited each and every year he has been at IU, once to the plus 3-4 scholarship territory and then forced kids to leave. I find it hard to believe that coaches would agree to this without having some sort of back door.
The backdoor will always be the same. It'll be look, you're not going to play here. Since most of these kids want to play, they'll move on of their own "free will". Where it might get dicey is if you have a marginal guy that won't mind riding the bench while he picks up his free degree. But I bet there won't be many of those players getting scholarships from the Big programs anymore. The big programs won't take projects (or as many).