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Agree completely with your points by gregmorrissey

Competition sucks

I think my suggestion is the easiest to implement and fairest plan to everyone involved. As with most things, fair is relative, and it sure won't feel fair to that Sophomore who was expecting to start or that borderline scholarship guy that would have ended up being the 85th man on the roster that doesn't have a scholarship now.

Seems certainly as fair as telling someone good enough to play that they don't get 4 years of eligibility because of the virus. And has been stated multiple times, the money and appetite to spend it aren't there for more scholarships, and even if the money was there, most coaches don't want to carry larger rosters.

-Kids get 6 years to complete 4 years of eligibility. That's it. If next year goes down then too bad. As has been stated, nobody should need more than 6 years to complete undergrad and masters.

-transfer without sitting out a year for any kid losing a scholarship

-current transfer rules apply to anyone with scholarship choosing to transfer due to competition

-6 for 4 only applies to students enrolled for 2020-2021 academic year


I concede that there is the possibility for transfer musical chairs though I'm uncertain of the harm. At least to the extent that the harm exceeds that of "life lesson about competition".

I concede that coaches/schools will need to make hard decisions and balance between short-term competitive interests and long-term reputation. But, again, these kind of calculations currently happen every year.

Have I thought of everything? Of course not. This is a message board conversation about a hypothetical of which none of us probably have any influence.