I like the idea of redshirting them so they don't lose a year of eligibility. But it would have to apply to all NCAA D1 schools. Otherwise, the schools/conferences not on board with it would have a recruiting advantage. I don't see Tenfinity adopting it on their own.

Pretty insightful and interesting.

http://amestrib.com/hines-hoops/pollard-qa-potential-fres...


and the opposite side

http://espn.go.com/blog/collegebasketballnation/post/_/id...

who needs Vedder? The NCAA will do this all on their own. Self immolation

The disadvantages of living in Columbus. While the tO$U folks speak the media all takes the word as gospel and the public in the shadow of the Bucknuts jumps on board.

I too, think this will fail but there is a bigger groundswell out there than folks outside the Buckeye centric media zone believe. Sucks to have such a narrow view shoved down your throat by the Ohio St media. There are a number of big conference folk who see the Iowa State AD POV. It will ultimately come down to how this affects the bottom line and the marketability of the product NOT the academic effectiveness. No doubt in my mind the kids would benefit from an extra year and the freshman ban. No doubt that the rigors of travel and daily practice affects their schoolwork. No doubt that the number of kids who actually are going pro are only a decimal point of the players that would benefit. My kid said from day 1 he would have loved a red shirt year...and thought long and hard Groce's first year when he had a shoulder Biceps tear.

Actually reading the article the AD was saying he wanted them to go ahead and go. GO make your millions. Don't act like school is necessary, git on out.

The more interesting proposal that I heard (I think from an SEC president) was to give players five years of eligibility and to lose the redshirts. It doesn't really cost the school anything more (they're paying for the fifth year through the redshirt), allows teams to gel a little longer, and I think it would benefit the smaller schools. Smaller schools seem to have more success with senior-laden teams, teams that have gelled and are able to challenge younger, more talented teams from bigger conferences.

Depends on what metrics you want to use.

http://utpress.utexas.edu/index.php/books/blucub

http://www.therealcuba.com/FreeEducation.htm

Excuse me, sir, we don't use metric here.