Five to Play Five

CFR nods in approval.

"...I wish we would make this five years [to play] five years. It would be a lot fairer to the kids and make a lot more sense for college football."

Count [Virginia Tech coach Frank] Beamer among those Division I-A coaches helping promote such a change in NCAA eligibility rules. Currently, athletes have five years for four seasons of eligibility.

"There's been a movement here for about three years, and, hopefully, it's a topic out there again," Beamer said. "There are no negatives to it. You're in a situation where you play a kid and then, when you're making decisions a lot of times, you're expecting this kid to continue at a certain rate so he gets playing time down the road, and there's just a lot of unknowns. So I'm hoping we do what's right for college football ... and what's right for the kids, too."

Whoever's in charge, NCAA, coaches rules committee... whoever: make it happen!

(H/T: The Wiz) 

Comments

[MP]

I just don't think their offense has been that impressive. They are loaded with talent and Meyer STILL doesn't know if he can pull of his spread option offense. I think this is an offense without an identity. Also, no one is coming out undefeated from the SEC this year. It's just not happening

[Stephen Kim]

The only downside that the NCAA could use as an excuse is that it MAY encourage kids to take less classes towards their degree.

[Jae]

It's probably a good thing as many students in crowded public schools take 5 years to graduate from school, anyway. If anything it allows kids to develop academically and athletically at a pace at which they are comfortable.