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<blockquote data-quote="forensicbuzz" data-source="post: 216019" data-attributes="member: 198"><p>In 2012, the rules were changed back to allow multi-year scholarships. Now, coaches can offer 1-year or 4-year (multi-year) scholarships. An article on it here. Interesting read from 2014.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball/writer/jon-solomon/24711067/schools-can-give-out-4-year-scholarships-to-athletes-but-many-dont" target="_blank">http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball/writer/jon-solomon/24711067/schools-can-give-out-4-year-scholarships-to-athletes-but-many-dont</a></p><p></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>In 2012, the NCAA barely passed a rule giving schools the option to provide multiyear scholarships. The arrangement was nearly scrapped when 62.12 percent of the 330 schools voting opposed the legislation -- just shy of the 62.5 percent needed to overturn the new rule. Twenty-five schools abstained and 14 changed their votes for the rule to survive.</em></p><p></p><p>From 1957 (scholarships first created) until 1973 all scholarships were 4-year scholarships. Guess who pushed for that change in 1973?</p><p></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>At a Senate committee hearing this summer, historian Taylor Branch testified that the 1973 rule to eliminate multiyear scholarships “was driven by the coaches at the biggest universities … because they wanted more control over their athletes. They were driven to win. You have a better chance of winning if you control the athlete and what time he gets up and how much time he spends in the weight room.”</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p><p>I laughed outloud when I read this quote: [emphasis mine]</p><p></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>“We really haven't had (multiyear scholarships) come up a whole lot, but it's something we'll continue to revisit and research,” said Tennessee coach <strong>Butch Jones,</strong> whose school provided no multiyear scholarships last year. “A lot of times it's all about trust. We develop such great trust with our recruits.”</em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="forensicbuzz, post: 216019, member: 198"] In 2012, the rules were changed back to allow multi-year scholarships. Now, coaches can offer 1-year or 4-year (multi-year) scholarships. An article on it here. Interesting read from 2014. [URL]http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball/writer/jon-solomon/24711067/schools-can-give-out-4-year-scholarships-to-athletes-but-many-dont[/URL] [INDENT][I]In 2012, the NCAA barely passed a rule giving schools the option to provide multiyear scholarships. The arrangement was nearly scrapped when 62.12 percent of the 330 schools voting opposed the legislation -- just shy of the 62.5 percent needed to overturn the new rule. Twenty-five schools abstained and 14 changed their votes for the rule to survive.[/I][/INDENT] From 1957 (scholarships first created) until 1973 all scholarships were 4-year scholarships. Guess who pushed for that change in 1973? [INDENT][I]At a Senate committee hearing this summer, historian Taylor Branch testified that the 1973 rule to eliminate multiyear scholarships “was driven by the coaches at the biggest universities … because they wanted more control over their athletes. They were driven to win. You have a better chance of winning if you control the athlete and what time he gets up and how much time he spends in the weight room.”[/I] [/INDENT] I laughed outloud when I read this quote: [emphasis mine] [INDENT][I]“We really haven't had (multiyear scholarships) come up a whole lot, but it's something we'll continue to revisit and research,” said Tennessee coach [B]Butch Jones,[/B] whose school provided no multiyear scholarships last year. “A lot of times it's all about trust. We develop such great trust with our recruits.”[/I][/INDENT] [/QUOTE]
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