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<blockquote data-quote="RonJohn" data-source="post: 553158" data-attributes="member: 2426"><p>That is the suggestion. If a basketball program wants to live off of one and done players, then in a few years they will have fewer scholarships available. If a school wants to have five one-and-done players in a year, then they would only have 8 scholarships available for the next three years. In football, if you make promises to a player that don't pan out and he leaves(mutts), then you would lose that scholarship for the next three years. If you recruit players purely athletically(they have no interest in academics or the school itself), then you set yourself up for the potential of losing a lot of scholarships. If you cut players for athletic reasons, then you don't get to use that scholarship until that players eligibility would have been completed.</p><p></p><p>To me, the discussion centers around the lack of loyalty of student-athletes. Those student athletes are making decisions at the age of 17 or 18. They are being at least manipulated by coaches, and more likely flat out lied to by coaches. If the coach gets a better offer, there is no "loyalty to the school". If the coach decides that he doesn't like the player, or that a better player is available then the player can be cut from the program any year. If the player goes to a new school,(even a cut player until the latest committee), he has to sit out a year. Let that sink in. In the past, players have lost a year of eligibility because the school they were at found a player they wanted more to use his scholarship. Players are expected to be loyal to a "school" that had very little to do with their decision to commit to a football program. Players are expected to be loyal to a coach who will leave at any minute if another program offers him significantly more money. Players are expected to be loyal to fans who will turn on the player and vilify the player on forums and social media for one mistake in a game. Players are expected to be completely loyal while nobody else in college athletics is.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RonJohn, post: 553158, member: 2426"] That is the suggestion. If a basketball program wants to live off of one and done players, then in a few years they will have fewer scholarships available. If a school wants to have five one-and-done players in a year, then they would only have 8 scholarships available for the next three years. In football, if you make promises to a player that don't pan out and he leaves(mutts), then you would lose that scholarship for the next three years. If you recruit players purely athletically(they have no interest in academics or the school itself), then you set yourself up for the potential of losing a lot of scholarships. If you cut players for athletic reasons, then you don't get to use that scholarship until that players eligibility would have been completed. To me, the discussion centers around the lack of loyalty of student-athletes. Those student athletes are making decisions at the age of 17 or 18. They are being at least manipulated by coaches, and more likely flat out lied to by coaches. If the coach gets a better offer, there is no "loyalty to the school". If the coach decides that he doesn't like the player, or that a better player is available then the player can be cut from the program any year. If the player goes to a new school,(even a cut player until the latest committee), he has to sit out a year. Let that sink in. In the past, players have lost a year of eligibility because the school they were at found a player they wanted more to use his scholarship. Players are expected to be loyal to a "school" that had very little to do with their decision to commit to a football program. Players are expected to be loyal to a coach who will leave at any minute if another program offers him significantly more money. Players are expected to be loyal to fans who will turn on the player and vilify the player on forums and social media for one mistake in a game. Players are expected to be completely loyal while nobody else in college athletics is. [/QUOTE]
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