NCAA institutes new 'academic redshirt' policy beginning in 2016


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Student-athletes who enter a Division I school “on or after August 1, 2016â€￾ will not be eligible to play if their grade point average is below 2.3 when they graduate from high school. Additionally, a student-athlete must complete ten of their 16 “core coursesâ€￾ before the seventh semester of their senior year. If they do not meet these requirements, the student-athlete will take an “academic redshirtâ€￾

Of course, athletes must also continue to meet the minimum 2.0 GPA while attaining the sliding scale requirement for SAT and ACT scores, but when the GPA falls between 2.0 and 2.3, the academic redshirt comes into play.

2016 Division I New Academic Requirements

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Is it just me or are these knuckles heads just sitting on their butts making rules without thinking about the bigger picture?

Worse than that or are they actually thinking?
 



bluedog said:
Is it just me or are these knuckles heads just sitting on their butts making rules without thinking about the bigger picture?

Worse than that or are they actually thinking?
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I will say that even if a few gave them the benefit of the doubt and say that they might actually care about academics (or as I believe putting up the front of caring), that even as we speak the big schools have or will come up with a plan to already get around this. Heck I can see some of these big schools "helping' some of the academic advisers at the high schools of these 4-5 star athletes to pass (heck at places like South Panola they'll do it just to keep winning at the HS level). Plus I'm sure if places like Alabama are redshirting 5 stars, that year of not being on the field will let them kind of focus on academics anyway.
 
They are basically saying the marginal students who meet the minimum NCAA eligibility standards will be allowed their 5 years to play 4, but they will be forced to sit out and remain eligible in order to play in their first games.

The problem is... if they are redshirted, they are still required to attend practices, workouts, team meetings, etc as required by the coaches, but they won't get ANY game time. For a marginal student, the games are the easy part of the week. Its the grind of having to attend practices while trying to get their feet under them academically (classes, homework, studying) that will be the issue.

If the NCAA really wants to exclude students who do not have that 2.3, they might as well exclude them from ALL participation in team activities.
 
jag4life said:
They are basically saying the marginal students who meet the minimum NCAA eligibility standards will be allowed their 5 years to play 4, but they will be forced to sit out and remain eligible in order to play in their first games.

The problem is... if they are redshirted, they are still required to attend practices, workouts, team meetings, etc as required by the coaches, but they won't get ANY game time. For a marginal student, the games are the easy part of the week. Its the grind of having to attend practices while trying to get their feet under them academically (classes, homework, studying) that will be the issue.

If the NCAA really wants to exclude students who do not have that 2.3, they might as well exclude them from ALL participation in team activities.
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This makes the most sense if an incoming freshman or transfer doesnt have the 2.3 GPA jus give them a greyshirt where they cant participate in activities for their first semester at the University and once they have a successful first full time enroll semester GPA of a 2.5 or a 2.0 they can join the team as a member.
 
jag4life said:
They are basically saying the marginal students who meet the minimum NCAA eligibility standards will be allowed their 5 years to play 4, but they will be forced to sit out and remain eligible in order to play in their first games.

The problem is... if they are redshirted, they are still required to attend practices, workouts, team meetings, etc as required by the coaches, but they won't get ANY game time. For a marginal student, the games are the easy part of the week. Its the grind of having to attend practices while trying to get their feet under them academically (classes, homework, studying) that will be the issue.

If the NCAA really wants to exclude students who do not have that 2.3, they might as well exclude them from ALL participation in team activities.
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Yep........
 
JSUDMJ2004 said:
This makes the most sense if an incoming freshman or transfer doesnt have the 2.3 GPA jus give them a greyshirt where they cant participate in activities for their first semester at the University and once they have a successful first full time enroll semester GPA of a 2.5 or a 2.0 they can join the team as a member.
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Otherwise this wouldn't help a freshman football player, since their first semester is their season.

Actually they should make it to where they are ineligible for their first competition season. Otherwise a coach could get around it by encouraging a student to enroll early or in the spring.
 
bluedog said:
Is it just me or are these knuckles heads just sitting on their butts making rules without thinking about the bigger picture?

Worse than that or are they actually thinking?
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That's what I believe. What a bunch of butt holes. :lol: :emlaugh:
 
jag4life said:
Otherwise this wouldn't help a freshman football player, since their first semester is their season.

Actually they should make it to where they are ineligible for their first competition season. Otherwise a coach could get around it by encouraging a student to enroll early or in the spring.
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That or (get someone to) take college prep courses in high school.
 
At the meeting this week they were mini seminars going on at the NCAA convention. There was a discussion on what should be self reported and sent to the NCAA. You would be amazed how strict they are ( this is my first year attending): high school recruits can be on the sidelines for the pregame warmups at the game but they must be off the sidelines within 5 minutes of the game starting, if a booster buys small gifts for the team such as a coffee mug the school must report it, alot of this seems very petty from the NCAA...
 
JSUDMJ2004 said:
At the meeting this week they were mini seminars going on at the NCAA convention. There was a discussion on what should be self reported and sent to the NCAA. You would be amazed how strict they are ( this is my first year attending): high school recruits can be on the sidelines for the pregame warmups at the game but they must be off the sidelines within 5 minutes of the game starting, if a booster buys small gifts for the team such as a coffee mug the school must report it, alot of this seems very petty from the NCAA...
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Emmert said this about the rule book a couple of years ago but hardly anything has changed until recently. They might be too far in the hole to save themselves as far as a complete rule book overhaul.
 
bluedog said:
Is it just me or are these knuckles heads just sitting on their butts making rules without thinking about the bigger picture?

Worse than that or are they actually thinking?
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They have to do something to make it look like they are really working. :emlaugh:
 



Fiyah said:
Student-athletes who enter a Division I school “on or after August 1, 2016” will not be eligible to play if their grade point average is below 2.3 when they graduate from high school. Additionally, a student-athlete must complete ten of their 16 “core courses” before the seventh semester of their senior year. If they do not meet these requirements, the student-athlete will take an “academic redshirt”

Of course, athletes must also continue to meet the minimum 2.0 GPA while attaining the sliding scale requirement for SAT and ACT scores, but when the GPA falls between 2.0 and 2.3, the academic redshirt comes into play.

2016 Division I New Academic Requirements

Yahoo News Story
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Easy here,

So prop 48 is back.......NCAA'S way of instead of paying the players.....let to in academically but red shirt them if the fall below a 2.3..........
 
These standards are almost similar to GRAMBLING and SU admission standards, all core classes must be completed before entering either school
 
GramblingMan2009 said:
These standards are almost similar to GRAMBLING and SU admission standards, all core classes must be completed before entering either school
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:idea:

What's most interesting to me is how any education standard is deemed unfair to Black people. It's sad that so many of us have such low expectations of ourselves.
 
SUJagFan said:
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What's most interesting to me is how any education standard is deemed unfair to Black people. It's sad that so many of us have such low expectations of ourselves.
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Right, I guess all of our student athletes are just stupid and can't read or write, HBCUs are just full of dummies
 
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