If not for the sudden rise in COVID numbers I would be pissed but I understand the reasoning. Hell look at the Big 10 they've just returned to the field and they're having cancelled games left and right and trying to figure out how to make up what could be important games that decide who goes to the conference championship game. The NCAA should foot the bill for all 2020 5th year seniors to finish off their collegiate careers in the Fall 2021 while allowing schools to recruit their C/O 2021 kids fully without restrictions.
Fall 2021 will interesting for coaches. Some teams will have 3 recruiting classes that haven't played at the college level.
Most teams don't even have enough jerseys for their entire recruiting class for one year imagine scrambling to order more home jerseys for 2 freshman classes. We will be looking at possibly rosters with 120 players and many D2 kids who were AA's at this level looking for a shot at a higher level similar to what Winston Eubanks did going from Ship to Penn State.
Most teams don't even have enough jerseys for their entire recruiting class for one year imagine scrambling to order more home jerseys for 2 freshman classes. We will be looking at possibly rosters with 120 players and many D2 kids who were AA's at this level looking for a shot at a higher level similar to what Winston Eubanks did going from Ship to Penn State.
Where's all the money coming from to support all these players?
The current high school seniors being recruited aren't going to get much money waived at them.
Some of this will work itself out. Current seniors on pace to graduate in May ... just may retire. Next to none have (legit) NFL aspirations.
If I was a star ... I'd heavily look into moving up. I wouldn't trust having a D2 season even in the Fall of '21.
This makes financial sense for the PSAC. With so many schools in financial distress, saving them the cost of testing and travel was just too tempting. I believe the PSAC will cancel the season for basketball and all the other winter sports next week and I wouldn't be surprised if the cancel spring sports as well. Got to save money were ever they can.
I wonder what effect shuttering most sports for an entire year will have on recruting and alumni giving? Also wonder if administrators might look at things at the end of the year and say you know, we made it through the year without athletics just fine. Maybe we should do the same next year OR perhaps reduce our teams to just a few offerings?
This makes financial sense for the PSAC. With so many schools in financial distress, saving them the cost of testing and travel was just too tempting. I believe the PSAC will cancel the season for basketball and all the other winter sports next week and I wouldn't be surprised if the cancel spring sports as well. Got to save money were ever they can.
I wonder what effect shuttering most sports for an entire year will have on recruting and alumni giving? Also wonder if administrators might look at things at the end of the year and say you know, we made it through the year without athletics just fine. Maybe we should do the same next year OR perhaps reduce our teams to just a few offerings?
The funny thing is coaches still get paid at most if not all schools. So had they decided right away to cancel sports for a year+ they could have laid them off and saved a lot of money. Now, of course they'd be free agents...but not the best job market.
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