NCAA Option
Posted 2:15 PM ET | Comments 0
My idea:
Discontinue all athletic scholarships.
A player will be awared a scholarship based only on academics. If he is smart and plays on a team he should get paid the amount his college will cost year by year. (So he has a full ride plus money)
If a player does not get much scholarship from his academics but plays on a team, he will still be paid the amount that college will cost year by year.
Lets say school costs 40k per year.
So if you are smart and playing D1 hockey for example, you have a full ride and get paid 40k per year
If you are an average student (half ride) you will owe 20k per year. Playing D1 hockey though pays you 40k a year. You can choose to pay the school 20k and keep 20k spending cash per year or you could take out 20k in loans and keep the 40k for yourself.
This would be very interesting in other sports as well like football and basketball.
We would then see academically savy athletes getting paid more than an average athlete who would really only get paid a chunk due to his academics not being as great. It forces the students to think of academics first and not just being an athlete. By screwing up grades you could lose that scholarship and owe more money.
And yes there would have to be a cap to make all schools even.
Thanks for reading!!!
Discontinue all athletic scholarships.
A player will be awared a scholarship based only on academics. If he is smart and plays on a team he should get paid the amount his college will cost year by year. (So he has a full ride plus money)
If a player does not get much scholarship from his academics but plays on a team, he will still be paid the amount that college will cost year by year.
Lets say school costs 40k per year.
So if you are smart and playing D1 hockey for example, you have a full ride and get paid 40k per year
If you are an average student (half ride) you will owe 20k per year. Playing D1 hockey though pays you 40k a year. You can choose to pay the school 20k and keep 20k spending cash per year or you could take out 20k in loans and keep the 40k for yourself.
This would be very interesting in other sports as well like football and basketball.
We would then see academically savy athletes getting paid more than an average athlete who would really only get paid a chunk due to his academics not being as great. It forces the students to think of academics first and not just being an athlete. By screwing up grades you could lose that scholarship and owe more money.
And yes there would have to be a cap to make all schools even.
Thanks for reading!!!