NCAA looking at Freshman Ineligiblity

[huskie3]

As I said, I agree that it's a good idea. The problem is that the NCAA can't pass age minimums for pro leagues. That's up to the NBA, and while Adam Silver has said he'd like to change the rule to a two-year minimum, the players' union chief has said that's a nonstarter.[/quote]
Understood, just a wish.[/quote]
I don't get it, as the union represents its current players. College kids aren't current players. The union would do a better job by its members by supporting a two years out of high school rule.[/quote]
I was puzzled as well, how can players union make NCAA rules or even have an impact on them. It seems to me that a team taking too many '1 and dones' would suffer in APR.

[EastHallApp]

I was puzzled as well, how can players union make NCAA rules or even have an impact on them. It seems to me that a team taking too many '1 and dones' would suffer in APR.

It's not an NCAA rule, it's an NBA rule. It determines when a player is eligible to enter the NBA draft. College basketball is just affected by it because most players who would go straight to the NBA if they could choose to spend that one year playing in college.

As far as APR, that just measures whether a "student-athlete" is "on track to graduate" at the time that they leave the school, whether that's after one semester, one year, or four years. So basically, if a basketball player has enough credits and a nominal minimum GPA when he leaves after one year, the school is fine. For instance, IIRC, Kentucky basketball actually had a perfect APR score last year.

[T-Dog]

There's a already a new rule coming in 2016 that'll mandate a higher threshold for incoming freshmen or have them face an academic redshirt.

Why not let the rule they've already approved play out and go from there?

http://www.sbnation.com/college-footbal ... ments-2016