Written by: HilbyPirates 8/27/2009 1:30 PM
Admissions to college are becoming more and more complicated. The NCAA says "yes, they're good" and then, as in the Memphis case recently, they determine, "well no, they werent and rather than slap ourselves on the wrist, the institution is going to have to take the heat". There has to be a better way. Colleges are in no-win situations. They dont know what to do. Steve Spurrier a few years back criticized the South Carolina administration for not admitting a potential player...some say the problem was that he was from the border area...except on the North Carolina side. What a joke that was, everyone knows that North Carolina has better standards then South Carolina...in everything. The South Carolina admins were too worried about the NCAA...when they could have just sent the kid through the Clearinghouse, but they know thats not the end of it. All schools have their own admissions procedures, but the NCAA has complicated the process so much and is unwilling to take any blame for its process, that AD's are throwing their hands in the air. Here's a recent entry regarding this issue: http://www.moneyplayersblog.com/blog/2009/08/guest-column-terry-holland-on-ncaa-reform.html I say this. If the NCAA wants to use the Clearinghouse...then the kid is cleared...forever for the schools purposes. Once your in, your in. Unless you do something wrong while your there. If a violation is found to have occured prior to entry, like a payment or invalid test score...then lets pass legislation saying that if you lied on your application, you can be prosecuted. High School players and their parents and friends would think twice about what they are doing if they knew they could be prosecuted for it or it would hold them back later. Lets go after the real source of the problem, and stop putting all of the blame on the colleges.
Admissions to college are becoming more and more complicated. The NCAA says "yes, they're good" and then, as in the Memphis case recently, they determine, "well no, they werent and rather than slap ourselves on the wrist, the institution is going to have to take the heat". There has to be a better way. Colleges are in no-win situations. They dont know what to do. Steve Spurrier a few years back criticized the South Carolina administration for not admitting a potential player...some say the problem was that he was from the border area...except on the North Carolina side. What a joke that was, everyone knows that North Carolina has better standards then South Carolina...in everything. The South Carolina admins were too worried about the NCAA...when they could have just sent the kid through the Clearinghouse, but they know thats not the end of it. All schools have their own admissions procedures, but the NCAA has complicated the process so much and is unwilling to take any blame for its process, that AD's are throwing their hands in the air. Here's a recent entry regarding this issue: http://www.moneyplayersblog.com/blog/2009/08/guest-column-terry-holland-on-ncaa-reform.html
I say this. If the NCAA wants to use the Clearinghouse...then the kid is cleared...forever for the schools purposes. Once your in, your in. Unless you do something wrong while your there. If a violation is found to have occured prior to entry, like a payment or invalid test score...then lets pass legislation saying that if you lied on your application, you can be prosecuted. High School players and their parents and friends would think twice about what they are doing if they knew they could be prosecuted for it or it would hold them back later. Lets go after the real source of the problem, and stop putting all of the blame on the colleges.
2 comments so far...
Re: The STUDENT-athlete Good points Hilby.
Re: The STUDENT-athlete
Good points Hilby.
Re: The STUDENT-athlete Mike Balogun would agree with you Hilby.
Mike Balogun would agree with you Hilby.