The big problem with P5 Autonomy - No new scholarship limits

[ucahogfan]

With the P5 conferences getting autonomy today, one thing that should have been a big sticking point is making sure ALL student-athletes receive full scholarships instead of only football and both men's and women's basketball, but scholarship limits will not fall under the autonomy rules according to this article:

http://espn.go.com/college-sports/story/_/id/11321551/ncaa-board-votes-allow-autonomy-five-power-conferences?src=mobile

How is a baseball player going to feel when DVH and staff tell them that they will only get a 25% scholarship, but we can give you 5K/year for full cost of attendance?  That isn't going to make a huge difference because that student athlete will need that money to pay for school if he doesn't have an academic scholarship, lottery money, people paying for his schooling.  A big sticking point with the full COA and giving players stipends seems to be the inability for football players to get jobs during the school year and in the summer, but what about the baseball student athletes?  They spend all spring playing a 56 game regular season schedule and most good programs wind up playing until June.  For non-DE players, they then head out to summer leagues where they will play every day until a couple of weeks before schools begin.  Those healthy players who decide not to participate in summer leagues fall way behind their teammates in game action.

Before handing out a 5K stipend for COA, I think it is much more important that every student athlete in a P5 conference to receive a full scholarship for their contributions to their respective programs.

[jesterzzn]

Look, lets just call it what it is.  A farce.  This isn't about fairness.  This isn't about making sure kids have some spending money.  This is about making a minor concession so that the media will shut up for a while.  They are only trying to milk this cash cow for a little while longer, and no honest thought about anything else even entered into their minds.

[rhog1]

Look, lets just call it what it is.  A farce.  This isn't about fairness.  This isn't about making sure kids have some spending money.  This is about making a minor concession so that the media will shut up for a while.  They are only trying to milk this cash cow for a little while longer, and no honest thought about anything else even entered into their minds.

I agree the NCAA is more worried about crawling out from under that lawsuit than they are about anything else right now. Hopefully total scholarships for baseball and other sports is something that can be passed by the conferences now.

[jackflash]

If the NCAA had done the right things years ago, would not be having these problems now. Leaders where to old and set in there ways.

[ucahogfan]

Aaron Fitt says that college baseball should thrive with the new P5 autonomy:

http://www.baseballamerica.com/college/college-baseball-thrive-autonomy-era/