Eventually, what?

[Always Learning]

Haven't seen it here at "Hoops" anywhere, but thought there would be an onslaught of opinions both ways on USC's decision to make all men's and women's basketball, and football scholarships guaranteed four years deals.
I am thinking that in time I can see this policy being adopted by others, especially in the BE.
Think of the edge it gores the BE schools in recruiting.
Of course, coaches won't like it, at first, but I think the advantages far outweigh the minuses.
Players who are recruited, but can't get PT at the BE level will always transfer, thus there will always be "openings."
But the BCS schools, especially in our area (UC, UL, UK, IU, PU, osu) will hate it, and for us I thinks that is good.
Fire away!

[Juice]

Haven't seen it here at "Hoops" anywhere, but thought there would be an onslaught of opinions both ways on USC's decision to make all men's and women's basketball, and football scholarships guaranteed four years deals.
I am thinking that in time I can see this policy being adopted by others, especially in the BE.
Think of the edge it gores the BE schools in recruiting.
Of course, coaches won't like it, at first, but I think the advantages far outweigh the minuses.
Players who are recruited, but can't get PT at the BE level will always transfer, thus there will always be "openings."
But the BCS schools, especially in our area (UC, UL, UK, IU, PU, osu) will hate it, and for us I thinks that is good.
Fire away!

The Big Ten is already sending a memo around to do this. Other conferences will as well. But as one writer I follow on twitter (I think it was Snow but I forget) said, if a school wants a kid gone, it will happen.

[Chalmers0]

The Big Ten is already sending a memo around to do this. Other conferences will as well. But as one writer I follow on twitter (I think it was Snow but I forget) said, if a school wants a kid gone, it will happen.

Yup, it was Snow, and he is pretty much right. The exact same conversation would go down that goes down now when a coach wants a kid to transfer. It definitely is a nice publicity front though for schools so I'd be shocked if they don't all go to this 4 year guaranteed model.

[Titanxman04]

Got to think it's less of a transfer idea as opposed to if a young man or woman gets seriously hurt and their career ends. Stories are still circulating as when schools would just completely cut ties when a player would be injured to the point of no longer being able to play, and that kid and their family being left with the medical bills. Just another way to say that the school won't leave you high and dry.

[X-man]

I think you'll find that Xavier's approach makes more sense all the way around. When an athlete comes to Xavier on scholarship, they are pretty much guaranteed a free college education through four years, or to the degree. What Xavier, or any other schools that go this route, is guarantee that the athlete will have four years on a team. This results in situations where a student athlete may be told that they can either pay their own way and walk on, or get a scholarship to continue receiving a free college education but it won't be an athletic scholarship. To me, this approach makes a lot more sense. Plus it really gets to what "student athletes" should be promised when they are offered a "free ride" to a college degree.