Reply to "4 years D1 after Juco?"

auberon1,000+ posts

@fenwaysouth posted:
I realize this is a one-off NCAA situation with the Vanderbilt QB, and unlikely to apply to the general sports population in the future. However, I can't help to wonder out loud if these eligibility issues, and issues like them are part of women's college sports? Honestly, I don't hear or read anything about NCAA college eligibility issues in women's college sports, and they are subject to the same rules. My family tree is almost all male, so I don't get much of a female perspective about college sports these days. Thoughts?

Women start puberty earlier and their growth plates fuse earlier. It's a lot less common to see physical differences between 18-year-old and 22-year-old women as it is for men. Also the pro sports opportunities for women are obviously much less lucrative so there's not the same incentive to delay entering the workforce for a shot at playing pro sports.

12/19/242:00 PM

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