PABaseball posted:What I think should happen - college athletes should continue using their eligibility on schedule. When their eligibility runs out they should be able to apply and be granted a redshirt season for the lost time. Many will not choose to use said year, some will be drafted, some will quit baseball altogether. Kids will use 5 years if they know they have it. But kids will use their 4 and start to think about life after baseball if you push it off and make it optional. Between the draft, optional waivers, and attrition it will sort itself out within a year or two. Seniors get nothing out of this but I'm sure an arrangement could be made with the exception that they were enrolled in grad school full time.
Not a bad idea, especially because by the time the decision to exercise that additional year of eligibility roles around (for the younger guys), they will have a better understanding of their potential for the next level, whether a scholarship is even an option for them as a grad-transfer, and be able to make a better informed decision to exercise the option.
One thing, depending on how you look at it, is the guys who come back and do a grad year to use that eligibility, and presumably completes a grad degree, will potentially be avoiding an ugly job market.