Heller and the author are acting as though all D1 schools fully fund 11.7 scholarships. Not even close to realistic. Imagine what is going to happen to athletic funding when football stadiums are empty this fall. That is a very real possibility considering how quickly schools pulled the trigger pushing kids out the door at the start of this. They don’t want to be viewed as being a Petrie dish and helping to spread this disease. Frankly, how many of us are going to be chomping at the bit to get into a stadium any time soon?
The NCAA should just focus on the only thing that matters, and that is addressing the eligibility extension of current NCAA players impacted by this year’s NCAA decision to stop competition. The incoming freshmen have not done anything to be impacted, they still have 5 years of eligibility when they hit the door. Yes, the MLB draft decision throws a big wrinkle into things, but that isn’t something that should drive roster size or scholarship changes. Seniors who were on scholarship were not robbed of their final semester of scholarship, they received it. Extending eligibility is going to create a larger pool of players due to the reduced MLB draft and there will be more cuts, but you can’t tell me coaches can’t handle this. They do it every year.