RobHowe
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Howe: Projecting Iowa's Pre-Spring Depth Chart on Offense
Taking a stab at first two-deep for 2021.
Howe: Projecting Iowa's Pre-Spring Depth Chart on Offense
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HawkeyeFever
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Yes, but starting in the 22-23 season, the athletes would count against scholarship and roster limits. They won't count against them next fall.
NCAA grants all 2020 fall student-athletes extra year of eligibility
Student-athletes playing fall sports will be granted both an additional year of eligibility and an additional year in which to complete it
www.wtkr.com
From the article:
"Student athletes playing fall sports will be granted both an additional year of eligibility and an additional year in which to complete it, as the Council suggested, through a blanket waiver.
Seniors will be permitted to return next year and not count against a sport’s roster or scholarship limits. Underclassmen will get access to a waiver they can use to extend their careers, but beyond the 2021-22 academic year, those athletes will count against scholarship and roster limits. So, for example, Clemson junior quarterback Trevor Lawrence, who started as a freshman, could conceivably play a full 2020 season and two more".
While reading up on this, I was made aware of a potential dilemma for college coaches. What if you have a kid who wants to take advantage of the eligibility rule, but you didn't necessarily want him to do it? For instance, what if Hogan takes over the starting spot and Padilla is a close second? Is Ferentz obligated to honor another year for Petras, even though he may not necessarily want him?
Fryowa
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No, coaches can cut players if they want. They wouldn’t have to extend another year of scholarship if they don’t want to.
This came up a couple years ago with a kid from my town. He was getting recruited by Woods (he’s from west Lyon so he handles all the recruiting up in this area) and ultimately they ended up offering him preferred walk-on status and told him and his parents that if he performed his first year, there was a chance they’d have room that next season for a scholarship. I know this recruit’s dad pretty well and he a real practical guy; he asked Woods if the scholarship was guaranteed if he had, say, a career ending injury and Woods told him no.
One of this kid’s other offers was SDSU, and as a smaller school competing with a couple P5 trams, they offered him a full ride guaranteed. So if he blew out his knee the first day of freshman practice and couldn’t ever play again, he still had his tuition, room, and board all paid for for the rest of his bachelors degree. He picked SDSU and is going into his junior year now as a starter.
Talking to his dad (we live in the same town), he told me that a lot of the smaller, non-P5 schools use that as a bargaining chip to compete with the bigger guys like Iowa, etc. If there’s a recruit they want really bad and he’s on the fence, a lot of times that will tip the scales in their favor.
With a school like Iowa I’m sure it depends on the player and what level they contribute. I have to think that a guy like Colbert in this situation, or if say, Linderbaum had a career ending injury, they’d honor the rest of the scholarship.
HawkeyeFever
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I think your friend’s son made a good decision. Full ride guaranteed and four years in So Cal playing the sport you love? As a kid coming out of high school, that would be hard to pass up.
RyDogg
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I don't disagree, but I took this to mean South Dakota State. Still a full ride, but not a great location/climate.
Also, I thought all scholarships are one year and renewable. If so, the coaches can say it is fully guaranteed, but can also pull it if they wanted.
RobHowe
Administrator
Scholarships in the Big Ten are guaranteed for four years. Not sure about other conferences.
www.espn.com
Big Ten guarantees four-year scholarships
The Big Ten announced Wednesday that all of its institutions will grant athletic scholarships for the entire term of an athlete's enrollment and allow some athletes who leave school to return and finish their degrees on scholarship.
HawkeyeFever
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I bet you are right...a big difference in climate and "scenery", but still a full ride guaranteed vs. walking on with a prayer.
RyDogg
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Definitely. I don't fault anyone for what they choose. Everyone's situation is different and we don't know what their priorities or thoughts are.
99topdawg
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Yes, and if Nate Stanley would have redshirted instead of playing those few games in mop up duty, he could be coming back again next year.
