The Big Ten Conference wants to talk about ruling freshmen ineligible in college basketball and football, according to a report.
The Diamondback, a University of Maryland independent student newspaper, is reporting the story based on document obtained by the publication.
The Diamondback the discussion will take place at Maryland.
"What I like about the concept of the proposal is it puts right up front the basic issue: Are we basically a quasi-professional activity or primarily an educational activity?" University of Maryland President Wallace Loh told the Diamondback. "And if you support it, you are basically saying very clearly the No. 1 priority is the education of the students."
According to the report, the proposal "equates to a mandatory redshirt season" and benefit athletes academically.
Per the report:
The proposal examines "the imbalance observed in those two sports" and cites that football and men's basketball student-athletes account for less than 19 percent of Division I participants, yet they account for more than 80 percent of academic infraction cases.
The proposal is being billed as the "Year of Readiness."
Would ruin college basketball. The best players will go overseas, the rest will go to the better schools outside of the power 5.
This is probably the dumbest fucking thing I have ever heard in my life. Larry Scott and the Big 10 commish should be beaten to a bloody pulp for even having this cross their minds
