And yet would you suggest that someone who sits out of school for a year or
two, perhaps someone in the service for 4 years after High school, should
not be eligible for a scholarship?  Or not allowed to play at all?
 
The NCAA does impose some age limit, and I'm sure there is some rule about
whether you are scholarship eligible based on professional or semipro play
before college.  But while a 20 year old Freshman on average might have a
slight physical advantage over an 18 year old Freshman (or maturity
advantage?), I really don't think its such a huge problem that it needs to
be addressed by limiting scholarships or playing opportunities.
 
 
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> From:         Vicki Price[SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
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> Sent:         Friday, January 22, 1999 12:08 PM
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> Subject:      Foreigners vs Juniors
>
> At 11:40AM, on January 22, 1999 Kirk Ahlberg wrote:
>
> >There are too many 20-year old freshman competing against 18-year >olds.
>
> Relevant point! Which division 1 schools are known for recruiting older
> players!? Reason: competitive edge and possibly because their recruiting
> base
> is largely non-American, due to locale or the recruiting draw of
> neighboring
> rival schools. Obviously, there must not be any NCAA rule that limits
> scholarship money to over-agers!? Are there any schools who continuously
> hit
> the top ten with a bench full of twenty year old freshman!? Does anyone
> know
> if this topic has ever been brought up in a National Coach's meeting or
> the
> NCAA!?
>
>
>
> Vicki Price
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