Greg: The NCAA's '5 for 5' Model Proposal

What would NCAA’s fifth year eligibility proposal mean for IU basketball and football?

College athletics is caught up in a tangled web of change and trying to figure itself out at the moment. Eligibility has been a major point of contention for several years, and the NCAA seems to be headed down a path it hopes will provide some simplicity and clarity while keeping it out of the courts. The organization is exploring a new policy that grants athletes five years of eligibility from the time of their 19th birthday or high school grad…

Greg: The NCAA's '5 for 5' Model Proposal

UNC's Seth Trimble represents the type of player who would benefit from a grandfather clause in the proposed eligibility model.