Smurf wrote:As is being suggested by some, the NCAA should seriously consider granting another year of eligibility for spring sport athletes.
As if being a Samford fan isn't challenging enough, our women fight through very slim odds to win a berth in the NCAA tourney for the first time in years. Then the rug gets pulled out from underneath them. The baseball team was off to a torrid start. They were 13-2 and may have well been on a path to having a special year and perhaps their best season in school history. Then the rug gets pulled out from underneath them.
The late spring cancellations are the ones that get me. The College World Series isn't until June. You could have waited a few weeks on that one. I agree with you that an extra year of eligibility is in order but since it's the NCAA, you know that won't happen.