JUCO eligibility ruling

Baseball
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So, yesterday the courts awarded Tennessee QB additional years of D1 eligibility and that his two JUCO years did not count against him for years playing D1. Will this translate over to baseball ? UH currently has JUCO baseball players that have played at Juco level. If they were to continue to play at D1 baseball over the draft or not being drafted , will they get up to 4 years ?

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I don’t see why not? I’m sure it allows to all athletes regardless of sport.

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A bit lengthy but does give some insight .

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I think there is a possibility this thing gets reversed….having said that I don’t think most baseball fans would be very supportive.

Nobody wants to see guys in there mid 20’s competing against 18-19 year olds in “college” baseball.
There is more opportunity for baseball players to be drafted than football players….i say this because I think people would be more “understanding “ of a 25-26 year old college football player than the same age college baseball player….they are more inclined to think a baseball player should have moved on by then.

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Agreed with your line of thinking. Baseball is a “different” route to minors/mlb. Adding this kink, would allow more “mediocre “ players to play longer. The best go straight to the draft currently unless enticed to go 4 year. A low percentage. NIL money at most schools not enticing enough to keep the best around. If this ruling moves forward into ncaa sports , unless drafted , wouldn’t players basically all go Juco route first ? Two more years to get drafted and develop for a four year career ?
I think as we play with all the scenarios , we realize this will be a mess !!!

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It will be interesting to see which way the court goes with this ruling. Most of me thinks it will stick. I think they are comparing it to a Gap School where they play a JUCO schedule but the players don’t lose a year. I never understood why that was fair. I don’t think it will really hurt the game because of the 34 scholarship limit. That rule is going to really cut out the marginal player in the college game.

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