(04-05-2022 12:05 AM)GoodOwl Wrote:  

(04-04-2022 11:29 AM)WRCisforgotten79 Wrote:  11 LSU players have entered the portal, leaving no scholarship players on the roster.

Something needs to change.

I don't mind the quasi-free agency or paying players as much as the sham that they are "students" when in fact, the majority of them are not, but is there a prohibition in signing them to contracts that are multi-year and enforcing the agreements? I'd rather they just stick to playing the sport and then have to meet the exact same admission standards afterwards (with a full scholarship available to them after their playing days end if they do) if they in fact want to get a degree form a school rather than being forced to do it concurrently. We're essentially at the point of simply rooting for our uniforms over theirs, as most of the players, at least in FB and Men's BB don't really seem to care much anymore. There's only one agreement I know of that can be unilaterally ignored, and a basketball contract is not the one that I am aware, but perhaps that is mistaken?

I think eventually the players will be considered employees of the University and not be required to also be students.