Recruiting bonuses and graduating student-athletes incentives for coaches will be illegal soon

[Nexus]

The Bylaw Blog's Twitter:

 

Starting July 1, 2011, it appears that bonuses for recruiting success will be illegal: http://t.co/ThuYRWw Not NCAA illegal. Law illegal.

 

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And it appears that contract incentives for graduating student-athletes will also be illegal. /via @kpetersnm

 

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[mmmtodd]

hrm. i dont know how much 'good' this will do. they'll find a way to get them the money, and now they wont have the incentive.

[macroboy]

Maybe I'm missing something but isn't a bonus for graduating students a reward for doing the right thing?

[husker_hurdler]

kinda confused.....wouldn't the people in power WANT students to graduate. The NCAA makes teams go on probation for not making a high enough score on their APR.

[Stumpy1]

On something like this, it makes you think that the lawmakers barely graduted middle school. It is just plain stupid to take away insintives from people that are trying to better the future of young adults.

[kchusker_chris]

I wonder how they determine "recruiting success" currently? Does the Rivals ranking actually matter to coaches?

[RedDenver]

Maybe I'm missing something but isn't a bonus for graduating students a reward for doing the right thing?

They're worried that they'll just graduate them for the money.

[NUance]

Let go on record predicting that there's no way in the wide world of sports that they will ban contract incentives for graduating student-athletes. We universally want student athletes to graduate. It would be a silly thing to ban something that boosts graduation rates, and there would be a huge outcry.