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New 5 for 5 Rule Scenario/Question
Posted on 6/24/26 at 11:04 am
Posted on 6/24/26 at 11:04 am
The new rule states that a player has 5 years to play 5 seasons starting either at enrollment OR at the age of 19.
Do you think colleges will tell kids that graduate HS at 18 to take a development year and just train and then enroll as 19 year olds?
To add to this, do you think development leagues will be created as a one year stop gap for kids not wanting to start their college clock yet but still want game action?
Everytime any law or rule is passed, there are always unintended consequences and I wonder if this will be one of them.
Do you think colleges will tell kids that graduate HS at 18 to take a development year and just train and then enroll as 19 year olds?
To add to this, do you think development leagues will be created as a one year stop gap for kids not wanting to start their college clock yet but still want game action?
Everytime any law or rule is passed, there are always unintended consequences and I wonder if this will be one of them.
This post was edited on 6/24/26 at 11:05 am
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Posted on 6/24/26 at 11:09 am to Bert Macklin FBI
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Do you think colleges will tell kids that graduate HS at 18 to take a development year and just train and then enroll as 19 year olds?
You really thought about this long enough to create a thread and dont realize how dumb this would be? You could just redshirt them
Posted on 6/24/26 at 11:11 am to Saskwatch
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You could just redshirt them
You really made this dumbass response without realizing that the 5 for 5 rule eliminates redshirts?
No playing time redshirts. No medical redshirts. nothing. The only waiver would be for military or religious missions.
Which is why it would benefit a guy that won't play as an 18 year old freshman to take a year to develop. Once he enrolls he has 5 years no matter what happens.
This post was edited on 6/24/26 at 11:14 am
Posted on 6/24/26 at 11:19 am to Bert Macklin FBI
Good way to send a player to a rival who doesn't want them to do that.
Posted on 6/24/26 at 11:20 am to Bert Macklin FBI
Is it enrollment at any school, or does it need to be a 4 year institution? Wonder if this could give JUCO football life again
Posted on 6/24/26 at 11:22 am to Bert Macklin FBI
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Do you think colleges will tell kids that graduate HS at 18 to take a development year and just train and then enroll as 19 year olds?
I do not think this happens as the players want to earn NIL money asap.
This post was edited on 6/24/26 at 11:23 am
Posted on 6/24/26 at 11:34 am to RoscoeHarper
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Good way to send a player to a rival who doesn't want them to do that.
I can’t speak for all schools but Kiffin has stated that he isn’t paying top dollar for HS kids unless he sees a path for them to play as freshman. He says you pay the kids to come out of HS, they don’t play, then they get in the portal. It’s dead money that doesnt even pay off a couple of years down the road.
I say this meaning that at least some schools are already letting guys they would have historically recruited hard walk to rivals because they’d rather pay a proven portal guy than a kid who will ride the bench for a couple of years out of HS.
Posted on 6/24/26 at 11:35 am to Monsusta
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I do not think this happens as the players want to earn NIL money asap.
HS kids make NIL money. Why couldn’t a school give them an NIL deal to sit for a year?
Posted on 6/24/26 at 11:36 am to Bert Macklin FBI
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do you think development leagues will be created as a one year stop gap for kids not wanting to start their college clock yet but still want game action?
Posted on 6/24/26 at 11:37 am to Bert Macklin FBI
Yeah... youre reaching. I think what actually is going to happen is parents will have to stop holding their kids back.
Posted on 6/24/26 at 11:55 am to RoscoeHarper
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parents will have to stop holding their kids back.
If anything, this encourages parents to hold their kids back. Most kids graduate HS at 18.
Posted on 6/24/26 at 11:56 am to Bert Macklin FBI
This concept previously existed and was often referred to as "greyshirting" where enrollment is delayed a minimum of one semester to delay the clock starting. Unless you're paying a player though, it would make more sense for them to enroll somewhere to play and develop, even if it's a JUCO. And I don't think you can pay a player that isn't enrolled.
This post was edited on 6/24/26 at 11:57 am
Posted on 6/24/26 at 12:01 pm to Quicksilver
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it would make more sense for them to enroll somewhere to play and develop, even if it's a JUCO.
As of now, JUCO starts your clock so it doesn’t really solve the issue of delaying the clock starting.
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And I don't think you can pay a player that isn't enrolled.
You also can’t use NIL to attract players to your school but people do that anyway.
“I’m sorry NCAA, idk where he got that NIL deal during his gap year.”
Posted on 6/24/26 at 12:35 pm to Bert Macklin FBI
Posted on 6/24/26 at 12:53 pm to Bert Macklin FBI
This is gonna get struck down somewhere. You can't exclude people from playing college sports if they decide to go back in their 20s.
If someone went back to school for first time in their 20s and wanted to be a walk-on college athlete they should have that right to do that or whatever.
If someone went back to school for first time in their 20s and wanted to be a walk-on college athlete they should have that right to do that or whatever.
This post was edited on 6/24/26 at 12:54 pm
Posted on 6/24/26 at 12:58 pm to LSUTigresFan
Not that I had the athletic talent, but I didn’t start college until I was 23; so, I agree.
Posted on 6/24/26 at 1:01 pm to New Money
Yea I started in my 20s too
Posted on 6/24/26 at 1:01 pm to LSUTigresFan
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You can't exclude people from playing college sports if they decide to go back in their 20s.
High school does
And you can’t accommodate everyone. There has to be lines drawn or it will continue to be a free for all.
This post was edited on 6/24/26 at 1:04 pm
Posted on 6/24/26 at 1:08 pm to LSUTigresFan
quote:It say from time of enrollment or 19 so if they enroll at 23 that would we okay if I am reading it correctly. It's to stop the clock on those coming back to school
If someone went back to school for first time in their 20s and wanted to be a walk-on college athlete they should have that right to do that or whatever.
Posted on 6/24/26 at 1:10 pm to LSUTigresFan
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This is gonna get struck down somewhere. You can't exclude people from playing college sports if they decide to go back in their 20s.
If someone went back to school for first time in their 20s and wanted to be a walk-on college athlete they should have that right to do that or whatever.
Playing college sports is a privelege, not a right. We need to start allowing the NCAA to enforce rules again to end the chaos. I am in favor of telling that very small sect of people to bad, so sad.
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