Non-qualifiers sue NCAA

[tornado]

This lawsuit is being pursued by non-qualifiers who were then forced to go to junior college to become eligible then to go to Division I schools and be on scholarship...

They claim the NCAA determination of who is "qualified" and who is a "non-qualifer" is arbitrary and unfair...
and disqualifies certain kids from being eligible to go straight from high school to D-I and play and be on scholarship..

http://www.courthousenews.com/2011/03/15/34936.htm

But note this...
"Many student-athletes rely on athletic-based financial aid to get a college
education, including "a disproportionate number ... [who] are from
communities of color or who grew up in an at-risk environment.."


In the end we actually see that the real motivation for this (read at the bottom of that link) is that some people think that by
requiring a kid to get decent grades, you are a racist and since a disproportionate number of kids who are non-qualifiers are minorities...
It isn't just enough for them to claim NCAA is racist -- and to stop this policy -- they, of course, want some money paid to them as a settlement!!

Of course they don't pint out that in the big time sports such as football & basketball -- a disproportionate percentage of the kids who do play, who do succeed, and who do move on the professional sports are also minorities....
is this lawsuit gonna correct that "imbalance"?

[Da Coach]

There have been others who have tried to sue the NCAA before over their academic requirements for a scholarship and they have all failed.

[SFP]

They got one part right! The NCAA does discriminate but it has nothing to do with the color of your skin. They discriminate on where you want to play. I do believe though that the NCAA should allow schools to offer scholarships to non-qualified students but with the premises that they cannot practice or play with the team for a year while they improve in the classroom and still get 4 years of eligibility. I wonder how many of those kids would still take the scholarship?