The proposal is simple. You get five years of eligibility starting at age 19, with almost no waivers or redshirts allowed. For Mark Pope and Kentucky, this changes the math on every single Zoom call or campus visit.<\/p>\n
When the staff targets a guy like Rob Wright III or Colby Garland, they aren\u2019t just looking for a 2026 starter. They are potentially signing a player who could still be leading the Wildcats for a couple of years to come.<\/p>\n
The end of the one-year rental<\/p>\n
The \u201c5-for-5\u201d model effectively removes the \u201cCOVID-year\u201d confusion and replaces it with a guaranteed five-year window. No real ability to redshirt. You have 5 years. This puts an immense premium on roster retention and building.<\/p>\n
If Pope brings in someone who will be a true sophomore, they could play in Lexington for 4 more seasons. This is why the \u201cBLUEprint\u201d analytics are so vital; if you miss on a player\u2019s character or system fit now, you aren\u2019t just losing a roster spot. You are losing the ability to have someone there who could stay an extra year and develop.<\/p>\n
Now, on the flip side, it could also incentivize players trying to maximize their value. Play well, and they\u2019ll definitely leave for a bigger payday. They have a finite time in college. But really, that is the way it should be. It is weird when a 24-year-old G League player is being recruited as a first-time college starter.<\/p>\n
Financial longevity of NIL<\/p>\n
With the \u201c5-for-5\u201d model, the incentive to stay isn\u2019t just about the check; it\u2019s about the security and development.<\/p>\n
Players know they have a limited amount of time, and it will result in fewer lawsuits. No weird court rulings extending or denying someone\u2019s college eligibility. Just a flat 5 years.<\/p>\n
The challenge for Mark Pope won\u2019t just be getting the talent to Lexington; it will be keeping them there. In a five-year model, the \u201cGrass is Greener\u201d syndrome could be at an all-time high.<\/p>\n
If Pope can\u2019t create a culture where players like Kam Williams or Malachi Moreno feel they can reach their NBA potential while staying in Lexington for four or five years, he will be stuck in a perpetual cycle of rebuilding, over and over. This offseason is the first test of that culture.<\/p>\n
The \u201c5-for-5\u201d rule hasn\u2019t even been fully implemented yet, and it may never be. But because the NCAA is backing it, and courts could see it as a good compromise, you have to take it into account when building the roster this year.<\/p>\n
What do you think of the NCAA\u2019s proposed rule changes? Will it help or will it hurt?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The proposal is simple. You get five years of eligibility starting at age 19, with almost no waivers…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":708991,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3723],"tags":[7,217,244,231,772,1544],"class_list":{"0":"post-708990","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ncaa-basketball","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-college-basketball","10":"tag-kentucky-wildcats-basketball","11":"tag-ncaa","12":"tag-ncaa-basketball","13":"tag-ncaab"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116391948020552729","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/708990","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=708990"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/708990\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/708991"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=708990"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=708990"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=708990"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}