Are you talking about ex-professional women? If that’s the case, I wonder if there are enough of them to go around. Also, you are making a big assumption about them receiving “pseudo-education” and being ill-prepared for any other job. As it is still the men’s sports that bring in the big bucks, and there are so few professional sports outlets for women, the problem of bringing in poorly prepared athletes to colleges is largely a male problem, IMHO. A WNBA manager lives in my town & brings current players to the rec department for girls’ clinics from time to time. These ladies are far from stupid.</p>
<p>On the other hand, if you mean bringing in ex-pro men, that would be a skill & strength level so far above the women that it would possibly be dangerous.</p>
<p>And why pay for a scrimmage squad when these boys do it for free?</p>
<p>No I mean ex-pro men to practice against a men’s team. It seems like this would be an “optimal training method to produce winning teams.” No reason to rely on second-stringers at practice when there are stronger, faster, more experienced, and unemployed athletes out there. And its cost, relative to 32 mill for a coach, would be modest.</p>
<p>drb, That’s a very interesting idea. Especially if these ex-pros were non-graduates who could now work on both obtaining a degree and helping their alma mater. Although it would take a very strong coach to keep all those egos in check!</p>
<p>has someone involved actually complained about this? If no one complains, there is no problem. This is like when the NCAA ruled that the 2 feathers in my school’s logo are “potentially hostile and abusive to native americans” even though NO ONE COMPLAINED (meanwhile FSU can throw a flaming spear into the ground, but that’s another issue). They are making issues where there aren’t any.</p>
<p>The NCAA should worry about all the players who get arrested. They should worry about the players who get grades for classes that they don’t even attend. They should worry about the athletes who can barely put together coherent sentences.</p>
<p>I support the idea of Title IX, that women should have a chance to play sports in college, but I think football teams should be excluded from the count, and this practice issue is definitely a non-issue. There are many problems with college sports and some of the athletes that participate. This is not one of them.</p>