Unintended Consequences Of An Extra Year For Winter Athletes

Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA - MARCH 22: Sam Griesel #5 of the North Dakota State Bison is defended by Jordan Goldwire #14 of the Duke Blue Devils in the first half during the first round of the 2019 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament at Colonial Life Arena on March 22, 2019 in Columbia, South Carolina.Over at the Duke Chronicle, Em Adler has an article up on the NCAA’s decision to grant winter athletes an extra season of eligibility and points out the complications for schools like Duke and Kentucky, with rapid turnover, and programs downstream:

“But these problems aren’t evenly affecting schools across the board—Duke is in a much better position to weather…