I do agree with Enberg about abolishing freshman eligibility.

Adminstrators say financial concerns make the elimination of freshman eligibility impractical.

However, he had not completed the necessary 14 core courses in high school, and therefore was denied freshman eligibility.

Ever since, freshman eligibility has been the college equivalent of a nuclear weapon: nobody will give it up unless everybody else does.

But ending freshman eligibility would be a useful step.

Athletic directors who defend freshman eligibility argue that many students handle the schedule well, finishing their degrees on time.

Mr. Smith is one of a group of distinguished coaches who were early critics of freshman eligibility.

At schools like William and Mary, where athletes are recruited as students first, there is no difficulty with freshman eligibility.

I am skeptical about the motivation of big-time athletic schools to end freshman eligibility.

It may be easier now because of freshman eligibility.