WBB: General All-NCAA Thread - Not Team Cyclones Stuff

I guess Caitlin Clark said on a radio show Monday, she is considering taking her COVID year and coming back for year # 5.


Would certainly be in the cards for her to seriously consider it. The WNBA doesn't pay for crap compared to her possible endorsement deals which she can now do as a collegiate. I guess she gets more media PR, and market value for companies, in the NCAA than in the WNBA. For sure she is on TV more at Iowa than if she was playing for the Minnesota Lynx or other WNBA team.
 
Do not believe that Ava Jones counts against their scholarship limit - think there is a rule that if you are medically unable to ever play that they can pay for your school but not count against the scholarship limit. If Bea had another year and she had medically retired think it would be the same situation.
Ava Jones will count against the limit unless she officially medically retires, AKA forfeits the idea of ever playing again. She has not done that. It may or may not happen at some point, but for now, everyone supports her trying to make a comeback.
 
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Ava Jones will count against the limit unless she officially medically retires, AKA forfeits the idea of ever playing again. She has not done that. It may or may not happen at some point, but for now, everyone supports her trying to make a comeback.
But didnt Iowa have a football player retire, then transfer and play elsewhere?
 
Ava Jones will count against the limit unless she officially medically retires, AKA forfeits the idea of ever playing again. She has not done that. It may or may not happen at some point, but for now, everyone supports her trying to make a comeback.

Yeah, that was my understanding and why I counted her. I am skeptical she will ever play, maybe a token minute at some point, but there is no mistaking that she wants to try and that Iowa is honoring that. With her injures it's remarkable that she's even able to enroll and attend as a student. That accident was lifechanging for her whole family. I hate even thinking about it, it's just disturbing.

Ordinarily 15 WBB scholarships is more than most teams use but the COVID extra is having that come into play more for the next couple of years. After that it's more back to normal although you will still have the transfers complicating things each year.
 
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Ava Jones will count against the limit unless she officially medically retires, AKA forfeits the idea of ever playing again. She has not done that. It may or may not happen at some point, but for now, everyone supports her trying to make a comeback.

Thanks for the clarification - I had not followed closely and the severity of the injuries at the time of the accident I thought definitely career ending. Good for her to keep fighting and keeping her dream alive.
 
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