Originally Posted by Anonymous
Unfortunately it is what it is. Plenty of 21 year old freshmen and 25 year old seniors. If your kid is on age 18 year old freshman he is competing against kids 6+ years older. Even many of his fellow freshmen will be 3 years older. It is all so crazy. Now add to that the extra year of eligibility nonsense and you can have 26-27 year old grad students on the roster. NCAA really made a mess of things by giving added eligibility to everyone on last year rosters. Freshmen have been hurt the most.

Agreed it's crazy. I have a 17yo senior. We were watching a game this weekend. 3 of the offensive players were 6 year seniors, one was actually granted a 7th year.