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Dave Keilitz, executive director
American Baseball Coaches Association
Columbia (South Carolina) State
“I would like to think it will benefit everybody. We’re in this thing for the student-athlete. If every school can have a higher degree of their athletes graduate, then these rules are good. ...
“It’s not going to be doomsday for any baseball program. All it means is that there are going to be changes in the way you operate, and we think that is for the benefit of the student-athlete.”
Pat McMahon, head baseball coach
University of Florida
Columbia (South Carolina) State
“There is going to need to be some tweaking of this, but the big picture, based on a lot of information, is (the academic-enhancement legislation) met some goals.
“The goal is that we need to cut down the flow or transfer of student-athletes from institutions. We need to cut down on the trying out of athletes. We need to support the baseball players in terms of graduation.”
Jack Leggett, head baseball coach
Clemson University
Anderson (South Carolina) Independent Mail
“APR, if given a chance to work, will take care of most of your problems. There have been abuses, too many problems, people moving in and out, running kids off at the end of the fall. That is unethical, it’s wrong, it shouldn’t be accepted. It should be something APR penalties will take care of if given a chance to work. I think (the academic-enhancement legislation) is an overreaction.”
Dan Sattler, baseball student-athlete
Purdue University
Lafayette (Indiana) Journal and Courier
“If you’re not ready to go and contribute when you sign, (top programs) pretty much shoo you aside. They don’t want to spend the money on you to keep you around and develop you.”
Morgan Burke, director of athletics
Purdue University
Lafayette (Indiana) Journal and Courier
“We all think this is the right next step. There’s way too much movement and rosters are turning out to be tryouts. I think this will slow this down.
“We’re looking too much like minor-league baseball. We have people trying out in one conference and showing up mid-year in another conference.”
Joe Hudak, head baseball coach
Winthrop College
Columbia (South Carolina) State
“The (elimination of the one-time transfer exception in baseball) is going to hurt us and all the mid-majors because we’ve had some good players who have transferred in. But on the front end, we’re going to get those guys who might have gone to a Clemson or a South Carolina and then transferred to a mid-major if it didn’t work out.”
Doug Schreiber, head baseball coach
Purdue University
Lafayette (Indiana) Journal and Courier
“Kids on the front end will look for the best fit, and that includes the academic setting, the social aspects and the distance from home. They will consider everything and not just baseball.”
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Baseball academic enhancement
Dave Keilitz, executive director
American Baseball Coaches Association
Columbia (South Carolina) State
“I would like to think it will benefit everybody. We’re in this thing for the student-athlete. If every school can have a higher degree of their athletes graduate, then these rules are good. ...
“It’s not going to be doomsday for any baseball program. All it means is that there are going to be changes in the way you operate, and we think that is for the benefit of the student-athlete.”
Pat McMahon, head baseball coach
University of Florida
Columbia (South Carolina) State
“There is going to need to be some tweaking of this, but the big picture, based on a lot of information, is (the academic-enhancement legislation) met some goals.
“The goal is that we need to cut down the flow or transfer of student-athletes from institutions. We need to cut down on the trying out of athletes. We need to support the baseball players in terms of graduation.”
Jack Leggett, head baseball coach
Clemson University
Anderson (South Carolina) Independent Mail
“APR, if given a chance to work, will take care of most of your problems. There have been abuses, too many problems, people moving in and out, running kids off at the end of the fall. That is unethical, it’s wrong, it shouldn’t be accepted. It should be something APR penalties will take care of if given a chance to work. I think (the academic-enhancement legislation) is an overreaction.”
Dan Sattler, baseball student-athlete
Purdue University
Lafayette (Indiana) Journal and Courier
“If you’re not ready to go and contribute when you sign, (top programs) pretty much shoo you aside. They don’t want to spend the money on you to keep you around and develop you.”
Morgan Burke, director of athletics
Purdue University
Lafayette (Indiana) Journal and Courier
“We all think this is the right next step. There’s way too much movement and rosters are turning out to be tryouts. I think this will slow this down.
“We’re looking too much like minor-league baseball. We have people trying out in one conference and showing up mid-year in another conference.”
Joe Hudak, head baseball coach
Winthrop College
Columbia (South Carolina) State
“The (elimination of the one-time transfer exception in baseball) is going to hurt us and all the mid-majors because we’ve had some good players who have transferred in. But on the front end, we’re going to get those guys who might have gone to a Clemson or a South Carolina and then transferred to a mid-major if it didn’t work out.”
Doug Schreiber, head baseball coach
Purdue University
Lafayette (Indiana) Journal and Courier
“Kids on the front end will look for the best fit, and that includes the academic setting, the social aspects and the distance from home. They will consider everything and not just baseball.”
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