At a recent panel discussion organized by the Big 12 Conference, a moderator asked four college athletes what they thought of a number of proposals to reform college athletics. Getting rid of late evening games? The athletes said they like playing during prime time. Realigning the conferences so that athletes don’t have to travel so far? The athletes said they enjoy traveling across the country. Requiring athletes to sit out their freshman year? It’s unfair to those freshman players who don’t need remediation. There was one issue that all four athletes agreed needed addressing, however: the amount of time they spend on sports during the off-season. “I don’t need to be in the gym six days a week in June to stay in shape,” Sune Agbuke, a women’s basketball player at Baylor University, said.

May 8, 2015 ・ From Inside Higher Ed