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Dienhart: Reviving freshman ineligibility is not the way to go

There is a growing buzz around the idea to make freshmen students ineligible to play football and men’s basketball, and that buzz stems from recent reports that several conferences – including the Big Ten – want to discuss the idea. Last week CBSSportsline.com’s Jon Solomon wrote about interest from the Pac-12 and the ACC, and today there’s a report that the Big Ten wants to examine the idea, too. The argument for ineligibility is that it could help incoming players adjust to the rigors of college academics and get them on a path to graduation without being encumbered by the

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