Wednesday, May 25, 2011

Boise State Program Halts International Recruitment

Boise State Imposes Two-Year Ban for Track Program

International students are a big part of many NCAA programs, however, recruiting internationals can be more complicated that recruiting domestic students.  International students need Visa's, I-20's, financial guarantees, TOEFL scores and that is just on the admissions side of things.  The leagues and the competitions oversees often push the limits of what is considered 'amateur' competition, and that, combined with many internationals students delaying their enrollment cause the international students to often run into NCAA amateurism issues as well.  It seems to be an interesting self-imposed penalty on Boise State's part, but certainly does not have to be an overly detrimental  penalty for the track program.