Perverse incentives Josh Barr reports

Perverse incentives

Josh Barr reports in the Washington Post ("Athletes Make the Grade Sooner by Failing First") that:

"An apparent loophole in National Collegiate Athletic Association eligibility regulations is leading an increasing number of top recruits to intentionally fail to graduate from high school so they can improve their chances of playing sooner in college..."

I learned about this from Skip Sauer at the Sports Economist