Southeastern Conference Commissioner Mike Slive says it would be best to wait until after the NCAA’s initial eligibility rules take effect in 2016 before considering whether to limit freshmen eligibility.

Slive said in a statement Monday if the goal is to improve graduation rates and grade-point averages, “we have to remember that each college student has his or her own academic challenges.”

He added: “To put a blanket over these student-athletes with a year on the bench doesn’t address those individual needs to incentivize academic progress. ”

Slive said many students do come to college prepared to compete both academically and athletically.

Big Ten Commissioner Jim Delany has said he wants his conference to consider making freshmen ineligible in football and men’s basketball.