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Charlie Weis = hypocrite?

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Hate-Miser2, Feb 8, 2007.

  1. D-3 Fan

    D-3 Fan Well-Known Member

    Two more words, hondo:

    Romeo Crennel
     
  2. Just_An_SID

    Just_An_SID Well-Known Member

    Actually, the letter of intent only binds a player to a school for one year. They can transfer after that, following the rules that all athletes have to follow (whether they sign a letter or not).

    Schools don't have to belong to the letter of intent program and high school athletes don't have to sign letters.
    Participation for both is voluntary.
     
  3. Lester Bangs

    Lester Bangs Active Member

    Wonder if Chuckles would have left Jimmy Clausen alone had he orally "committed" to SC after, say, his sophomore year?

    Yes, and monogomy in marriage is voluntary ... but do you really have a choice? There are rules for everyone, but it's certainly a master/slave relationship in that players can leave ... with penalty, but coaches can drop scholies ... without. Fair would be, just as players must sit a year when they transfer, a program should lose a scholie for a year if they drop a kid who is making sufficient academic progress and who does not have a conviction on a felony or gross misdemeanor.

    And Micro guy hit it on the head about Charlie wanting the "rules defined." The rules are defined, so what's he clucking about?
     
  4. Just_An_SID

    Just_An_SID Well-Known Member

    Coaches can't drop scholarships without cause because not having the ability to compete at a certain level is not a permissable reason to remove a scholarship. Student-athletes have rights and when a school attempts to take away a scholarship, the S-A gets a chance to appeal to a non-athletic body to get the scholarship back and most times, the S-A wins.

    Guys will usually transfer and try to play elsewhere instead of appealing a scholarship non-renewal because they just want to play. Female athletes will usually appeal -- and win. Ask the school that you cover if they have anybody on a scholarship but not competing and you will find 1-2 at each school.
     
  5. Pringle

    Pringle Active Member

    Didn't Spurrier do this when he got to South Carolina? I assume the kids didn't bother to appeal?
     
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