jhay78
Posts: 1,917
Aug 3, 2010 12:51pm
TheMightyGators;438855 wrote:^^^Obviously, the kid wanted to play against the best. Who wouldn't want the opportunity to say, "I played in the S.E.C."
What SEC school wouldn't want the opportunity to say, "We recruited and landed a talented thug"?
SportsAndLady
Posts: 35,632
Aug 3, 2010 3:01pm
LJ;439949 wrote:You have 5 years to play 4 seasons.
Is this true? I don't think it is?
LJ
Posts: 16,351
Aug 3, 2010 3:20pm
SportsAndLady;440340 wrote:Is this true? I don't think it is?
I can't look it up cause I am on my phone but it is stated clearly in the ncaa bylaws
Pick6
Posts: 14,946
Aug 3, 2010 3:23pm
I thought Shipley was in school for like 7 years lol.
LJ
Posts: 16,351
Aug 3, 2010 3:24pm
Its bylaw 14.2.1 . Medical redshirts are only granted after the five/four is used up.
Writerbuckeye
Posts: 4,745
Aug 4, 2010 5:53pm
jhay78;440196 wrote:What SEC school wouldn't want the opportunity to say, "We recruited and landed a talented thug"?
Yep, all felons are welcome in the SEC. Who cares if it makes a smarmy conference look even slimier?
Azubuike24
Posts: 15,933
Aug 5, 2010 12:28am
The big difference here is he's paying his own way and isn't taking a scholarship. Past transgressions or not, if he can get into school (like any other student) and pay his way (like any other student), why wouldn't he be allowed? It's the same for any of us who applied, we could attend school and pay for it. The only difference is he is a great football player.
It would be totally different if he was being courted by schools with a scholarship and was preventing someone else from getting a shot. He isn't. There's a difference.
It would be totally different if he was being courted by schools with a scholarship and was preventing someone else from getting a shot. He isn't. There's a difference.
bucks36
Posts: 182
Aug 5, 2010 8:36pm
Azubuike24;442258 wrote:The big difference here is he's paying his own way and isn't taking a scholarship. Past transgressions or not, if he can get into school (like any other student) and pay his way (like any other student), why wouldn't he be allowed? It's the same for any of us who applied, we could attend school and pay for it. The only difference is he is a great football player.
It would be totally different if he was being courted by schools with a scholarship and was preventing someone else from getting a shot. He isn't. There's a difference.
Really?!? You really think he is paying his own way?? Pretty naive aren't you?
lhslep134
Posts: 9,774
Aug 6, 2010 8:34am
bucks36;443016 wrote:Really?!? You really think he is paying his own way?? Pretty naive aren't you?
I think the point is that the university is not using up football scholarship money on him.
I have no doubt that he's receiving some other sort of scholarships to offset the full cost of education.