OT - One and Done is for Losers

[Nevadaref]

Originally Posted by grunewar

While I understand your point, as the father of a college student, 3.0 is not THAT easy to attain and maintain, even if you're not a big time athlete!

I didn't say that it was. Rather my point was that if one wants the school to give him/her money, then he/she should be exceeding the accomplishments of a normal student, otherwise one can pay his/her own way like the rest of them.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by Nevadaref

Hmmmm.... now where have I seen that before.... was it in post #10 in this thread?

You misread the man. He's talking about new coaches (like Calipari) who revoke the scholarships of the athletes who were there before they (the coach) arrived. Sort of like the new CEO who comes in and fires everyone so he can bring in his own staff.

[Nevadaref]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

You misread the man. He's talking about new coaches (like Calipari) who revoke the scholarships of the athletes who were there before they (the coach) arrived. Sort of like the new CEO who comes in and fires everyone so he can bring in his own staff.

I didn't misread anything. The point is that doing that is only possible because scholarships are only one year deals. Most people don't seem to know that fact.
I'm not saying that he is one of those who wasn't previously aware of it before reading his referenced article because I don't know when he learned it, but I am noting that I pointed this out before he did.

[Judtech]

I believe, and this may have changed, that scholarships are 1 year renewable contracts at the discretion of the university. It is usually just an inferred contract that these are four year scholarships. This is also why an athlete needs to be released by the university from their scholarship, but the university doesn't need the athlete to release the university from there commitment.