Daryl Richard out of academic options at GT??? (link)

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This could be a huge blow. He graduates in June after only 3 years at GT...he is a redshirt-sophomore. He has applied to GT's MBA program, but they say it is unlikely he would get accepted as less than 5% of those accepted have less than two years of business experience.
Therefore, he would be allowed to transfer to any school he wishes under the current NCAA rules and play immediately while earning an MBA.
Daryl has made it clear that he does not want to leave Georgia Tech and wants to play for two more years....however he knows he wants his MBA for the future.
Lets hope the GT admissions office can get this one right. He is obviously a brillant kid (former valedictorian in high school) and getting his GT B.S. in only 3 years while playing football.

http://www.ajc.com/sports/content/sports/gatech/stories/2007/01/04/0105ncaa.html
 
It should be interesting to see how this one shakes out. I think it would be similiar to punishing him if the MBA program rejects his application. D. Richard should be rewarded for his achivements inside the classroom....I really hope he gets in.
 
I would hope that this would work out. Richard has excelled in obtaining his B.S. in three years, while maintaining the rigid demands of being a student-athlete.

While 5% being accepted into the MBA program (with his experience) is a low percentage, what it tells me is that the possibility is there for Richard to be accepted. If some have been accepted that have been in similar situations as his, then perhaps he will be fortunate enough to be accepted.

I would think that Georgia Tech would want to keep him on the Flats, and I'm not talking about football here. His is a rare situation, he chose Georgia Tech three years ago, so I hope that now Georgia Tech will choose him, as in, we want Daryl Richard to receive his MBA from Georgia Tech.
 
Who are some other athletes that have made this transition? Isn't West (basketball) getting his MBA, or is he just getting another degree? Didn't Godsey go into the MBA program? I see no reason why they wouldn't accept him.
 
Surely D Rad can resolve this. If D Rich really wants to play here he could go back and get another degree. Godsey got his masters in IE I believe.
 
Godsey was getting his masters in Industrial Engineering that final year as a starter (I was in a class with him while in grad school in 2002)...
 
ramblinwise1 said:
Surely D Rad can resolve this. If D Rich really wants to play here he could go back and get another degree. Godsey got his masters in IE I believe.
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The link says he really wants his MBA. I wouldn't worry too much; this should be handled rather easily by the administration. They don't need another black eye from academics (i.e. - SR. S-A's failing off). I think the NCAA rule needs to be changed. If an athlete receives his degree, he should be allowed to play regardless of taking "filler" classes. But I'm sure there's negatives to that as well.
 
If I am DRad, here is where I earn my paycheck.

The Hill has consistently held academics up over football, and here is the one kid that has achieved at the highest level while playing football to boot under their guidelines, and now they want to punish him? If they screw this up, this will seriously make me question my support of Georgia Tech.
 
BarrelORum said:
If they screw this up, this will seriously make me question my support of Georgia Tech.
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I hate to agree with you on this part, but I can't help it. It's hard to be a Tech fan lately, but I've stuck through it. Academics has always been a priority for Tech and has always been placed at the forefront of every argument - "It's harder to recruit, sustain players, etc. because the academics are so hard." That all goes out the window if we can't support the "overachievers" of our SA's.

FYI - I don't support the team monetarily as I am not in a position to as of yet (other than the occassional T-shirt, flag, etc.).
 
If they screw this up, this will seriously make me question my support of Georgia Tech.
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If they screw this up, GT should drop down a division in the NCAA. Here we are projecting the image of the univesity that really and truely does it with STUDENT-athletes and here we have a top athlete who is also a top student - the very prototype of what GT athletics is all about.....

I can't concieve that they'll screw it up, but this is Ma Tech and the shaft at work after all.
 
This Looks Like A Huge Opportunity ....

for D Rad to demonstrate to the fans and supporters that the AA and the Hill are on the same page. It is also an opportunity to demonstrate that we are committed to our student athletes when we've asked them to lay it all on the line for us.
 
I have a question about the 5 percent statistic. Is it more that our MBA school emphasizes work experience or people with work experience happen to apply to GT's MBA school?

The real statistic is the acceptance rate of students coming straight out of college. Unfortunately, I don't think those statistics are publicly available. I'm just hoping DRich had internships or something that will help his application.
 
The MBA program at Tech emphasizes experience. I received my MBA from a Big Ten school and the majority of students were continuing from undergrad in the regular program. The age went up some in the part-time evening program to mid-20's. Boy did I feel old at 35.
 
floridajacket said:
I have a question about the 5 percent statistic. Is it more that our MBA school emphasizes work experience or people with work experience happen to apply to GT's MBA school?
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Probably a little of both, but I would guess that ~100% of the kids applying straight out of u/g are kids that are about to graduate from GT, not any other school. That being the case, there's a precedent for him being accepted.

More importantly, there's room for DRad & Co. to step in here. It happens at all competitive schools - big donors and members of the administration give some strong "recommendations" as to who should be accepted.
 
Okay, here's my opinion:


So what if 5% of applicants make it into the MBA program. What percentage of applicants got their BA in three years from tech? What percentage of applicants did it while playing NCAA D1 football?

Those are two great things to put on an application.


I don't see how they could turn him down.
 
I think the article and ourselves are missing the other choice. Instead of an MBA, he could start one of the School of Management MS programs or work on a PhD in an area of expertise. While an MBA is a good add-on to a technical degree, the undergrad business students I was with did not get much more from the MBA.
 
It has been reported that Daryl says he's not going anywhere. Also, the rule has been overturned by the NCAA.
 
sidewalkfan said:
It has been reported that Daryl says he's not going anywhere. Also, the rule has been overturned by the NCAA.
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Kudo's to Rad voting against overturning the rule...even though they were in the 30% minority. Of course, UGA's Adams voted to overturn it. This just shows you who values academics first.
 
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