F$U appealing that GROSSLY UNFAIR sentence against BB...

[BuzzCzar]

I think the answer to this is in the way that players are awarded scholarships. I always think of scholarships as being a four year deal, but I think they are basically one year deals that are re-upped at the end of a season for a player.So, just because you have a player under scholarship this year doesn't mean he has to be next year. So the problem with the NCAA taking away scholies doesn't exist. The sanctions may ultimately require a team to take away a players scholarship for the next season, but schools already do this for various reasons. Sadly, on field performance is one of those reasons. So, St. Bobby has 80 players under scholarship this season and loses six next year. He would simply tell one of the 80 that they're going to be getting a bill in the mail, and he's down to 79 and in compliance. And we know that St. Bobby wouldn't cut a starter...

that would be one way to do it.
i also think that as one poster suggested, since the punishment doesnt apply to classes already signed that they would give you the extra year to get down to the limit that they imposed, in other words, they wouldnt have to do for the immediate next year givent that they had already committed LOIs for that next year.

this is speculation not knowledge

 

[GT1994-1999]

In general the difference between the FSU penalty and ours makes me want to throw up. On one hand I hate how the NCAA doesn't treat everyone equally (the fact that Southern Cal had Bush and OJ Mayo within a few years of each other really kills me). On the other hand, I kind of think Tech's administration must have just blown how they handled this. Does anyone else feel that way?

 

[Allen Koholic]

On the other hand, I kind of think Tech's administration must have just blown how they handled this. Does anyone else feel that way?

It sounds to me like our administration handled this with dignity and class and bore full responsibility for itself and was shafted for it.

 

[beej67]

It sounds to me like our administration handled this with dignity and class and bore full responsibility for itself and was shafted for it.

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[surferdave]

It sounds to me like our administration handled this with dignity and class and bore full responsibility for itself and was shafted for it.

Actually, the reports at the time made me think that while we were perfectly willing to fall on our swords in terms of punishment at The Edge, the NCAA thought that we weren't really all that willing to investigate thoroughly into the causes of our problems where they related to The Hill. I'm not so sure that if our own investigation had been accepted, we would have ever known about the problems with athlete certification by the Registrar's office.

That, together with Dr. Clough's inflexible vacation plans, makes me suspect that the NCAA found us somwhat less than dignified and classy.

 

[GT1994-1999]

It sounds to me like our administration handled this with dignity and class and bore full responsibility for itself and was shafted for it.

From what little I know, I would say this is right on. We handled it like we should have - which is not the same as handling it correctly. Sickening, really.