Official 2024 Signing Day - Dec 04

jdubjacket said:
I genuinely hope he’s able to transfer in, if he really wants to be here.
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Yeah I feel bad for the kid. The way I understand it, he wanted to be a jacket. He could have kept trying to get whatever cleared up, but if that didnt work, he may not have a spot to fall back on elsewhere by then, so had to go ahead and jump on the USCe offer.
 
Buzz72 said:
Why not wait until the February signing period and get the paperwork corrected/fixed. Every school can find a scholarship for a 4 star tackle.
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Because if it didn’t work out, the kid would be SOL.
 
Buzz72 said:
Why not wait until the February signing period and get the paperwork corrected/fixed. Every school can find a scholarship for a 4 star tackle.
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In the age of the portal, you can't take the risk. A lot of spots would have gotten taken and his fall back options may not have been very desirable. If you have a scholly in hand at the early signing period, your best bet is to take it.
 
Buzz72 said:
Why not wait until the February signing period and get the paperwork corrected/fixed. Every school can find a scholarship for a 4 star tackle.
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Apparently they exhausted every avenue they could to get it fixed without risk of losing whatever citizenship/status they have, sent paperwork through yesterday morning to GT and it was still denied.
 
GoGATech said:
Apparently they exhausted every avenue they could to get it fixed without risk of losing whatever citizenship/status they have, sent paperwork through yesterday morning to GT and it was still denied.
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What with players effectively being GTAA employees, due to NIL & other rules changes & other potentially political issues, I can see some pretty standard Background Check Line Item questions being added to the GTAA Recruiting Checklist....

Is the prospect a US Citizen?
US born/Place of Birth?
Naturalized?
If not, is the prospect properly documented?

Who'd a thunk it!
 
DeepSnap said:
What with players effectively being GTAA employees, due to NIL & other rules changes & other potentially political issues, I can see some pretty standard Background Check Line Item questions being added to the GTAA Recruiting Checklist....

Is the prospect a US Citizen?
US born/Place of Birth?
Naturalized?
If not, is the prospect properly documented?

Who'd a thunk it!
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It's not even NIL and all, this is already a part of being admitted to any school in the University System of GA. To me it sounds like he could enroll/be admitted, but would not be eligible for any grant-in-aid money (scholarship) and would have to pay out of state tuition.
 
GoGATech said:
It's not even NIL and all, this is already a part of being admitted to any school in the University System of GA. To me it sounds like he could enroll/be admitted, but would not be eligible for any grant-in-aid money (scholarship) and would have to pay out of state tuition.
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I doubt that coming up with $28K for out of state tuition is the reason that he is not at GT. If citizenship is in fact the issue then there must be something different between GA and SC law.

When we lost the player to UNC some years ago, my recollection is that some of HS credits were international and qualified for the purposes of getting a HS degree, but did not allow for admittance to GT. Perhaps there is something like that going on here as well????

Otherwise, there must be some subtle difference in GA and SC laws or maybe he just decided to go to USCe....Who knows? Not me
 
JTS said:
I doubt that coming up with $28K for out of state tuition is the reason that he is not at GT. If citizenship is in fact the issue then there must be something different between GA and SC law.

When we lost the player to UNC some years ago, my recollection is that some of HS credits were international and qualified for the purposes of getting a HS degree, but did not allow for admittance to GT. Perhaps there is something like that going on here as well????

Otherwise, there must be some subtle difference in GA and SC laws or maybe he just decided to go to USCe....Who knows? Not me
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The Gamecock's website says he was born in England and moved to the US in 5th grade.
 
I still don’t know what exactly to think about Josh Petty. GPB interview sounded like he was locked down and solid commitment. But he hasn’t signed officially. I imagine the difference a player like him could make, especially on all those failed 2-point plays, to force a hole open and get those couple yards.
 
Kind of growing ambivalent to this. If he's this hard to bring in as a high schooler I doubt we retain him long as a contributor.
 
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