Virginia players get extra year of eligibility

aeromech said:
I am trying to remember how many extra years of eligibility the surviving players at Marshall were granted.
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Interestingly enough the next freshman class was essentially granted an extra year of eligibility as they were given a special waiver to play at a time when freshmen weren't normally allowed to.
 
andrew said:
Interestingly enough the next freshman class was essentially granted an extra year of eligibility as they were given a special waiver to play at a time when freshmen weren't normally allowed to.
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Good for them, maybe the incoming freshmen at UVA should be given 6 years of eligibility because of the tragedy too.
 
Ok, so the NCAA didn’t just do this in a vacuum. Sounds to me like UVa petitioned the NCAA for the extra year. Why would Virginia do that?

I don’t blame the NCAA for granting it - who could turn down such a request?

But back to the why. I smell ulterior motive from Cavman.
 
00Burdell said:
Ok, so the NCAA didn’t just do this in a vacuum. Sounds to me like UVa petitioned the NCAA for the extra year. Why would Virginia do that?

I don’t blame the NCAA for granting it - who could turn down such a request?

But back to the why. I smell ulterior motive from Cavman.
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Probably because at least a few people involved with the football team really care about their players and don't want their competitive careers to end with a canceled Senior Day due to four of their teammates being shot to death.

Whether the request should have been granted is debatable, but it's not hard to see why UVA would want it for their seniors.
 
clapper said:
Their roster has 18 Seniors with six more walk-ons.
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They still are limited to 85 scholarships. What are they going to do, gray shirt almost an entire incoming class? A good chunk of those seniors might have to convert to walk ons if they want to stay. Only see this effecting a limited few.
 
Unfair to other teams, should not have been done.

Who cares about losing two games. Three men lost their lives.

If you care so much about the two games, then give them two games.
 
jacket67 said:
They lost two games. What about players who lost 4-5 games due to injury in programs all over the country? This is more about emotional posturing than any logical fairness.
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This.

And instead of The French cancelling their last two games, they could have played them anyway, with the idea of honoring those that were killed and the team playing their hearts out as tribute to their teammates.

Just my 0.02...
 
What about the VT seniors who lost their last college game? This is an over reaction. The impact should be minimal unless they waive the 85 limit.
 
No way this should be done, UVA cancelled the games. I like the comment that our guys should be given extra years for the ones they had to play under G**** C******. If a player competes in 10 games then experiences a tragic, unexpected death in the family and misses the last two games …. does he get a do over?
 
THWG247 said:
If they beat us next year we can totally blame it on this!
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Actually, maybe true. If our seniors who weren’t going into the draft got another year next season it would be a very large benefit for us. Linemen who are another year older make a big difference.
 
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