Eddy Wilson
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Brohm said last month that players would have to be academically eligible to make the trip. Based on his statement, I speculated our academic casualties and thus our attrition would be a lot less than last year.
it would appear that Brohm wants Wilson to stay and doesn't want to give his scholarship away. however, the article states his reason for not going is academics, and he had academic issues and was off the team last year for a period of time as well.
it would appear that Brohm wants Wilson to stay and doesn't want to give his scholarship away. however, the article states his reason for not going is academics, and he had academic issues and was off the team last year for a period of time as well.
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Yeah, he's been something of a "penalty machine" at times, but I owe that to the bit of nastiness that he's shown on the line. Hope he can work things out, really thought he had a shot at the next level.
This is a reminder that these kids are student-athletes. As much as I hate to see a player of Wilson's ability not be able to play for Purdue, I am glad that our university follows the rules and holds them accountable for their performance in the classroom.
And to be honest, with all of the academic support these kids get from the University, it is sad to see them become ineligible.
And to be honest, with all of the academic support these kids get from the University, it is sad to see them become ineligible.
uh, yup!
And yet another reason to NOT pay these kids.
When you start paying them, academics become a casualty, and the door opens to more and more temptation for academic fraud!
let's look at this in a positive vein. Last month Brohm said he would only take those players who were academically eligible to the bowl game. he went on to say that he and his staff were working very hard with several players to ensure they were academically eligible to make the game. He and his staff's efforts succeeded for every player except for one who had previous academic troubles.
I' m aware of several other universities who have a different view of academic eligibility when it comes to bowl games. Their view is that if a player fails in his first semester, that he is academically eligible to participate in any bowl game up to the beginning of the second semester. Several All Americans were allowed to play using this philosophy including a prominent RB who had over 1500 yards, and a 0.00 GPA his fall semester. At certain schools, football takes priority over academics.
I' m aware of several other universities who have a different view of academic eligibility when it comes to bowl games. Their view is that if a player fails in his first semester, that he is academically eligible to participate in any bowl game up to the beginning of the second semester. Several All Americans were allowed to play using this philosophy including a prominent RB who had over 1500 yards, and a 0.00 GPA his fall semester. At certain schools, football takes priority over academics.
Send him to summer school at UNC. They'll have him eligible in no time.
Technically you wouldn’t even need to send him there since the classes were online and don’t really even exist. Just print off a piece of paper in Microsoft Print with a Tarheel logo and the words ‘duhgree.’ About the same thing as actually attending UNC.
I forgot about free tutoring scholarship players have access to. I wish I had free tutoring when CS 220 was kicking my a$&.
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