Eddy Wilson
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in another thread, it was said we were currently 8 over our scholarship limit and technically must reach it by next Fall. And the only way to reduce that number is via the player graduating. transferring, committing a crime, positive drug testing or becoming an academic casualty. there are no more one year scholarships.
My conclusion is Wilson fits one of those criteria for losing his athletic football scholarship.
My conclusion is Wilson fits one of those criteria for losing his athletic football scholarship.
hopefully Brohm will not provoke a PF from Wilson.
IMO, Edwards and Pollard seemingly took plays off. Ninkovich should have had more PT over Edwards.
If he is an academic casualty, so be it. However, I don't see him being cut for the sake of opening up a spot or because we are over the limit. Not to say that won't be the public reason since it would send a message to your players. With Gelen graduating you hate to lose that talent. When he played he was pretty good when he did not get a bone-headed penalty. I think there are other ways to get us below 85 then to look for reasons to cut players that can be productive on the field. I would rather see our administration take someone that did not pan out on the field and tell them they will honor their scholarship (which I believe is a Big 10 requirement) but that they would no longer be on the football team.
I think you could do that . I've also seen teams say after kicking a player off their team or because of injury, that they say they will still honor his scholarship. hasn't Painter said that a lot? . Didn't he say that with Ewing? and Stephens?
this brings up two questions.
the first is that a team can use an injury to void a scholarship if it wants.. but a lot of schools say when a player is injured and can no longer play, they will continue to honor the scholarship. By doing so, does that scholarship still count towards the 85? or can the school request an injury waiver? I don't know.
the second involves academics. A team can use academics as a reason to void a scholarship. . And academic reasons are sort of vague and could be a continued absence from class rather than just grades. if the player skips classes a lot, technically he could be a straight A student, but the school could use his skips if it wanted to void his scholarship. this begs the question, can the football team keep a player on scholarship if he does not meet the athletic academic standards? my thought would be yes, unless the player were totally expelled by the school.
however, a new rule went into place a couple of years ago about schools maintaining certain academic standards. and it dictates whether the team can play in post season events. You saw this rule come into play when discussing if Purdue could play in a bowl game if they were 5-7. And supposedly the team with the best ARG would have first choice, and Indiana's ARG was higher than Purdue's ARG and AIr Force's ARG was the best. ARG Mateys ! A university with a bad academic record could be at risk at being placed on academic probation and not be allowed to play in post season. Didn't that happen to a basketball team last year being banned from the post season because their academic standing was too low?
When making a decision, a team may look at their overall academic standing and decide to keep 1-2 players whose academic progress needs improvement. But if their overall standing is low, they may not have a choice. or the school may just decide to keep their overall academic standing at a certain point and decide to cut ties.
Something that hasn't been said. A player's academic standing can be used as a reason to void a 4 year scholarship. however, the player could still attend school and improve his grades in the Spring and Summer and qualify and his scholarship could be reinstated for the Fall if one is available. I believe that has happened in the recent past for a Purdue player. However, in that instance, a scholarship was available.
I don't know what the future holds for Wilson. I do know there is only one way he will be playing for Purdue next fall. he needs to hit those books.
Are you sure about the injury? I thought Big 10 said we now had to guarantee 4 years as long as he is in good standing with academics and the athletics? I don't think injury qualifies. I am sure it has happened at some universities and surely coaches tell injury-prone players they will not get a chance to play, but I don't think they are allowed to take away their scholarships. For Jay Simpson he had a life-and-death type hear condition so they had to end his playing career but still honored his scholarship.
I think when you say ARG you mean APR (academic progress rating). I doubt Purdue will take that into consideration with Wilson since they are in pretty good shape with APR.
I think academic standing as a reason to void a 4 year scholarship HAS been said and is the primary reason to pull it, it happens a lot. Even when they are academically eligible teams have the flexibility to cut someone for not meeting more stringent academic standards. But they need to be clear on what those are. Now I think they could tell the 4th string OL you need to get a C average next semester knowing full well the starting QB is only expected to get D's. There is enough gray area there I believe.
And Coach Tiller did bench Ray Edwards and play Rob Ninkovich more in 2005. IIRC, Rob played 8 games over Ray that year.
If a player becomes injured and is unable to ever return to the field, they can be moved to a medical scholarship which allows them to finish their degree and opens up the athletic scholarship
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