I would assume that is the time deadline for Purdue to hear about CS before the scrimmage. I hope whoever is responsible for starting this investigation and whoever from the NCAA that is doing the investigation feels good about themselves. What this kid has gone through, how hard he has apparently worked to get to this point, it's just ridiculous that they have not worked as hard to get this thing resolved.
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Now I have a question.
In HS sports the consequence for playing an ineligible player is forfeiture of the game.
What is the consequences for playing an ineligible player in a college controlled scrimmage?
In HS sports the consequence for playing an ineligible player is forfeiture of the game.
What is the consequences for playing an ineligible player in a college controlled scrimmage?
With him committing to MSU and then backing away from it and his connection to Barnes I can certainly appreciate the NCAA taking a second look at things, but how long could something like that take? I feel like they have had plenty of time to gather their evidence and come to a decision. I really don't think there is anything here and to cause the kid to miss games because the NCAA is dragging their feet seems pretty egregious to me.
Reminds me of being a young man back when you could be drafted to serve in the military but weren't old enough to vote. Biggie was good enough to represent his country in international play but not to get the NCAA to set aside one of their rounds of golf to sign off on his play in college.
That is a good question, six. Don't have an answer but I will add that, in my opinion, whatever the consequences are, they aren't worth it. Tomorrow's game is "just" a closed scrimmage. Whatever Coach Painter and the team learn from the experience doesn't justify pissing off the NCAA. Work within the system to get this resolved. I think it sets a poor example to knowingly flaunt the rules because the consequences aren't sufficient to deter the behavior. Breaking the rules to make a statement or to follow some "higher" morals would perhaps be justified, but I don't think this is such a situation.
Go Purdue!
CoBo
"His connection to Barnes"? Barnes is his father. The courts decided that. Does the NCAA think they have the right to investigate it? What evidence could they possibly have gathered? No one has tried to hide the relationship. Even if the scenario played out that Barnes directed his son away from MSU to Purdue, so what? It's none of the NCAA's business. A father has the right and duty to have a say in where his son goes to college.
There is nothing illegal about being an agent and there is nothing illegal about having a father who is an agent. You are correct when you say that the the NCAA acted in an egregious manner. Academic eligibility would be the only reason that they would have the right to withhold clearance, and since the kid graduated a full year early -- which is also common knowledge -- they had no case there, either.
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