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Originally posted by Infield08:
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that leaves 8 "roster spots" with no funding at all
Not necessarily true. If they are good students, those 8 could be on academic scholarships. If they are attending a private college, they might be able to secure other types of scholarships (leadership scholarship, service scholarship, etc.). All of these "alternate" scholarships may indeed be larger than schollies coming from baseball money.
To my knowledge the 8 players considerd recruited walk ons should get schoarships in the form of academics or other types as quoted from the above (leadership, etc.) The only difference between them and the other 27 is that it will not be from baseball money. I am not sure if state money counts towards that commitment.
Cutting juniors and seniors will not occur as in the past, this is about improved graduation rates and staying the course. In fact I think this will work in their favor in anything. Especially to those programs that have a bad APR. A junior,senior on track to graduate will be a valued commodity.
My sons degree requires 132 hours to graduate, in three years he accumulated 103 hours, based on a really good job of keeping him on track. If he stayed at Clemson he would have graduated well within the time period to be counted in the APR, he still has time if he returns to be counted. If he had transfered out (let's say he was unhappy and wanted more playing time) being on track towards graduation, they would have lost a valuable statistic to the APR. Now if he transfers he has to sit. I would suppose that he wouldn't like that option. Is this too hard to understand?
For those of you whose sons have been advised to take 12-15 credit hours (minimum being 12) a semester and not kept up the required GPA or lost a class, and end of his eligibility, figure it out if you need to. Would he graduate in that program within 6 years? No he would NOT be counted towards that schools APR. Most likely after eligibility he might head out to a less expensive option. Lets say you need 130 credit hours to graduate and you go play baseball in summer instead of taking classes to keep you "on graduation track", you are not going tomake it. You will begin to see more players having to go to summer school. If you were a player not receiving any scholarhip money in any countable form, you were not counted towards that graduation rate. Therefore, no one cared whether you were on track or not. That is why some coaches who gave out commitments (money) and didnt invite every player they liked to fall tryouts for gloves and an uni, don't like the new rules. Many felt that they did things fairly, made sure their student athletes not only contributed on the field but in the classroom. That's why many wanted a specific time period to right the ship themselves. For many, if a student was an average player on track with a scholarship he could have lost his scholarship by being cut or forced to ask for a release, because the object for that coach to keep his job was to WIN, a better player was more important than a better student. It's not going to be like that anymore. It will be a tough task, but those who always did it the right way will make it work.
This is bascially how it was all explained to me and after that explanation, it's pretty easy to figure out why this came about.
We all have choices to make, if earning a college degree has very little to do with the equation and it's all about baseball, it ain't gonna work out, because you HAVE to perform in the classroom, now more than ever. Make your choices based upon where you will achieve success not only on the field but in the classroom. You have to be able to do both.
