My son is graduating this spring, but due to a medical redshirt last year he still has a year of eligibility left. What are his options? I remember a few years back that a quarterback had only 1 class at his university but was still playing football. If you already have a degree, can you just be a part time student taking minimall classes? What are the options? Thanks in advance.
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It doesn't matter how many credits the student athlete needs to graduate. He has to be a full time student (12 credits). He can be a graduate student taking graduate courses if he still has eligibility.
Thanks RJM, but I'm not sure that is correct. Just found this when looking at Matt Lienert's last year at USC:
Sorry Prof, but I think I have to disagree with you here. USC plays NCAA football under the NCAA rules and guidlines; and under those guidelines, Leinert is eligible to play with that class schedule he is carrying. Why? Because he already graduated and holds a diploma/degree from USC. All it takes to be a "scholar-athlete" is to be a student in good standing making progress toward his/her degree. He certainly is doing that since he already has the degree in hand.
You can't fault Lienert or USC; if there is fault to be found, it is with the NCAA as the rule-makers here.
By the very fact that he has his degree and thereby would be eligible to pursue a Masters Degree, that puts him in a completely different category from any of the people who took Jim Harrick Jr.'s course in Basketball Theory 101 (or whatever sham title it carried).
Anybody know the NCAA rules on this?
Thanks RJM, but I'm not sure that is correct. Just found this when looking at Matt Lienert's last year at USC:
Sorry Prof, but I think I have to disagree with you here. USC plays NCAA football under the NCAA rules and guidlines; and under those guidelines, Leinert is eligible to play with that class schedule he is carrying. Why? Because he already graduated and holds a diploma/degree from USC. All it takes to be a "scholar-athlete" is to be a student in good standing making progress toward his/her degree. He certainly is doing that since he already has the degree in hand.
You can't fault Lienert or USC; if there is fault to be found, it is with the NCAA as the rule-makers here.
By the very fact that he has his degree and thereby would be eligible to pursue a Masters Degree, that puts him in a completely different category from any of the people who took Jim Harrick Jr.'s course in Basketball Theory 101 (or whatever sham title it carried).
Anybody know the NCAA rules on this?
That's correct. Leinert's only class his last season was Ballroom Dancing. That's not a joke.
