09-18-2010, 07:26 AM
EMU has several in FB and hoops.
Pollard (UCLA) and Marrow (Alabama) in FB and Thompson (S.E. Mo. St) in hoops. All were on scholarship at their former schools.
We have a kicker, Graham, whom I believe was on the roster of Florida State last year but kicking for us this year. I do NOT know if he was a scholarship athlete at FSU.
? :
If a kid is a walk-on, non-scholarship is:
1). Is he treated differently then a scholarship player for the purposes of a sitiout year?
2). SHOULD (this is an opinon question) a non-scholarship player be forced into a transfer sitout year?
To me, a scholarship player is under a 'contract' with the university while a non-scholarship player is not.
Technicially the non-scholarship isn't getting anything (e.g., tuition, R&B, etc. ) for the university so there is no legal 'consideration' which binds him to the school.
I'd use the word 'volunteer' to designate a relationship not covered by a legal agreement (i.e., the NCAA's LOI and scholarship rules).
Pollard (UCLA) and Marrow (Alabama) in FB and Thompson (S.E. Mo. St) in hoops. All were on scholarship at their former schools.
We have a kicker, Graham, whom I believe was on the roster of Florida State last year but kicking for us this year. I do NOT know if he was a scholarship athlete at FSU.
? :
If a kid is a walk-on, non-scholarship is:
1). Is he treated differently then a scholarship player for the purposes of a sitiout year?
2). SHOULD (this is an opinon question) a non-scholarship player be forced into a transfer sitout year?
To me, a scholarship player is under a 'contract' with the university while a non-scholarship player is not.
Technicially the non-scholarship isn't getting anything (e.g., tuition, R&B, etc. ) for the university so there is no legal 'consideration' which binds him to the school.
I'd use the word 'volunteer' to designate a relationship not covered by a legal agreement (i.e., the NCAA's LOI and scholarship rules).