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.

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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).

I'm pretty sure that if a kid transfers and is willing to go non-scholarship for a year then he can play immediately. I don't see how the NCAA can tell a kid who isn't on scholarship that he has to sit out a year.

(09-18-2010 08:55 AM)epasnoopy Wrote:  I'm pretty sure that if a kid transfers and is willing to go non-scholarship for a year then he can play immediately. I don't see how the NCAA can tell a kid who isn't on scholarship that he has to sit out a year.

I'm not sure about your first sentence.

To me, signing that LOI is like a NFL contract, lot of ramifications.

Schools can be SOBs if they don't release a kid.

Agree completely on your 2nd sentence.

I'd think the NCAA would lose a court case easily.

Curious if a walk-on needs to get a release from his university?

I'd guess not, but I don't know.

I think one thing which has changed in my lifetime is that scholarships used to be considered for 4 years, now renewed annually.

Big difference as to the promises of the school to the athlete and vice versa.

I'm assuming that Marrow will ask for a hardship waiver. I don't know what the rules are about walk-ons who transfer, but it does seem logical that they should have immediate eligibility.

Even if you do not accept a scholarship at the new school, you have to sit out. Some schools/conferences don't let players transfer within conference and be able to accept a scholarship, like with Boren from UM a few years ago. He transfered from Michigan to OSU, but wasn't able to get a scholarship at 0$u b/c he transfered within conference.

Walk-ons still sit out a season. And some conferences require you to miss 2 seasons if transferring within the same conference, which is probably why the guy sits out and doesn't take a scholarship - so he doesn't have to sit the 2nd out.