(03-28-2017 03:36 PM)Fort Bend Owl Wrote:  I'm sorry to be a prick about this but I think in Corey's case, I wouldn't let him out of the scholarship if I was Rice. I suspect that won't happen but at least the other players did play some at Rice. Corey is 20, almost 21, and won't be able to play until 2018-19 if he follows the typical transfer procedure. But since he got hurt, he might be able to use this past season as a hardship rule, and be eligible by mid-semester next year I believe.

And I don't think that is fair to Rice. I would tell Douglas you're sitting out a year just like any other transfer and if you do, we'll let you out of the scholarship. But if you intend on playing next year, we're not letting you out of the scholarship. So either way, you're not playing unti 2018-19. Sorry but we expect players to at least have some sort of commitment to Rice when they sign a scholarship paper. That's what I would say if I was AD.

And by the way, I have nothing against Corey. He seemed to be a very nice, well-mannered young man the few times I talked to him. But a commitment is a commitment. I guess the only exception I might consider is if he has some type of family hardship I am unaware of.

He'll assumably go the JuCo route for a year and then head back to D1 as a junior. Wouldn't need to sit out a year if he follows that path.