Will Lawson Sign With Kentucky?

Just JUCO it out, Lawson.

i dont think its grades, its about certain credits not being accepted

Man those first 2 are funny

I read that his grades are fine. The difference of opinion is whether the NCAA would accept an online summer school course he took and passed that is part of his core curriculum.

LSU doesn't think it'll pass NCAA muster. Denham Springs thinks it will, that it has state of Louisiana certification and a bunch of Livingston Parish students have taken the course and the course has been widely accepted by colleges as legit.

What's missing from the picture, as far as I can tell, is how that translates to what the NCAA thinks about the course. Harvard may accept the class for students applying there, but that doesn't necessarily mean it'll pass the clearing house. So I'm not sure which side is right.

I'm neutral on whether LSU had legitimate reason to think they'd be stuck with an ineligible signee or if LSU simply wanted to make room for, say, Bower, and wanted Lawson just to delay entry.

Here's the thing I keep looping back to...if the NCAA isn't going to approve the course and the kid won't have enough core hours, there is little he can do now to rectify it. In other words, grayshirting wouldn't get him eligible, would it?

Bottom line, I don't know. There's info out there that points you both directions.

Did anyone hear his coach talk on 104.5 last night? I'm sure he's pissed about the situation, but he was diplomatic about it on the radio. What I found intersting was how hostile the old Redemptorist coach was about the situation. Can anyone shed light on that?

UK may be willing to take a chance that he is cleared - LSU was not.

UK can take that risk to get a 4 -star caliber player, LSU does not need to take the risk so offered a gray shirt

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Well if he were to enroll a year at LSU on his own dime, high school courses wouldn't really matter after a year of college coursework wouldn't it?

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Others may be better versed on the rules, but I think that would make him a "prop," as they used to call them. The SEC does not allow props any more, if I'm not mistaken. You can go part-time while rectifying what made you a non-qualifier, but that usually only works for test scores, not core courses.

Maybe he can go to JT Curtis' house and take the course over again in a way the NCAA likes...or does that only work for Alabama-bound students?

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Miles said LSU is done with 2013 guys yesterday (meaning no Priest Willis). That points to them having two back-counters.

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I believe the answer is 2, but all the evidence is circumstantial (signed 27, Lawson, rumored grayshirt offer to PW), while the written rules seem to allow 4. Need something more to be definitive.

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i dont think its grades, its about certain credits not being accepted

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Then why did LSU not recognize this last summer. Wouldn't you think that LSU was right on top of his transcript and helped to guide Lawson on what classes needed to be taken? Lawson has passed every course from the summer through the fall semester. If LSU wasn't sure about a course, they should not have guided Lawson to take that course.


I think the truth is what another poster stated. Lawson was bumped to make room for yesterday's "boom".

Send him to JT. If he can fast track Lacy, he can do it for anyone.