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Nice article on LSU baseball signee

Posted on 2/21/10 at 8:17 pm
Posted by Coater
Madison, MS
Member since Jun 2005
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Posted on 2/21/10 at 8:17 pm
LSU signee

pretty funny to read the sour grapes comments at the bottom
This post was edited on 2/21/10 at 8:20 pm
Posted by hancheye
McKinney, Texas
Member since Oct 2007
699 posts
Posted on 2/21/10 at 8:54 pm to
Same shite you get in Louisiana if one of ours go to some where other than LSU. LSU fans are no different.
Posted by TrapperJohn
Louisiana
Member since Dec 2007
12141 posts
Posted on 2/21/10 at 8:54 pm to
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With him going to LSU the newspapers should lose his name exept in his hometown newspaper. When they leave the state to go to school who really cares about him except his hometown? Bye.


Well, at least they arent bitter.
Posted by Pepe Lepew
Looney tuned .....
Member since Oct 2008
37931 posts
Posted on 2/22/10 at 6:01 am to
Posted by bjc778
Member since Dec 2006
4482 posts
Posted on 2/22/10 at 8:19 am to
libsrdum wrote:

He signed with LSU because they can offer every last player on the team a full scholarship. Thanks to the state government of Louisiana, LSU does not have to worry about the NCAA mandated scholarship limit. Same is for Georgia, Florida and other states that MS schools have to recruit against.


Posted by Big Fat
"Fear the Hat" returns 2010
Member since Sep 2009
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Posted on 2/22/10 at 8:20 am to
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He signed with LSU because they can offer every last player on the team a full scholarship. Thanks to the state government of Louisiana, LSU does not have to worry about the NCAA mandated scholarship limit. Same is for Georgia, Florida and other states that MS schools have to recruit against.
what does this even mean?
Posted by tygerfan11
Member since Jun 2008
804 posts
Posted on 2/22/10 at 8:40 am to
It's called the hope scholarship according to my Bama friend (I've personally never heard of it). Apparently, people believe that states that have a lottery are allowed to put athletes on this scholarship and beat the scholarship limits. He believes that LSU can offer more full scholarships to our athletes b/c of louisana's lottery. He believes we have an unfair advantage (especially in baseball).
This post was edited on 2/22/10 at 9:01 am
Posted by Pilot Tiger
North Carolina
Member since Nov 2005
73847 posts
Posted on 2/22/10 at 9:07 am to
according to the comments, he is selfish for wanting to play at LSU since they have a history of going to Omaha and winning titles.

He should want to go to a different school and help them get to Omaha
Posted by msukb79
South Mississippi
Member since May 2009
10112 posts
Posted on 2/22/10 at 12:08 pm to
From what I have heard about this kid is that he will have trouble qualifying, and if drafted (which is highly likely) he will sign and play pro ball.
Posted by Adam4848
LA
Member since Apr 2006
19658 posts
Posted on 2/22/10 at 3:44 pm to
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From what I have heard about this kid is that he will have trouble qualifying, and if drafted (which is highly likely) he will sign and play pro ball.


You're hearing from the wrong person
Posted by Tommy Patel
Member since Apr 2006
7558 posts
Posted on 2/22/10 at 4:23 pm to
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outofdelta you should be ashamed of yourself for commenting on something you know nothing about. For you to say MS state and Ole Miss need to raise their facilities to par with other SEC schools is absolutely incorrect. I know Ole Miss' are superb especially after the expansion last year. THe fact that he choose LSU tells me all I need to know..........HE must really like corndogs!
Posted by mmill32
Williamson County, Texas
Member since Jul 2005
2999 posts
Posted on 2/22/10 at 4:39 pm to
saw this kid in an all star game last summer.. gonna be a stud if he doens't sign
Posted by MOT
Member since Jul 2006
30471 posts
Posted on 2/22/10 at 9:00 pm to
He is talking about TOPS but he he needs to do a little research.
Posted by tygerfan11
Member since Jun 2008
804 posts
Posted on 2/23/10 at 8:57 am to
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He is talking about TOPS but he he needs to do a little research


Could be. He kept calling it the hope scholarship. However, I told him he was full of it b/c there is no way the NCAA would allow some schools to have such a huge advantage like he was describing.
Posted by baytiger
Boston
Member since Dec 2007
46978 posts
Posted on 2/23/10 at 11:17 am to
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Could be. He kept calling it the hope scholarship.
It's called "Hope" in Georgia.. which is also referenced in the comment.
Posted by MOT
Member since Jul 2006
30471 posts
Posted on 2/23/10 at 11:48 am to
It was definitely an advantage previously, but I'm pretty sure the new NCAA rule re roster limits and minimum % requirement basically negates it. We only won one NC with it anyway.
Posted by tigertalkster
Member since Dec 2009
644 posts
Posted on 2/23/10 at 8:04 pm to
tops program is what they r talking about its a great program that awards kids that score a certain score on the act and have a certain gpa higher the combination of the 2 r the more money they get and its sad but true that most other states dont offer the same program but i figure they also have some scholarship programs that we don't offer but it does give louisiana schools a recruiting advantage
Posted by Panny Crickets
Fort Worth, TX
Member since Sep 2008
5596 posts
Posted on 2/23/10 at 8:07 pm to
TOPS is for Louisiana residents only.

Sweet Jesus.
Posted by FootballNostradamus
Member since Nov 2009
20509 posts
Posted on 2/23/10 at 8:34 pm to
LSU does absolutely benefit from TOPS. As some mentioned, it allows us to offer a substantially larger amount of scholarship money to OOS kids. It's far from the biggest reason LSU's baseball program has been successful over the years but it's definitely a reason.
Posted by tygerfan11
Member since Jun 2008
804 posts
Posted on 2/24/10 at 10:11 am to
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LSU does absolutely benefit from TOPS. As some mentioned, it allows us to offer a substantially larger amount of scholarship money to OOS kids.


Obviously, I'm uneducated as far as this topic goes so bare with my questions if you will:

How does the NCAA allow us to offer larger amounts of scholarship money to OOS kids with all of the new scholarship regulations in baseball?


Is the TOPS program an academic scholarship that covers part of an athlete's dues that otherwise wouldn't be covered by his/her athletic scholarship? For example, a kid gets a partial ride in baseball but he qualifies for TOPS so it covers some of his dues that weren't covered by his baseball scholarship? Is that where the advantage comes in to play?
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