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The NCAA are morons for keeping Wing out
Posted on 7/12/10 at 8:51 am
Posted on 7/12/10 at 8:51 am
A 3.9 and a 23 on his ACT as a high school senior. Does it really matter that much what classes he took as a freshman and if they translate to some American equivalent. He's obviously smart enough to handle college.
It's mind-numbingly stupid they'll try and keep this kid out, yet an American kid who made straight D's for 3 years can have a decent senior season, and then take a bunch of ONLINE courses over the summer to replace the bad grades, barely make a 15 on the ACT, and is considered more qualified than Wing.
It's mind-numbingly stupid they'll try and keep this kid out, yet an American kid who made straight D's for 3 years can have a decent senior season, and then take a bunch of ONLINE courses over the summer to replace the bad grades, barely make a 15 on the ACT, and is considered more qualified than Wing.
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Posted on 7/12/10 at 8:58 am to OldManRiver
BUREAUCRACY.
Regulation as God.
Same as it ever was.
A great kid loses the opportunity of a lifetime so some pointy-headed wanker can have the pleasure of lecturing us about the "need for uniform rules" yada yada yada....
Regulation as God.
Same as it ever was.
A great kid loses the opportunity of a lifetime so some pointy-headed wanker can have the pleasure of lecturing us about the "need for uniform rules" yada yada yada....
Posted on 7/12/10 at 9:02 am to OldManRiver
Ok I'm apparently out of the loop on this. Cans someone give me the story of Brad Wing being held out by the NCAA.
Posted on 7/12/10 at 9:05 am to c on z
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Ok I'm apparently out of the loop on this. Cans someone give me the story of Brad Wing being held out by the NCAA.
He came from Australia to Parkview Baptist in Baton Rouge. Not sure what year though. Made good grades and test scores here in the states, so it's easy to assume he did the same back in Oz. But the NCAA is saying that the classes that he took in Oz don't correlate to classes that he would need to qualify to play football here in the states. Yet somehow Jerrell Powe and Michael Oher were allowed to play football in college.
Posted on 7/12/10 at 9:06 am to c on z
Apparently 9th grade Australian math isn't equivalent to 9th grade American.........They are apparently not allowing certain courses he took in high school in Australia translate to his required course work to go to college @ LSU despite what is posted above.
Posted on 7/12/10 at 9:06 am to ProjectP2294
So, he has no chance of coming play football here now?
Posted on 7/12/10 at 9:08 am to josh336
No he is still an LSU commitment but rumor is he will have to play JUCO for a year to become eligible.
Posted on 7/12/10 at 9:10 am to L S Usetheforce
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It's mind-numbingly stupid they'll try and keep this kid out, yet an American kid who made straight D's for 3 years can have a decent senior season, and then take a bunch of ONLINE courses over the summer to replace the bad grades, barely make a 15 on the ACT, and is considered more qualified than Wing.
It's a freaking brilliant example of how the NCAA is really out to protect the student athlete.
I don't see how a lawyer could not defend a kid in this circumstance and get this overruled. This post was edited on 7/12/10 at 9:11 am
Posted on 7/12/10 at 9:11 am to L S Usetheforce
Did the Aussies not dumb down the 9th grade class enough?
Posted on 7/12/10 at 9:21 am to pawprints
Drastic differences..........
Wonder if they would have let him threw if he was from Singapore?This post was edited on 7/12/10 at 9:23 am
Posted on 7/12/10 at 9:22 am to pawprints
Apparently they go by coarse title. He's trying to get course descriptions to the NCAA now.
Posted on 7/12/10 at 10:22 am to OldManRiver
Wasn't it a possiblity that he was going to grey shirt anyway?
Can he go to a prep school instead of a JUCO?
Can he go to a prep school instead of a JUCO?
Posted on 7/12/10 at 10:55 am to Suntiger
You would think he woul d go to Prep School to make up the freshamn class he needs. IF he is ruled academically inelligble to come from HS to LSU and goes JUCO, he has to spend two years there and graduate from JUCO to then come to LSU.
The only way he could go JUCO and spend one year is if he was eligible for D-1 in the first place.
The only way he could go JUCO and spend one year is if he was eligible for D-1 in the first place.
Posted on 7/12/10 at 11:19 am to Rock1
Yeah, it is a prep school I'm sure.
Posted on 7/12/10 at 1:02 pm to L S Usetheforce
Can go to a prep school if he graduates HS? I'm pretty sure he's on track to graduate Parkview no problem, just not be cleared by the NCAA.
Posted on 7/12/10 at 1:10 pm to L S Usetheforce
"Wonder if they would have let him threw...."
Maybe him.....you?...not so much
Maybe him.....you?...not so much
Posted on 7/12/10 at 1:15 pm to OldManRiver
quote:
A 3.9 and a 23 on his ACT as a high school senior. Does it really matter that much what classes he took as a freshman and if they translate to some American equivalent. He's obviously smart enough to handle college.
It's mind-numbingly stupid they'll try and keep this kid out, yet an American kid who made straight D's for 3 years can have a decent senior season, and then take a bunch of ONLINE courses over the summer to replace the bad grades, barely make a 15 on the ACT, and is considered more qualified than Wing.
+1. Totally asinine and short-sided bureaucratic b.s. IMHO.
Posted on 7/12/10 at 1:40 pm to RANDY44
So basically I need to adopt a kid from Singapore and live off his money from curing cancer?
Posted on 7/12/10 at 4:30 pm to KnuteMiles
quote:
The NCAA are morons for keeping Wing out
"Wonder if they would have let him threw...."
Maybe him.....you?...not so much
That had a flashing red light on it. I was wondering how long it would take to pop up??? LOL
Posted on 7/12/10 at 5:40 pm to OldManRiver
If this is the case, then can someone please explain to me how track and field teams and many basketball teams are full of foreign students from shittier places than Australia? Are the schools in the Bahamas, the Congo, and Ethiopis offering courses accepted by US universities? At least Wing speaks English.
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