giolsutiger

Gainesville anyone?

Do I get any of that $50? :lol: :cheers:

From the top. The base rule for all intercollegiate sports is that a student-athlete (SA) has a 5 year time limit to compete in 4 of those years.

A "Medical Hardship" is applied for through the conference office and as long as the SA meets the criteria, the conference office will grant a medical hardship waiver. This waiver allows a SA that has competed during the season to be able to not count the season as one of the 4 competition years (again, as long as the criteria is met).

To apply for a "sixth year" (ala Charles Alexander), the school has to apply through the NCAA to have the 5 year limit extended due to circumstances beyond the SA's control. This is why it most likely occurs when a SA has two separate seasons that he meets the criteria of the "med hardship waiver."

The NCAA looks at a normal redshirt year as within the SA's control, so this fact does not help in the argument of getting an extension beyond the 5 year limit.

Is it available? If so can you post the link. Thanks in advance.

chipper,
just curious, do you agree with how it was handled? Or do you simply not care about this situation at all?

With the students voting down the athletic fee increase, UNO athletics may not be able to survive with the iminent cuts to higher education across the state.

What are all of your thoughts on this situation?

My opinion: I think UNO's Chancellor, Tim Ryan, is a gutless coward that should resign from his position and stay away from all other positions of power! Newsflash, Tim, you were hired into a position of power, and paid accordingly, to make tough decisions. All he has done in this situation is pass the buck. He has not taken any leadership, and now the entire UNO community will suffer. He could have gone to the LSU board and proposed the athletic fee increase without the vote (which was done in 2001) and saved the department, but he doesn't want to take any responsibility for anything that happens. He just wants to avoid controversy at all costs. This is the worst type of person anyone can have in a leadership role--someone that hides and refuses to stand up! Anyway, I understand everyone is going through hard economic times right now, but for the leader of a university to turn over ANY department's existance over to 18-22 year old kids that have a difficult time analyzing long-term effects is truly dispicable. The students voted thinking only about the immediate impact to their wallet. I don't blame them, especially in these economic times. I blame the lack of leadership.

That falls squarely on the shoulders of you Ms. Ryan - you obviously do not have the testicular fortitude to be called "Mr."

I do, however, want to apologize to the ladies out there that I insulted by associating Tim Ryan with your gender.

The 35 man roster is actually due the day before the first contest. In LSU's case, it would be February 19th

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If he signed a LOI as an early enrollee wouldn't all this be a moot point anyways?

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He could not have signed a LOI. HS prospects cannot sign until February.

One thing he could do was sign scholarship papers for LSU, but the scholarship papers are contingent on certification from the Eligibility Center, which supposedly Pratt has not yet received. :usa:

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early signing as in letting them sign a paper early or as in enrolling early?

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As in being able to sign an NLI during an early signing period (prior to the regular signing period beginning in February).