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DwayneElizondoMountainDewHerbertCamacho writes:

in response to packagestore:

I agree with CDD and his analogy to a student receiving an academic scholarship and the GPA that they must maintain to keep that scholarship(s). Why should student athletes be treated differently than other students.

As others have stated here, if a player is meeting their academic requirements and putting forth the required effort in the training room and the practice field they are upholding their part of the "contract"

IMO this is another step by the college presidents to regain some power that they have lost. There is a deeper agenda that will surface in the future.

The problem with Dooley's argument is that if an academic scholarship student posts a required GPA then, under most scholarship contracts, that scholarship is renewed automatically. There is a degree of separation between the entities awarding the GPA (teachers/University) and the entity renewing the scholarship (usually a scholarship board or trust...and yes, even if it is a University Awarded scholarship).

However, where athletic scholarships are concerned, the head coach is the evaluator of whether the kid complied with the scholarship requirements AND has the authority to terminate the scholarship. With a one-year scholarship, the coaches hold a huge amount of power over the heads of their players and, as far as I know, there is no review process by which a player could challenge Dooley's decision to cut his scholarship.

One year academic and one year athletic scholarships are NOT interchangeable entities. Dooley knows that, but he's hoping that he'll say "I'm a lawyer" and everyone will just shut up and accept what he says as fact because he is, you know, a lawyer.

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