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dillpic writes:

in response to DwayneElizondoMountainDewHerbertCamacho:

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.

Actually, under most academic Scholarship contracts, once you lose it it is gone \nd off to another deservind student.

I held a scholarship under an organization that if you did not meet the requirements you not only lost the scholarship but were required to pay it back.

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