http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/we...ots-starting-point-guard-jeremiah-samarrippas The article said the players have the chance to stay at SMU and retain scholarship. I am not an expert on NCAA rules, but is this how it works? If you get a scholarship, is it guaranteed for 4 (or 5?) years even if you get cut from the team after years 1 or 2?
Brown cut their scholarship. It was only after bad publicity, the AD reinstated the scholarships. No where does it say back on the team. Here is the decision - do you stay at SMU on scholarship as a regular student or do you find a scholarship to play basketball elsewhere? Not much of a choice. Makes it look like the student is not being forced to leave. Length of scholarships is complicated. It was one year at a time. Rules now allow multiyear awards.
Thanks for the explanation. I remember reading stories about situations where a player gets cut from their college teams in order to make room for more promising recruits and lost their scholarship. I guess SMU decided to award separate scholarships for these players for PR reasons. Do these scholarships count against the scholarship cap? I am thinking that they probably do (or else teams can just keep an unlimited # of guys on scholarship and have the best on the roster?), so SMU is hoping to "outplace" these guys in order to free up sthe slots.
My first thought is the scholarships would count as I doubt the guys cut are smart enough to earn academic or non athletic scholarships. The plan will backfire if the guys stay but without a spot on the team I'm thinking the guys will opt to play elsewhere.
