Vondrell McGee done at Texas?
by Displaced Longhorn on Sep 15, 2010 3:06 PM CDT
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ChipBrownOB: Texas RB Vondrell McGee has lost his appeal over NCAA academic issues. His career at #UT is over.
IT is reporting the same. Sad.
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I beat you by two minutes in the FanShot section. :)
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by BMC237 on Sep 15, 2010 3:16 PM CDT reply actions
Here is a link
Says that he is set to graduate in December. How can he be in such poor standing academically yet able to graduate in a few months?
maybe he didn't take enough hours in a given semester
by goingforthecorner on Sep 16, 2010 12:02 AM CDT up reply actions
Leinart had satisfactory progress toward his degree
I’m guessing McGee had not made satisfactory progress by the time the Spring semester ended (Mack called it a “slip up”, I think), but he fixed that in the Summer, hence the appeal. He may have only needed a few hours coming into the Fall semester to finish his degree, so if he is taking them now, he would graduate in December.
It is a shame he can’t play, though, because I wanted to see if he would be more productive with the increased emphasis on the running game.
I think Mack was referring to hiw DUI as the slip up
And he was saying that Vondrell has been a true leader ever since that slip up, by encouraging the younger guys to stay off 6th street and find better things to do with their idle time—-he played poster child for what not to do which Mack appreciated.
It does not matter if he used his RS year, he should have 1 year of eligibility left since this year he has been found not eligible. Am I wrong?
Unless you are Jordan Shipley?
I don’t know the answer but it seems awful severe if a guy gets a degree in 5 years how could he have been ruled ineligible at any point. Many folks don’t even get their degree in 5 years.
I assume Shipley’s medical redshirt helped him but this just doesn’t seem right for Vondrell.
I will call the NCAA tomorrow and ask
This is kind of cool. Their website says that they have a person working the phone to answer the public’s questions. From their website—
“The academic and membership affairs staff will be able to assist the general public with his or her NCAA rules questions from noon to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday at 317/917-6222. Thank you.”
Don't get me started
you do realize that the NCAA current APR requirements require many athletic teams to have a graduation right that far exceeds that of the normal student body?
I’m of the opinion that if your athletic team has a graduation rate that is greater than the rate of the normal student body, the APR shouldn’t come into play, but that isn’t how the NCAA sees it.
The scholarships probably play a big part
Because the school (or by extension, the athletic department) is “sponsoring” these athletes with scholarship funding, they should be held to a higher standard, whereas most of the student body population is paying their own way. Just a thought.
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Sounds like this means Jeremy Hills won't get redshirted this year
Mack said Hills would be more likely to be taken off redshirt status than Traylon if 3 RBs isn’t enough. We almost needed 4 RBs last night.
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