RE: Scholly, Souley or both

[dfairchild]

I'm curious what your definition is of extra benefits?

I believe housing a student would be considered extra benefits.  I do not
know the NCAA regulations, but if all it took to avoid the extra benefits
restriction was to make the student a walk-on, then I think you could just
make all of your players walk-ons, and then set them up with housing, a
stipend (large enough to pay for tuition, books, etc), a car, . . . .


  -----Original Message-----
  From: Brent Wyrick [mailto:address@hidden
  Sent: Saturday, April 02, 2005 12:44 PM
  To: address@hidden
  Subject: [UC Basketball] Scholly, Souley or both




  OK, since the general consensus is that Souleymane might be the odd man
out if 3 scholarships are open, here’s a far fetched idea. Most African born
students and players that I’ve seen get here do it one of two ways: Families
with money back home or with the help of a host family in HS, scholarship or
both. (see Romain Sato)  I suspect Souley’s a pretty smart guy to get here
in the first place since.



  So, what if we can find a host family to house him while he’s in college?
It’s a win for everyone. He comes off scholarship, stays on the team, gives
us a boost for the new APR, improves the team chemistry becuase the guys
love him and  gives us a practice player and some small minutes later in
life .I don’t think this is a NCAA violation because he’d become a walk on
and would not be receiving extra benefits. The university would probably
prefer that he stay for international diversity reasons. The fans? We get
instant Meeker for 3 years. Would this work?

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