Re: Scholly, Souley or both

[Michael Ryan]

Um, that would be a major violation. 

I'm confident there would be a few hundred volunteers to "help" the 
University in this regard. 
But all of them would be violating rules though. 

The best thing we can do as fans is keep cheering them on. 

-- 
Mike Ryan


On Apr 2, 2005 12:44 PM, Brent Wyrick <address@hidden> wrote:
>   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?