RE: Scholly, Souley or both

[Brent Wyrick]

I think you nailed it on that one.

 

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From: dfairchild [mailto:address@hidden 
Sent: Saturday, April 02, 2005 1:52 PM
To: address@hidden
Subject: RE: [UC Basketball] Scholly, Souley or both

 

I believe the issue is the nature of the relationship and whether it is a
preexisting relationship.  Obviously, Meeker had an existing relationship
prior to his involvement with UC  

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From: Brent Wyrick [mailto:address@hidden
Sent: Saturday, April 02, 2005 2:34 PM
To: address@hidden; 'Michael Ryan'
Subject: RE: [UC Basketball] Scholly, Souley or both

I suspect we'd have plenty of volunteers too but if the volunteer is
unaffiliated with UC in any way is it still a violation? Meeker's parent
weren't affiliated with UC until he transferred here as far as I know.
They're not violating NCAA rules. Where's the line?

 


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From: Michael Ryan [mailto:address@hidden 
Sent: Saturday, April 02, 2005 12:36 PM
To: address@hidden
Subject: Re: [UC Basketball] Scholly, Souley or both

 


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?