Re: Hrycaniuk Ruled Ineligible For 2006-07 Season

[John T. Hall]

I agree no harm done, except possibly alienating some fans who got 
their hopes up and now might feel they've been mislead. It certainly 
seemed from Mick's comments there was some chance Adam might win the 
appeal.

				- John in SD

On Tue, 5 Dec 2006, Jon Macomber wrote:

> With Adam and Hernol it seems now that it was very obvious they would be 
> ineligible, but it was worth an attempt to maybe get some sympathy from the 
> NCAA.
>
> It was fool's gold the whole time.  But maybe worth a long shot considering 
> the circumstances.  I think we got screwed on Herrera last year, but can't 
> fault the NCAA on these two.
>
> Oh well, worth a shot.  Too bad for Hernol and Adam though.  Hope they can 
> get something positive out of the experience.  At least Adam will be able to 
> play 1 year of Div 1 ball and maybe Hernol can "practice" his way to get some 
> pro looks in the spring.
>
> Jon
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "John T. Hall" <address@hidden>
> To: <address@hidden>
> Sent: Tuesday, December 05, 2006 3:22 PM
> Subject: Re: [UC Basketball] Hrycaniuk Ruled Ineligible For 2006-07 Season
>
>
> > Now that we get the whole story it seems very cut-and-dried to me. Unless 
> > there was some dispute as to whether his teammates were paid above living 
> > expenses I can't see how Mick could have had any hope with the appeal. If 
> > anything, we're lucky he still has one year of eligibility. Hope he sticks 
> > around.
> >
> >  - John in SD
> >
> > On Tue, 5 Dec 2006, Keith Wedinger wrote:
> >
> > > Link to the announcement from UC is on Bearcatnews.com.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Keith Wedinger
> > > Bearcatnews.com
> > > Sciotofootball.com