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Just my opinion, but that likely means JL is planning to have all scholarships filled...
As I said above, regardless what happens with MO, I don't think it's too likely we'll have a scholarship left open.
There are still a few transfers that might be considering BU. I think the scholarship will probably get filled one way or another.
Doesn't an academic scholarship mean that he must redshirt next year, similiar to DA? (Although DA needed that year for medical reasons, too)
If academic scholarships could play immediately, bcs schools could find a way to have a much larger roster.
I think I may have found out the official answer - I believe you are right, ph. Danny Adams' redshirt his freshman season may have been required as the NCAA has some kind of rule about "recruited walk-ons" who received financial aid from the university. So, even though he benefitted medically from a redshirt year, he may have had to redshirt by the NCAA rules.
The other guys I mentioned apparently fall under a different circumstance: a true walkon (someone who tries out and makes the team, but who was not recruited out of high school to attend as a walkon). They are eligible to play right away.
So we either sign another player to a basketball scholarship and JB sits out this season on an academic scholarship and is able to play out his eligibility without using a basketball scholarship.....we don't sign another player to a basketball scholarship this season and JB is granted that basketball scholarship.....we don't sign another player to a basketball scholarship this season and JB remains on academic scholarship (essentially redshirting) and is available to play out his eligibility either on academic or basketball scholarship.
I actually wouldn't mind if he used an academic scholarship this season, worked with the team, and still had four years to play without using a basketball scholarship. I think we're good at guard this season and would love to see a player like this come in with DS and SH next season. Hopefully, we get MO and that is exactly what happens.
However, what happens if he is given a basketball scholarship this season....is he able to use an academic scholarship in the future instead of the basketball scholarship? I'm guessing this is possible, but he'd have to sit out whichever year is his first on academic scholarship.
???People say, ???Forget last year', but I want our guys to remember that one, because that will not happen again. We will be much better.??? Geno Ford, 9/22/12
Thanks DaCoach. I thought Bradley mentioned that about DA
Marcus Jordan(UIUC) went off and on basketball scholarship and never had to redahirt,(other than a self imposed summer redshirt) but I'm sure he could pay. DA went on and off basketball scholarship, so Id assume that the academic scholarships did not get cancelled.
As a complete guess, I would think no additional redshirt if you start as a basketball scholarship, but I'm not sure.
I've got to think if we don't get MO that his scholarship will go to this kid. Otherwise, I think JL must have promised him an athletic scholarship for next year.
My thoughts exactly!
Bradley 72 - Illini 68 Final
???It??™s awful hard,??™??™ said Illini freshman guard D.J. Richardson, the former Central High School guard who played prep school ball a few miles from here and fought back tears outside the locker room. ???It??™s a hometown thing. It??™s bragging rights.??™
Going by what FWO says about MO & what D.Reyolds said in the PJS,
"Bradley still has one basketball scholarship to give for next season.
It would go to Michael Ocherobia, a 6-8 post player who last played for a prep school in the Canary Islands, if the academic paperwork arrives in good order and he is admitted to school, a source told the Journal Star."
Am I to assume that the only hurdle for MO is the BU admissions & he's cleared the NCAA?
DR only says he has to be admitted to the school though. It that mis-statment on his part? I read that as he has already been cleared by the NCAA. Maybe it's just the optimist in me.
The NCAA "clears" prospective student-athletes in TWO ways..amateurism & academics...
1- by clearing them as amateurs...and if they don't pass this test, they are docked games but can still play somewhere down the road. This is the rule was was used to penalize Lucca Staiger and was JW was initially given a 5-game penalty.
2- for initial academic eligibility - they have to meet certain pre-determined academic requirements in order to gain entry to any NCAA school - based on grades, courses, and test scores......and this is what John Wilkins was denied admission because of, and same for many other kids who end up going juco.
then there is a 3rd hurdle to clear - the kid also has to meet the individual University's admission requirements - and some schools are stricter than others. This is the mechanism that kept DeAaron Williams out of Bradley - but allowed him to go elsewhere.
At this time we do not know where those processes are in regard to MO...
Well this is good news. Seems like a great get, especially for a walk-on. The fact that he can get an academic scholie is a great thing to have to, gotta love that.
Sorry if I missed it, but does anyone know how good of a 3 point shooter this kid is? That is the one thing I have been wanting for the year after this year's team.
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