[Husker] Pilkington's scholarship

[Sean McGrath]

Actually you can be on scholarship if you are no longer playing the
professional sport you were on before coming back to college. Strickland
was still playing for the Marlins when he played hoops for the Huskers. 

Sean

-----Original Message-----
From: husker-bounces at tssi.com [mailto:husker-bounces at tssi.com] On Behalf
Of Mike Jaixen
Sent: Saturday, April 30, 2005 8:03 PM
To: Mark Landin; husker at tssi.com
Subject: Re: [Husker] Pilkington's scholarship

I'm not sure Ross Pilkington is actually on
scholarship, as he signed a professional baseball
contract after high school.  Erick Strickland was in a
similar situation; he played pro baseball, and so
while he was eligible to play basketball at Nebraska,
he could not be on scholarship.

Even if Pilkington is on scholarship, since he is no
longer part of the football program, I don't believe
he counts against either the 25 man limit for his
class or the 85 player limit for the school.  I know
in the past they have "recovered" scholarships from
injured players; the player retains his scholarship,
but it no longer counts against the 25/85 limits.  If
this is the case, Pilkington's only impact on
scholarships is financial (the money actually being
spent).

--- Mark Landin <marklandin at gmail.com> wrote:
> I understand Ross Pilkington still has his
> scholarship.

Mike Jaixen

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