[Husker] Husker: Other side of the coin

[Steve Reichenbach]

Even if the broadside against NU is over-written and even if there are
other untold parts of the story, the core of the complaint appears
true.  NU made told the student it would offer a scholarship and the
student told NU he would accept the offer.  Then, NU decided it would
not follow through on its offer.  Evidently, there is nothing more
binding than the willingness of each party to act as stated, but if NU
is unwilling to uphold its offers, then what are such offers made by NU
worth?  Are they now saying to recruits: "We'll make you an offer if
we still think you're good enough in the spring."?

In that respect, it's really irrelevant what other schools are now
willing to do and it's irrelevant that many students choose their
colleges late.  It sounds as if by counting on NU's promise of an
offer, this student missed out on other opportunities.  As for sour
grapes, there appears to be a good basis for being sour on NU.  I don't
feel bad about someone not being good enough to get a scholarship, but
I do worry if NU is not honoring offers that it has made.

> If Bodtmann is good enough to play at Nebraska then he will DEFINITELY
> get looks/offers from other schools regardless of what time of year it
> is or how far along in the process it is, especially now since this
> story has been publicized. This reeks of sour grapes by the "former"
> coach and all others involved with Bodtmann. Every year since colleges
> were formed, kids often don't know where they are going until the summer
> for pete's sake, and I realize athletics obviously creates a need for
> earlier decisions, but I personally know guys (kids when it happened)
> who went places and were not even sure where they were going until
> April/May, etc.
> 
> I do not feel bad about this one bit, and as I said, if the kid is that
> good, he will get his scholarship somewhere, even if it means someone
> else loses theirs now because of it.