[Husker] Husker: Other side of the coin

[Roger]

Never have been offered a scholarship of any kind, when schools offer an athletic scholarship, do they put any conditions on the offer?  Academic qualification is a condition.  Might there be anything about ability to perform on the field as they have demonstrated to date?

Roger Lohr-Mpls
-------------- Original message from Steve Reichenbach <reich at inetnebr.com>: -------------- 


> 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. 
> 
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