[Husker] Huskers Pull Penn Linebacker Scholarship Offer

[jon johnston]

The NCAA had to make the 7th grade declaration to bring kids that  
young into falling under NCAA guidelines for considering them  
recruiting prospects. That says as much about how nuts it is, doesn't  
it?

Jon Johnston
http://www.cornnation.com

On Jan 30, 2009, at 12:09 PM, Mike Jaixen wrote:

> In a word, yes.  Recruiting has gotten WAY out of hand, IMHO.  I  
> think if teams weren't allowed to rescind scholarship offers, we'd  
> see teams take a much more careful approach with recruiting.  We're  
> seeing offers made to ninth and tenth graders, and the NCAA just  
> declared that 7th graders are classified as prospects.
>
> Right now, coaches hand scholarship offers like youth league coaches  
> hand out cookies after practice.  It's become an absurd process.
>
> I won't speak to the specific situation at hand, but I believe that  
> if Nebraska makes a commitment to a young man, Nebraska should live  
> up to that commitment.
>
> Mike Jaixen
> http://huskermike.blogspot.com
> http://www.cornnation.com
>
> --- On Fri, 1/30/09, Nick Chevance <nickchevance at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> His coach sure sounds sore, but if Nebraska only
> has a certain number of scholarships to offer, and the kid isn't what
> he once was when first recruited, then what?  We're supposed to take
> him and put him on a scholarship despite being somewhat damaged goods?
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