[Husker] Huskers Pull Penn Linebacker Scholarship Offer

[Tommy Thompson]

No doubt in my mind that Nebraska should have kept their commitment, if the 
story is accurate and complete.  Hard to tell why the coaches did what they 
did, though, as they are not allowed to comment on recruits.  That said, if 
the player did nothing unethical, then the Huskers coaches should have kept 
their end of the deal.  How many times have we fans been upset when a player 
changed their commitment before signing day?

Tommy Thompson (Pa)
"GO BIG RED"
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Jaixen" <mikejaixen at yahoo.com>
To: "Jim J." <jokow at cox.net>; "Nick Chevance" <nickchevance at gmail.com>
Cc: "Huskers List" <husker at tssi.com>
Sent: Friday, January 30, 2009 12:09 PM
Subject: Re: [Husker] Huskers Pull Penn Linebacker Scholarship Offer


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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