[Husker] More focus on football?

[David Strong]

You're probably right.  The rules are probably based on the expectation of the traditional fall-spring semester system defining what a "full-time" student is.  If that system changes, then the rules will have to be tweaked somehow.

Dave

--- On Mon, 9/27/10, Andy Knipp <andy at knipp.com> wrote:

> From: Andy Knipp <andy at knipp.com>
> Subject: RE: [Husker] More focus on football?
> To: "'David Strong'" <gbrlist at yahoo.com>, "'Scott R.''Lawson'" <SLawson at uamail.albany.edu>, "'list husker'" <husker at tssi.com>
> Date: Monday, September 27, 2010, 5:55 PM
> No clue, but I would be shocked if
> this is permissible by the current
> by-laws. 
> 
> Mike is the Husker List by-law expert and he may respond.
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Strong [mailto:gbrlist at yahoo.com]
> 
> Sent: Monday, September 27, 2010 2:48 PM
> To: Scott R.''Lawson; 'list husker'; Andy Knipp
> Subject: RE: [Husker] More focus on football?
> 
> 
> Andy, I'm not familiar with this.  I'm know that the
> NCAA requires that
> athletes be full-time students in good standing, but if a
> school goes to a
> trimester type system where students have the option of
> going any 2 of the 3
> trimesters to be considered full-time students, do NCAA
> regulations require
> that the student be in class during the time they are
> participating in
> sports or something like that?
> 
> Dave
> 
> --- On Mon, 9/27/10, Andy Knipp <andy at knipp.com>
> wrote:
> 
> > From: Andy Knipp <andy at knipp.com>
> > Subject: RE: [Husker] More focus on football?
> > To: "'Lawson, Scott R.'" <SLawson at uamail.albany.edu>,
> "'list husker'"
> <husker at tssi.com>
> > Date: Monday, September 27, 2010, 4:10 PM
> > The NCAA will have to vote on that
> > first. I would be surprised if this was
> > allowed by current NCAA regulations. I also do not see
> the
> > NCAA approving of
> > it. 
> > 
> > Andy
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: husker-bounces at tssi.com
> > [mailto:husker-bounces at tssi.com]
> > On Behalf Of
> > Lawson, Scott R.
> > Sent: Monday, September 27, 2010 12:59 PM
> > To: list husker
> > Subject: [Husker] More focus on football?
> > 
> > Slightly off topic here, but I'm not sure how many
> other
> > folks on the list
> > work in higher ed, or have seen this 'proposal' at
> the
> > University of
> > Florida...
> > 
> > http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2010/09/20/florida
> > 
> > I am sure Urban Meyer is licking his chops waiting for
> this
> > to pass...
> > 
> > Any chance Nebraska would consider this? To me it
> seems it
> > would GREATLY
> > benefit fall sports participants.
> > 
> > Scott in NY
> > 
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