JasonEvans
08-06-2007, 12:46 PM
Here is the story (http://www.contracostatimes.com/colleges/ci_6554898).
I am not sure how I feel about this. On the one hand, Spurrier is saying it is a big problem if he recruits a kid and promise the player a scholarship and then sees the kid get rejected by the admission department at the last minute. I think he is right about this and it creates an unfair situation to both the coach and the recruit.
On the other hand, it is not like South Carolina is Stanford, Duke, Northwestern or in the Ivy league. If they reject a kid, he must be a pretty big academic problem. What was Spurier doing recruiting kids who had such problems that they could not get into South Carolina?
Obviously, I do not know how the process works between Spurier's staff and the admissions department but they clearly need to communicate better.
-Jason "one of the rejected recruits is going to East Carolina and the other is looking at Minnesota-- taking South Carolina's academic rejects... now that's something to be proud of" Evans
I am not sure how I feel about this. On the one hand, Spurrier is saying it is a big problem if he recruits a kid and promise the player a scholarship and then sees the kid get rejected by the admission department at the last minute. I think he is right about this and it creates an unfair situation to both the coach and the recruit.
On the other hand, it is not like South Carolina is Stanford, Duke, Northwestern or in the Ivy league. If they reject a kid, he must be a pretty big academic problem. What was Spurier doing recruiting kids who had such problems that they could not get into South Carolina?
Obviously, I do not know how the process works between Spurier's staff and the admissions department but they clearly need to communicate better.
-Jason "one of the rejected recruits is going to East Carolina and the other is looking at Minnesota-- taking South Carolina's academic rejects... now that's something to be proud of" Evans