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[cyclonekj]

... However if a player starts on an acedemic scholorship, and hasn't signed a letter of intent, he can play basketball and not count against the 13 maximum. This was the case with Paul Shirley, although he was moved to an athletic scholorship his junior year.

Why was he moved to an athletic scholly? That basically cost us one scholarship player for two seasons?

[Cutlass]

Why was he moved to an athletic scholly? That basically cost us one scholarship player for two seasons?

My understanding was that he had earned it. It probally took some pressure off of Paul to maintain whatever grades he had to maintain to keep that Presidential scholorship. Plus there are other benefits to an athletic scholorship, like getting to eat at the training table and such.

But I think that mostly he had paid his dues and the coaching staff wanted to reward him, make him feel appreicated. Plus we had a more tallented rosters at that time and were not so desperate for bodies. Additionally when did LE ever have a full roster of scholorship players.

[cyclonekj]

My understanding was that he had earned it. It probally took some pressure off of Paul to maintain whatever grades he had to maintain to keep that Presidential scholorship. Plus there are other benefits to an athletic scholorship, like getting to eat at the training table and such.

But I think that mostly he had paid his dues and the coaching staff wanted to reward him, make him feel appreicated. Plus we had a more tallented rosters at that time and were not so desperate for bodies. Additionally when did LE ever have a full roster of scholorship players.

Thanks for the info.

I thought grades were never a problem for Paul and with LE's turnover, scholly's were even tighter. Is the training table really closed to non-scholarship athletes?