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Message: [QUOTE="SWC75, post: 1359637, member: 289"] I found this article: [URL]http://www.syracuse.com/orangebasketball/index.ssf/2015/04/how_does_chris_mcculloughs_departure_impact_syracuses_scholarship_situation_for.html[/URL] Which says: "However, McCullough's departure for the NBA, along with the transfers of [URL='http://www.syracuse.com/orangebasketball/index.ssf/2015/03/bj_johnson_has_decided_to_transfer_from_syracuse_basketball.html#incart_social_feature']B.J. Johnson[/URL] and [URL='http://www.syracuse.com/orangebasketball/index.ssf/2015/03/syracuse_sophomore_ron_patterson_has_decided_to_transfer.html']Ron Patterson[/URL], means that Syracuse could actually start serving the NCAA's scholarship reduction penalty this year. That is, if Syracuse doesn't get a commitment from Bryant in the next week or so." The NCAA decision said: "Reduction in Athletics Awards. The total number of athletically related financial aid awards in men's basketball shall be reduced by three awards during each of the 2015-16, 2016-17, 2017-18 and 2018-19 academic years. [B]If the institution has already executed athletically related financial aid agreements to prospective student-athletes for the 2015-16 academic year that would prevent the institution from meeting this penalty, the institution has the option to begin the penalty with the 2016-17 academic year. I[/B] because of already executed financial aid agreements, the institution chooses to begin this penalty with the 2016-17 academic year, the institution must provide documentation of the date that the agreement was signed by the prospective student-athletes that prevented the institution from beginning the penalty with the 2015-16 academic year." So how does Thomas Bryant committing in the next week or so allow us to postpone the 10 scholarship limit to 2016-17? He hadn't "already executed an athletically related financial aid agreement" at the time of the NCAA decision. [/QUOTE]

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