Yeah that's all that I'ditoexpect to read but I see no mention of walk on situations.
Kind of like that LB kid that was a late add in the summer/fall from Jersey who ended up not sticking was under different rules because he wasn't a "recruited scholarship guy" even though there was some confusion whether he was scholarship or not.
Giordano, to my understanding, never had a scholarship. And if he did he would have met one of the reasons for why a scholarship can be pulled.
Giordano was a blueshirt... or an attempt at one.
"They are eligible to both enroll
and play during the initial fall semester following their high school graduation or junior college transfer, but are not counted as an incoming scholarship player until the following year’s recruiting class.
It’s a contrast from grayshirts, who are not permitted to enroll or play immediately out of high school.
The biggest distinction for blueshirts however, is that the rule interpretation mandates that the players in question are
not recruited.
That is defined by the NCAA as not having any of the following: an official visit to the school, an in-home visit from the school’s coaching staff or a letter of intent issued for the student athlete to submit.
If neither of those have occurred, the player is eligible to be a blueshirt beginning the day after fall camp starts. At that point, he may be awarded a scholarship and counted forwarded to the next year’s recruiting class."
