NCAA may be at it again

[TheCusian]

I'm not sure what you mean by "making good" on a scholarship, but it's not all up to the SA. The institution has plenty of leverage to enforce athletic scholarship conditions. They're granted every year, so they can be pulled at any time (and some are for academic reasons). Second, if a SA is not going to class or completing coursework, they're subject to failing grades just like any student. And if they fail, they loose eligibility (assuming they lack enough passing credits). That can happen to any SA, undergraduate or graduate. So it's not just "give them a scholie and hope for the best", as you put it. On the other hand, and this may be your point, if the SCHOOL itself (including the AD and the professor) is looking the other way and a SA isn't going to class or completing coursework ... then what you have is academic fraud. An example of this is the UNC situation -- and I don't say this with any animus towards UNC, which is (otherwise) a good school that fell into a pretty big trap. In that scenario, which is on a much larger scale than the Fab Melo situation (alleged "excessive assistance" to 1-3 students), the school can be be severely sanctioned. The student's eligibility is violated (can't play), past wins could potentially be vacated, and the SA's degree (or academic credits) can be rescinded.

I'm thinking this has run its course. If you think for a second I'm advocating academic fraud - you might want to re-read the entire thread.

This is the simplest way I can put it:

Kids who have an undergrad degree and have a year of eligibility left are currently able to transfer to another schools grad program without the "transfer penalty year" under NCAA's guideline. That some don't choose to take the academic opportunity of that grad year seriously is not a sham. It's their choice. I for one did not waste my education and I don't condone them to either. But you cannot force a guy to have the right intentions or fortitude to get his grad degree. If he chooses to leave after the season, that's on him. Not the institution.