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[QUOTE="OttoMets, post: 22486, member: 716"]
It's an awful rule; no dispute there. But it's an incredibly low standard - again, he didn't have to [U]finish[/U] his coursework, he just had to be [U]up-to-date[/U] on his coursework. As in, if he left school when he declared (I don't recall the day; but let's call it 15 April), he didn't need to wrap up his semester's coursework and take his finals, he only had to [U]complete the work he should have completed by 15 April[/U] while he was still an active student. And he didn't. He hadn't been going to class and he had been blowing off work while he was still a titular student, before he declared. And that's why he - and Harris and Devendorf - cost his team a scholarship.

Yeah, it's a dumb rule; it doesn't do anything to incentivize finishing what one started, much less completing degree requirements. But it is a rule, and Flynn opted to neglect his obligations long before he declared and began the NBA workout process. No Syracuse basketball player - Flynn included - owes any of us anything. But he owes his teammates and program something, he chose not to do so, and he's a worse teammate for it. Wesley Johnson could drop out of school and make it to his NBA workouts without getting us dinged in the APR, and there's no reason why any other player can't do the same.
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