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Joe Yearby

TheSwagger1 said:
One thing I'd hoped with Richt is that he would be a father figure type who kids could trust and help prevent them from making stupid decisions. Doesn't look like that has materialized, at all. These kids are incredibly naive and we better get it figured out. We aren't losing out on kids to the NFL, we're losing out on kids to practice squads and forced retirement from the sport.
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How many of the guys that have left were his recruits? I thought they were pretty much all from the previous sh1tshow regime?
Have any of the guys he/his staff recruited actually left?
 
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wspcane said:
I thought Miami offered a life-long scholarship if guys decided to leave early.
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I think only if you're close to graduating. I mean between the summers and 3 years he should be but unfortunately he may not have accumulated enough credits. That being said, they should offer free tuition up to a phd. You don't pay the players. If not, he may have to enroll somewhere else and utilize the direct loan and pell grant.
 
That being said, I don't think Richt has a say in Yearby's situation. He may vouch on his behalf but I don't think he has a say. Shalala implemented that program.
 
With the world of information at their fingertips, as well as a college education, there is no excuse for them to not be informed on their status. They could log on here and get a more honest draft evaluation then they could from an agent, and we're schmucks.

I dont know anyones financials, but if the decision needs to be made, then it should at least be informed. It seems throughout, none of these guys are adequately informed of their draft status outside of agent/piece of paper from draft committee.
 
Let this man go to school for free and finish his degree, especially if it's only for a year. C'mon, Miami! That's not right at all.
 
TheSwagger1 said:
One thing I'd hoped with Richt is that he would be a father figure type who kids could trust and help prevent them from making stupid decisions. Doesn't look like that has materialized, at all. These kids are incredibly naive and we better get it figured out. We aren't losing out on kids to the NFL, we're losing out on kids to practice squads and forced retirement from the sport.
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Yeah because he has no track record of doing this in the past. I mean ****, why even let him coach in the Spring. He should have already had all his former miami players already graduated and with jobs.
 
Captain Uberpants said:
TheSwagger1 said:
One thing I'd hoped with Richt is that he would be a father figure type who kids could trust and help prevent them from making stupid decisions. Doesn't look like that has materialized, at all. These kids are incredibly naive and we better get it figured out. We aren't losing out on kids to the NFL, we're losing out on kids to practice squads and forced retirement from the sport.
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This. is an example of a narrow and moronic perspective. Me endorsing it goes to show that stupidity can be contracted from others.


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Listen, I feel for ole boy, I really do! Not going to attempt to understand his rhyme and reasoning behind leaving early, even when they said you would be a free agent. But that's a life lesson! If you quit a job thinking you're leaving for greener pastures, and you realized it's not the case, you can't get mad at the former job for not taking you back. The NCAA has various of grant programs he can apply for to finish his degree, which I'm sure he was directed towards, and I'm sure Miami will give him a discounted tuition, which for a 45k a year school, that's pretty good! I really hope the U finds a way to help him, but a degree, fully paid would had been way more beneficial than chasing faint NFL dreams, and he would had balled this year smh!
 
still waiting for the reasons staying another year is sooooo terrible for these mid/late rounders??? Finish your degree / free room and board / free food / free clothes&gear / best time of their lives (see ed reed and others that quote that) / safe conditions / college ****............. and yet, the reason everyone gives to leave early is, can't improve their draft status... uhmmm, well, I'd still take all the above benefits for one more year of my young life if i'm still gonna get drafted in same spot.... and that's pending you actually don't improve your draft status..
 
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I don't see how any of these educational institutions should be obligated to allow players who leave early to come back in on scholarship unless they can contribute as assistants or something like that. It's the risk they take by leaving early. Maybe there are special circumstances and that's fine. Otherwise, these guys need to assume some responsibility for their decisions and that includes financial.
 
The only real solution to this would be to let kids keep their eligibility and return to school if they don't like where they end up being drafted (if they don't sign with an agent).

It'd never work though because the NFL absolutely wouldn't agree to it and you'd then entice every underclassman to "test the waters". Our luck we'd have some juniors that would've never declared early end up going in the 7th round and then leaving to take the immediate money.
 
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Maybe the situation is similar to how a person leaves their Job. Sometimes you can claim unemployment, but if you were negligent -- Claim DENIED!

wspcane said:
I thought Miami offered a life-long scholarship if guys decided to leave early.
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lauderdaleballer said:
wspcane said:
I thought Miami offered a life-long scholarship if guys decided to leave early.
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I think only if you're close to graduating. I mean between the summers and 3 years he should be but unfortunately he may not have accumulated enough credits. That being said, they should offer free tuition up to a phd. You don't pay the players. If not, he may have to enroll somewhere else and utilize the direct loan and pell grant.
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If after three+ years, he wasn't close to graduating, he wouldn't have been eligible. You're required a certain number of credit hours per school year to remain eligible. Lots of guys are already done with their bachelor's program after 3 and a half years. I don't know why he can't re enroll but it can't be due to him being too far from a degree.
 
Yearby didnt know gus was leaving and he was worried about PT? RJ was worried about double teams? smh
 
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To be honest I think he left early b/c he seen Cook leave. I think he was jealous seeing all the love Cook was getting plus Walton was the starter. Silly mistake to leave early.
 
Tad Footeball said:
The only real solution to this would be to let kids keep their eligibility and return to school if they don't like where they end up being drafted (if they don't sign with an agent).

It'd never work though because the NFL absolutely wouldn't agree to it and you'd then entice every underclassman to "test the waters". Our luck we'd have some juniors that would've never declared early end up going in the 7th round and then leaving to take the immediate money.
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NCAA is such a cesspool of ignorance: allowing college baseball players to have agents negotiate contracts while sill in season but any football player dealing with agents automatic loss of eligibility.

"The NCAA now allows baseball players to have agents negotiate on their behalf with professional teams (it was already happening anyway) and retain college eligibility. Yet there’s still a major difference with how the NCAA views agents for football and men’s basketball players."

Also, the NCAA allows minor league baseball players to go back to NCAA DII schools and continue to play, while earning a degree. *yes, only for players signing pro contracts after high school and not college, but if it really has the student athletes best interest, why not allow them to go to a DII school to play and earn a degree?

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The Svengali said:
Let this man go to school for free and finish his degree, especially if it's only for a year. C'mon, Miami! That's not right at all.
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wrong. he made the wrong choice and turned his back on the school and team when everyone was telling him not to turn pro.
 
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