And Now 'Bama too?

Saint_LB · 07-21-2010, 11:33 PM

Originally Posted by saintfan

You should get ahold of somebody at the biggest Newspaper you can find and get that story published man. Everybody is so one-sided when they bash everything but the rule that creates the whole mess. Yours is really a story that needs to be told.

I enjoy writing, and I have often thought about trying to put that story along with the preceding summer's events, when I played American Legion ball for Coach Favre and was the lifeguard at the local country club pool, into a book. I thought the title could be "The Summer of '72".

To me it really seems unfair that a person could honestly earn a scholarship for something other than athletics and be penalized for it. They solved one problem, but created another, IMO. I really don't know if those rules still apply today, but I think that if they still do, it would be good for a person to know that if he earns a scholarship in another area, don't even think about trying out for the team unless you think you're good enough to earn a scholarship for that sport as well. It's a good thing that "Rudy" was a true walk-on or otherwise he would have never had an opportunity to play in that last game.

07-21-2010, 11:33 PM	#11
Saint_LB Deuce Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 2,894	Re: And Now 'Bama too? Originally Posted by saintfan You should get ahold of somebody at the biggest Newspaper you can find and get that story published man. Everybody is so one-sided when they bash everything but the rule that creates the whole mess. Yours is really a story that needs to be told. I enjoy writing, and I have often thought about trying to put that story along with the preceding summer's events, when I played American Legion ball for Coach Favre and was the lifeguard at the local country club pool, into a book. I thought the title could be "The Summer of '72". To me it really seems unfair that a person could honestly earn a scholarship for something other than athletics and be penalized for it. They solved one problem, but created another, IMO. I really don't know if those rules still apply today, but I think that if they still do, it would be good for a person to know that if he earns a scholarship in another area, don't even think about trying out for the team unless you think you're good enough to earn a scholarship for that sport as well. It's a good thing that "Rudy" was a true walk-on or otherwise he would have never had an opportunity to play in that last game.
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