I was doing some research on my next article and happened upon an interesting article by ESPN's Gene Wojciechowski in regards to University of Miami quarterback Robert Marve. Marve requested to be released from his scholarship and the school granted the release...under the condition that he not attend schools in conferences of the school's choice. The interesting twist is what we touched upon the previous post...if the coach decides to break his contractual commitment, he can do so without any strings attached by the school. However, if the student athlete decides to do so, his choices are crippled by the institution. The question is what message is being sent to other recruits? To emphasize the point on the previous post, the relationship between recruits and the school of their choice is unfair...don't even get me started on these bowl games where the school pockets the advertisement money and student athletes get nothing. The article is a good read. Enjoy.Thursday, January 8, 2009
Coach's Dilemma...Emphasis on a broken system
I was doing some research on my next article and happened upon an interesting article by ESPN's Gene Wojciechowski in regards to University of Miami quarterback Robert Marve. Marve requested to be released from his scholarship and the school granted the release...under the condition that he not attend schools in conferences of the school's choice. The interesting twist is what we touched upon the previous post...if the coach decides to break his contractual commitment, he can do so without any strings attached by the school. However, if the student athlete decides to do so, his choices are crippled by the institution. The question is what message is being sent to other recruits? To emphasize the point on the previous post, the relationship between recruits and the school of their choice is unfair...don't even get me started on these bowl games where the school pockets the advertisement money and student athletes get nothing. The article is a good read. Enjoy.
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