Kelvin Grady to play hoops and football? Effect on schollys?
So apparently Kelvin Grady may play hoops and football. (according to the paper that shall not be named)
That's all fine and good but I'm guessing that means he's counted against the scholarship max for both sports?
If that wasn't the case I'm guessing you'd have a ton of football players also running track or something to wildly increase the number of schollys available to the football team.
January 23rd, 2010 at 9:08 PM ^
that he only counts against the football scholarship limit. Like Dion Sims at MSU.(and countless other examples)
January 23rd, 2010 at 9:08 PM ^
He will be on scholarship for football, but not for basketball.
January 23rd, 2010 at 9:12 PM ^
That's good! On the other hand I'm kind of surprised that if this is allowed that it isn't abused by some teams.
(Just to be clear, I'm not saying this is an abuse in this case, I'm just saying that it seems to be a rule that COULD be abused. Grady clearly can legitimately contribute to both sports)
January 23rd, 2010 at 9:19 PM ^
Why do think thisa big deal. A player only needs to pay for school once, so they dont need 2 scholarship. Every school has athletes that play 2 varsity sports. Its been like this forever. Bo Jackson played baseball and football and was pretty decent at both.
January 23rd, 2010 at 11:52 PM ^
Tai Streets.
Edit: He was on the non-existent basketball team that "won" the NIT in 1997
January 24th, 2010 at 11:05 AM ^
If he plays football he counts for football. Here's the rule.
15.5.9 Multi-Sport Participants.
15.5.9.1 Football. [FBS/FCS] In football, a counter who was recruited and/or offered financial aid to participate in football and who participates (practices or competes) in football and one or more sports (including basketball) shall be counted in football. A counter who was not recruited and/or offered financial aid to participate in football and who competes in football and one or more sports (including basketball) shall be counted in football. (Revised: 1/10/95 effective 8/1/95, 1/9/96 effective 8/1/96)
http://www.ncaapublications.com/Uploads/PDF/D1_Manual9d74a0b2-d10d-4587…
January 23rd, 2010 at 9:27 PM ^
The article also mentions that he will moving to RB next year for football, for what it's worth.
As for basketball, I will be happy to see him back on the court if it comes true. I know he got kind of bashed a lot at umhoops and people here didn't love him, but I think he brings an element that this team is missing and I doubt it will make anything worse. I saw him in the crowd at the Indiana game and he was definitely very into the game.
January 23rd, 2010 at 9:39 PM ^
Looked like an explosive player last year on a few of his catches but just couldn't get on the field later in the season. Mostly because he had trouble catching the ball, but the more athletes this offense has to work with the better.
January 23rd, 2010 at 11:33 PM ^
I'm happy he's coming back to the basketball team. We obviously need some PGs that can contribute more consistently. I never completely understood all the criticism he got. He was a freshman. Sure he had turnovers, but I thought he was a pretty solid player. I guess we will see next season.
January 23rd, 2010 at 9:36 PM ^
About his football future, he is a very exciting player on the turf but he drops way to many passes. Thoughts?
January 23rd, 2010 at 11:38 PM ^
Braylon Edwards?
January 24th, 2010 at 1:18 PM ^
I'm not sure we can draw analogies between a backup slot WR-turned-tailback and the Big Ten's all-time leading receiver.
January 23rd, 2010 at 9:39 PM ^
As far as guys running track and playing football, I think the rule is that if you play one of the two big moneymaking sports (football or basketball), your scholarship must count against the limit for that sport. Not 100% sure, but I think that's the rule. If a guy plays football and hoops, like Grady, it seems like the school could choose which team gives his scholarship.
January 23rd, 2010 at 10:04 PM ^
I'm not sure on the rules but I know a good number of the miami hurricanes wideouts and corners are on track scholarships...would be nice to extend that to shoelace if possible!
January 24th, 2010 at 1:19 PM ^
They may be on the track team, but if they're playing football, they're on football scholarships.
January 23rd, 2010 at 10:05 PM ^
I think there is some rule about the scholarship always must go to the higher revenue sport.
January 23rd, 2010 at 10:42 PM ^
"Moss, who actually went to Miami on a track scholarship.."
http://espn.go.com/blog/nflnation/post/_/id/2114/former-redskins-great-…
Refering to Santana Moss. I guess they changed the rules haha...thanks for clarifying!
January 23rd, 2010 at 11:20 PM ^
Courtney Avery is actually doing this exact thing this year. He's listed as the #211 pg on espn.
January 23rd, 2010 at 11:27 PM ^
we still do not have a PG and now we can't score; the loss to Wisc was among other factors b/c they have a great scoring PG, MSU has theirs, Minn also, we don't have a good ball handler or a PG, thought this would be fixed by now.
January 24th, 2010 at 8:37 AM ^
Morris is a pretty solid ball handler and is only going to get better at PG. Grady isn't taking any of his minutes.
January 24th, 2010 at 1:10 PM ^
the year goes on. Grady would work in as the back-up PG and allow Stu to move to his natural spot SG. Morris is only getting better and Grady will be a little rusty coming back to Basketball.
January 24th, 2010 at 1:42 AM ^
is he coming back to basketball?
January 24th, 2010 at 1:13 PM ^
based on privileged information (I guess the mods deleted it for that reason) said he would start practicing Monday and would know by the end of the week if he will stay with the team for the rest of the season. I think maybe Beilein sees him a mentor for Morris.
January 24th, 2010 at 10:41 AM ^
just what the team needs another guard.
January 24th, 2010 at 1:27 PM ^
A small nugget from the annarbor.com article is that he is not likely to play in a game this year because it would burn a year of eligibility. I found that particularly telling that this is probably not just a minor thing and they could see him being a decent part of the team's future if they don't want to waste a year of eligibility on him now. Theoretically he could rejoin the team in early January (assuming the football team starts making bowl games) the next two seasons and be a useful piece of the equation.