Absolutely Not! Accountability! The problem is these athletes are often allowed to take short cuts at other schools, but eventually it catches up to them. Look at how many athletes end up broke or do not have the skill set to do well after their football career.
Paris Ford Update?
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Isnt it a sliding scale? His GPA is whatever. His SAT score is whatever. He cant raise his SAT at this point but if he retakes a few HS classes and turns C's or D's into A's, couldn't he get eligible that way?
yeah, 2 are out for season in early July, one is out for 1 game (hopefully) and we haven't even gotten into summer camp where we seem to get one of the obligatory season ending knee injuries..
Sorry, this annual bad luck is NOT normal around college football..
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He can only make up one class, so the days are gone where the dumb jock suddenly gets 4 A's in the summer after his SR year to clear out 4 Ds and move him way up the (or down depending how you look at it) sliding scale and become eligible.
And, there is the same one makeup class rule for prep school, so, really, if he goes to prep school, it is just to play football and prepare for the ACT/SAT.
well we did and usually do so yeah, very possible, and likely..
Losers make excuses. Winners find ways to win. Bookser is the only guy who started all of last season, and that situation is up in the air.
Pitt had nothing to do with him transferring high schools. He started out at CC, then went to Seton LaSalle, and finished out at SV. He fell behind, and now is playing catch up. Hopefully he gets qualified.
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Follow an SEC team. I used to live in Atlanta and had a bunch of SEC buddies. They always had issues pop up every year.
Their schools all took "chances" but many times they backfired.
cant that be said for about 95% of the topics on this board specific to pitt athletics?
It's pretty average stuff around D1 really. It's just that the stronger programs have enough quality depth and talent to minimize the impact of this kind of stuff. Pitt is not in that position. To lose a Bookser or the top incoming freshman hurts in a tangible way. Last year with Hill and Gilbert lost to heart conditions, now that was an anomaly.
I will admit, it seems Pitt always seems to have more of these kinds of problems with the most important players as opposed to the depth guys.
I'd guess that Pitt has done, and will do, everything that they can legally do to get him to meet the eligibility requirements. But sometimes the hole is dug so deep that there's no easy way to climb out.
For some reason I feel like they will find a way to make it work because Narduzzi knows how badly he needs Paris on the field this fall.
Agreed other programs might have such situations but have such wealth of riches that its barely a speed bump. Foster in bama as an example.
But rarely hear its a problem to clear anyone academically and there is no way a Bama or Louisville (just to name two that get a lot of accusations for ... ahem... academic indifference) are attracting nothing but intelligent and accountable recruits (who also just happen to be 4 and 5 star athletes as well). Interventions (I believe Dr. Barbay referred to them as "bribes, kickbacks, and mafia payoffs" in Back To School) have to be occurring in such places that Pitt won't touch.
Pretty much... the only possible clue of optimism that he may still have a shot at playing this year is that he re-tweeted a comment from a PSU alum 2 days ago stating they were looking forward to seeing him in Happy Valley in Sept.
Peak published an article this morning with all of the incoming freshmen number assignments and Ford's number was included:
https://pittsburgh.rivals.com/news/freshman-numbers-are-in
https://pittsburgh.rivals.com/news/freshman-numbers-are-in
LOL. I could see Pitt turning itself in to the NCAA as a violation for prematurely assigning him a number. And worse, the NCAA sanctioning us for it.
Ummm... who.said it was sat or act? You need a combination of GPA and scores you need a Combo score according to ncaa.org
According to Vuk, Paris also called Peak's original report garbage, so who knows at this point...my money is on Paris!
It's private and it's personal. What about that confuses some of you? My god, you think everyone runs to a public message board to spill the beans. Just 2 weeks ago I had a long conversation with the parents of a Pitt player who shed light on many things. I didn't post them here if you noticed, nor on the pay board out of respect for their privacy.
Sometimes you get information, you process it and then you move on.
The days of sneaking kids in with questionable grades is over with current NCAA rules. You either qualify or you don't and the school has zero to do with it unless they have higher standards than the NCAA (Stanford). This is why so many Southern schools over recruit knowing that many will never qualify and go JUCO.
No no no. Let's pretend that Pitt only let's in the best academic players.
Recruits, you need to step up and spill the beans regarding the inside Pitt football info you have obtained. This is a Pitt football Board. We trade info with each other. Besides your info will be kept confidential and restricted to Board members only. Time to get off your "high" horse.
You're absolutely right, but that doesn't fit the popular "we're poor because we're honest" narrative.
You guys have ruined the thread and it is officially off course. In an attempt to bring this back to its original intention I will say that Paris is studying hard and we will know soon.
pittdan77
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It's also possible he just qualified late and nobody is in a big hurry to disclose the information.
pittdan77
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I have no idea. Guess it's all about what you may gain or lose by saying something. May just be waiting for "formal" NCAA clearinghouse notification so they can't say anything without the NCAA blessing.
He's doing everything he can to be here in time for summer camp. Here's hoping because we're going to need him.
