michael bradley to UConn :(

If we had gotten Michael Bradley, we would be celebrating Michael Bradley. He is the kind of kid this staff is recruiting, we just didn't get him. Wish him well and move on.
 
mike7842 said:
I would bet the last strand on the top of my head that he never goes to pharmacy school and he never graduates from UCon.
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I hope this was double or nothing :lol:
 
Mercury said:
districtballer said:
A player had to give up his scholly so that Andre Drummond could have one. Guess who?

http://espn.go.com/blog/collegebasketba ... r-drummond

...another one bites the dust.
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Honestly he could have came here and be in the same situation (assuming all 2012 guys sign)
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Or he might have blown up and have NBA scouts following him all over the place. You never know. I think he should have come here, but we were fine without him.
 
So a program is penalized by the NCAA and limited to 10 scholarship players. Yet, they can have a previous athletic scholarship player decide to take a non-athletic scholarship and give the athletic scholarship to another player.....effectively having 11 athletic-scholarship worthy players on your team when the NCAA has said you can only have 10.

This seems like a real BS technicality.

What would keep a team from bringing in 20 top athletes and giving 6 of them some type of hardship scholarship and putting them on the team?
 
As for Michael Bradley, he will be riding the pine with the addition of the new player.

Welcome to the bigtime Michael. Hope you enjoy your floor/sideline seat to watch the game.
 
BradRamFan said:
Welcome to the bigtime Michael. Hope you enjoy your floor/sideline seat to watch the game.
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Hey, nothing matches the excitement, challenge and intensity of dribbling out the ball for the last minute of the game when you're up by 60 against Kennesaw State.
 
DCDuck said:
BradRamFan said:
Welcome to the bigtime Michael. Hope you enjoy your floor/sideline seat to watch the game.
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Hey, nothing matches the excitement, challenge and intensity of dribbling out the ball for the last minute of the game when you're up by 60 against Kennesaw State.
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He's a big man....I don't think he dribbles :)
 
BradRamFan said:
So a program is penalized by the NCAA and limited to 10 scholarship players. Yet, they can have a previous athletic scholarship player decide to take a non-athletic scholarship and give the athletic scholarship to another player.....effectively having 11 athletic-scholarship worthy players on your team when the NCAA has said you can only have 10.

This seems like a real BS technicality.

What would keep a team from bringing in 20 top athletes and giving 6 of them some type of hardship scholarship and putting them on the team?
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Yeah, I don't understand why the article said that the new guy couldn't walk on because he was recruited. I am pretty sure Bradley was recruited as well. Those rules are a little fuzzy.
 
Pretty sure the kid has a national championship ring, it hasn't turned out all THAT bad for him. I wish him the best of luck.
 
xjohnx said:
Pretty sure the kid has a national championship ring, it hasn't turned out all THAT bad for him. I wish him the best of luck.
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Which he can sell to pay for his books this semester!
 
I have a hard time believing Bradley agreed to this without some additional form of "compensation" not mentioned in the article. Think about: first he's asked to redshirt his freshman year. Then a year later he's asked to give up his scholarship for one of the top recruits in the country who plays the same position and will reduce his playing time. He is being asked apply for financial aid and possibly a loan to cover his tuition. Then the article infers that UConn doesn't want him to transfer because of their APR situation.

What's in it for Bradley? Seems like all of this benefits UConn, how does the student/athletic benefit from this? So he has the privilege to sit on the bench for another great UConn season? And I haven't even mentioned UConn circumventing the punishment they're suppose to be under.

Based on the details in the article, if I'm Bradley I transfer to a JUCO for a year and seek out another 4 year school for the rest of his my college career. With 3 years of eligibility left after finally getting some floor time at a JUCO you'd think he'd be pretty desirable for a lot of schools.
 
That is both a highly cynical and entirely plausible opinion.

I think you may be on to something....UConn NEVER get's the "altruistic benefit of the doubt" from me.
 
More bad news.

“Upon further examination by the UConn medical staff, it has been determined that men’s basketball player Michael Bradley has a fractured right ankle that will require corrective surgery. He is expected to undergo that procedure later this week and will then go through six weeks of rehabilitation, returning to action in early December.”
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http://connecticut.scout.com/2/1118479.html
 
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