Collins start recruiting Justin Fields.....

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ElCidBUZZingFAN said:
What I’m asking though is how? Schollys are year to year, right?

Is it because Fields has already signed his scholly papers for the ‘19 season and he needs Kirby to say - it’s OK for you to break our “contract?”

I’ve never understood where the power of the coach in that regard comes from if schollys are always truly year to year.
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You made me do work so I'm giving you major side-eye :shifty:.

In reality, I wondered myself so, anyways, here's a helpful article I found.

https://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/08/...transfer-rules-to-limit-athletes-options.html

May be dated but gives some decent insight.

Coaches cannot fully prevent athletes like Lunt from transferring to any university they want. But if a coach does not grant an athlete a release, the player must forfeit any scholarship opportunity, pay his own way to the new university and sit out the next season.
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So perhaps it's in the granting of the release? It also reads as if there is some tie between the school and the student in addition to the NLI. That's the piece I'm still stuck on understanding.

Here's more:
https://www.ncsasports.org/blog/200...-to-know-about-the-national-letter-of-intent/

It is also important to note that the agreement encompasses a full academic year and not only the athletic season.
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Maybe that's why they need the release ... which the coach can hang over their heads?

Thanks for raising more questions.:shifty:
 

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Well, Fields is from Kennesaw, just up the road from GT. He can transfer to GT if Coach Collins wants him.

One question regarding Fields, however: Can he cut it academically?

We will see what happens soon enough, I guess.
 

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kg01 said:
You made me do work so I'm giving you major side-eye :shifty:.

In reality, I wondered myself so, anyways, here's a helpful article I found.

https://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/08/...transfer-rules-to-limit-athletes-options.html

May be dated but gives some decent insight.



So perhaps it's in the granting of the release? It also reads as if there is some tie between the school and the student in addition to the NLI. That's the piece I'm still stuck on understanding.

Here's more:
https://www.ncsasports.org/blog/200...-to-know-about-the-national-letter-of-intent/



Maybe that's why they need the release ... which the coach can hang over their heads?

Thanks for raising more questions.:shifty:
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LOL. Imagine why worry now that it appears we were wondering over a now defunct rule.
 

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GTRambler said:
Well, Fields is from Kennesaw, just up the road from GT. He can transfer to GT if Coach Collins wants him.

One question regarding Fields, however: Can he cut it academically?

We will see what happens soon enough, I guess.
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No academic concerns with Fields
 
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GTRambler said:
One question regarding Fields, however: Can he cut it academically?
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Considering he was recruited by Yale, Harvard, northwestern and other solid schools, I don’t see academics being a problem.

He says he wants to go into finanacial planning so GT would be an upgrade since Scheller >>> Terry
 
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Don't want him, don't need him. We got two guys that can play and that kid who just won the state championship looks like a baller. We don't need some guy looking for his shot at the NFL. Although he could come to Tech and be on the Punt team as a blocker........
 
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joehamiltonfan14 said:
Dude come on. You’re making yourself look stupid.
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Ha. Tell us how you really feel, jh.

I don't think we'll be an option for him. I imagine he'd try to get immediate eligibility to come in and lead a ready-made team. We'll be in a state of adjustment. Not an easy path, not an easy fit.
 
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