TexasTerror
July 19th, 2011, 03:16 PM
They made it out as if this ruling came down in the last few days or weeks for Southern... feel bad for the student-athletes who were made scholarship commitments that the school had to pull back on...
Typically, in the Football Championship Subdivision, teams have 63 full scholarships to divide among 85 players.
But Mitchell said the NCAA later revised its penalty, ruling that this fall, Southern will be allowed to give only 54 scholarships - and it can only spread those scholarships over 54 players.
That ruling left Mitchell in a pickle.
The coach said that this spring, he had signed recruits and accepted transfers with plans to spread 63 scholarships to 73 players.
http://theadvocate.com/sports/southern/395227-64/su-handles-scholarship-loss.html
Typically, in the Football Championship Subdivision, teams have 63 full scholarships to divide among 85 players.
But Mitchell said the NCAA later revised its penalty, ruling that this fall, Southern will be allowed to give only 54 scholarships - and it can only spread those scholarships over 54 players.
That ruling left Mitchell in a pickle.
The coach said that this spring, he had signed recruits and accepted transfers with plans to spread 63 scholarships to 73 players.
http://theadvocate.com/sports/southern/395227-64/su-handles-scholarship-loss.html