DUKE players granted additional year of eligibility

[Sonny]

I wonder, WWGPD?

What Would Dan Morris Do?

[BigheadTodd]

I wonder how many players will use this extra year elsewhere, maybe even at Hopkins. joe Yevoli went from UVA to SYR.

[Sonny]

Seligmann to play lacrosse at Brown
Former Duke player decides to transfer

Eric Tucker, The Associated Press

PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Former Duke lacrosse player Reade Seligmann, cleared of rape charges after being sidelined from the sport for more than a year, will transfer to the Ivy League to play for Brown University.

"I am looking forward to just being a student again," Seligmann said in a written statement provided to The Associated Press by his attorney, Jim Cooney. Seligmann said he appreciated the loyalty of his Duke teammates and coaches during the past year, but was moving on with Brown.

"I know that they will understand why I cannot return to Duke," he said.

Brown confirmed in a brief statement that Seligmann was expected on campus this fall. Lacrosse coach Lars Tiffany did not return calls for comment.

Seligmann will be eligible to play for the Bears starting next spring, Cooney said.

LINK:
http://www.newsobserver.com/news/story/584604.html

[Dr. Jason Stockton]

Question: If the player graduated in 2007, can they still receive a scholarship? For grad school?

I may be in the minority, but I agree with the decision. It seems rare the NCAA makes a ruling that benefits the student-athlete. This at least gives the athletes the option of playing a fifth year. I don't have a problem with it. . .

But as was asked earlier, what if one of the Duke seniors decides to go to Michigan for grad school. . .would the MCLA allow that player to suit up for the Wolverines in '08?

[DwinsChamps]

\But as was asked earlier, what if one of the Duke seniors decides to go to Michigan for grad school. . .would the MCLA allow that player to suit up for the Wolverines in '08?

No, because no current graduate player can play MCLA lax at a school where he did not attend as an undergrad.

[Wildcat731]

It will be very interesting to see how many of the players, especially this year's seniors, take advantage of the extra season. I may be wrong but they still have to be full-time students during the extra year, right? That's a pretty penny to be paying to suit up for a school that turned its back on you during a time of crisis.

I'm sure they'll have to be full time students, which is X amount of credits at Duke. Will Duke honor scholarships granted to those players that return for the extra year? I would assume they would.

[A.J. Stevens]

They will probably not have scholarship money available for the seniors. The scholarships were likely already given to incoming freshman. The NCAA did not give them the ability to go over 12.6.

[laxfan25]

Will wonders never cease? The NCAA actually issuing a judgement that seems well thought-out and benefiting the student-athlete - my, my.
I was very surprised, since it was Duke that cancelled the season. The article mentions tha the entire conference administration endorsed the idea.
As for the draft, if I were a player I'd rather have another season on the big stage of the NCAA versus becoming a side-show attraction.

[LaxTV_Admin]

As for the draft, if I were a player I'd rather have another season on the big stage of the NCAA versus becoming a side-show attraction.

I absolutely agree!

[Brent Burns]

I'm sure the lacrosse world's eyes will be focused on what Matt Danowski will say tomorrow as to staying in NCAA or going to MLL.

[jessexy]

I know that I'm in the minority and am the only one thinking of this, but did the team members outside of the 3 who were humiliated with the false charges and court proceedings ever receive any kind of discipline for their actions????

I'm talking like the underage drinking issues and the raucaus parties or other trouble that they had been getting into that all came to light when the charges were raised. Wasnt that what ending yp leading to Pressler being forced to resign, for the "lack of institutional control" cuz his team had a history of acting wild?

[PigPen]

I'm talking like the underage drinking issues and the raucaus parties or other trouble that they had been getting into that all came to light when the charges were raised. Wasnt that what ending yp leading to Pressler being forced to resign, for the "lack of institutional control" cuz his team had a history of acting wild?

I was kind of thinking the same thing-where's the punishment for the original sin? We live in a knee jerk reaction world.

[StrykerFSU]

I know that I'm in the minority and am the only one thinking of this, but did the team members outside of the 3 who were humiliated with the false charges and court proceedings ever receive any kind of discipline for their actions????

I think so...they had their season cancelled, they had their faces put up on wanted posters, they were threatened with violence i.e. drive by shootings and chemical castration, their civil rights were violated, they watched their friends go through hell for a year, they were villified by a national media that was more interested in race baiting than the truth and a criminally negligent DA who convicted them in his mind based on the ramblings of an obviously disturbed woman...you want to talk about scars? Yeah, they got scars. It is absolutely wrong to think that the events of the last year only affected the 3 who were charged with crimes.

I'm not holding my breath to see a football season canceled because some of the players drank while underage or urinated in public. The NCAA realized that this situation was handled incorrectly and worked to rectify it.

[Danny Hogan]

I'm talking like the underage drinking issues and the raucaus parties or other trouble that they had been getting into that all came to light when the charges were raised. Wasnt that what ending yp leading to Pressler being forced to resign, for the "lack of institutional control" cuz his team had a history of acting wild?

i didn't think there were any other charges brought up from that party except for the rape/kidnapping/etc.

would figure all the public intoxication/urination stuff was punished when it occurred, but obviously was not big news.

[LaxRef]

So, if a Duke player ends up breaking an all-time NCAA record, will the record have an asterisk because he had an extra 8 games to do it? I'm assuming statistics from the 8 games they did play last year will still count.