oneforthetoe
08-18-2013, 11:14 PM
Wow .... I've seen some moronic rulings from the NCAA. You can debate the "Johnny football" issue at will. Same for the lawsuit brought by Jermey Bloom years ago. But this ruling just takes the cake. They can't see the forest through the trees.
Middle Tennessee State walk-on Steven Rhodes, who served five years in the Marines before his active enlistment ended July 1, has spent the past three weeks practicing with the Blue Raiders. The former high school wide receiver has played both tight end and defensive end in preseason camp, and coach Rick Stockstill says the 6-foot-3, 240-pound veteran can help his team somewhere -- if the NCAA lets him play.
The Murfreesboro (Tenn.) Daily News Journal reported the NCAA informed MTSU last week that Rhodes isn't eligible to play this season because he participated in about a dozen games in a military-only football league while he was stationed at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar in San Diego......
http://a.espncdn.com/photo/2013/0818/ncf_e_rhodes01jr_400.jpg
http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/9580199/ncaa-needs-make-right-call-middle-tennessee-blue-raiders-steven-rhodes-college-football
Middle Tennessee State walk-on Steven Rhodes, who served five years in the Marines before his active enlistment ended July 1, has spent the past three weeks practicing with the Blue Raiders. The former high school wide receiver has played both tight end and defensive end in preseason camp, and coach Rick Stockstill says the 6-foot-3, 240-pound veteran can help his team somewhere -- if the NCAA lets him play.
The Murfreesboro (Tenn.) Daily News Journal reported the NCAA informed MTSU last week that Rhodes isn't eligible to play this season because he participated in about a dozen games in a military-only football league while he was stationed at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar in San Diego......
http://a.espncdn.com/photo/2013/0818/ncf_e_rhodes01jr_400.jpg
http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/9580199/ncaa-needs-make-right-call-middle-tennessee-blue-raiders-steven-rhodes-college-football