Besides the Florida St. mess, it looks like the Vols have quite a number of academic ineligible players that won't be playing in their bowl game.

6 Vol players--including big names like Lucas Taylor (the Vols leading receiver) and LB Rico McCoy are 2 of the 6.

With reguard to players failure to meet the academic requirements, Fulmer said:

The section I highlighted is a bit curious to me....Anyone know how a player can "pass enough hours" but till be ineligible???

I mean, I know techincally, anything other than an "F" is considered passing, but to my knowlege, nothing lower than a "C" counts towards your degree. Am I right??? Or have things changed THAT drastically in the 7 years since I graduated college????

I guess it was just worded wrong because if you "passed enough hours", then you should be eligible....not a whole lot of "grey area" there. Either you passed all your courses with a "C" average or better, then you passed, if not, you failed....

Pretty sure anything above an F counts to your degree

AB is right, at LSU (and most major institutions of higher learning) A grade of C or better is required to get credit for a course. While a D is still technically a passing grade, it will not count towards your degree.

Not sure how it works at LSU, but I'm pretty sure at Southeastern a D in a subject will count toward your degree unless the course is part of the core curriculum in your major.

C or above passes any class specific to your degree i.e. if you are a Poli Sci Major you gotta C all your required courses listed on your degree audit.

D or above passes any elective.

At least this is how it was when I was at LSU in '03

You have to pass so many hours a semester that go toward your major.:milesmic:

This was in the same article.

The new policy that Fulmer referenced in his statement requires all student-athletes to pass six hours within the specified grade requirements of each individual major

Ditto.

Personally, I never understood that rule/loop hole. If I had gotten a "D" in any elective class, I would re-take the class...or if it was more difficult that what I had thought when I signed up for it, I would have dropped it.

I took electives to ease my workload and thought it an embarrassment if my elective kicked my arse.

All of this conversation brings up the risk involved when recruiting and then admitting borderline athletes. College isn't any easier and when you add the time and travel involved with a sport, classes and grades easily suffer. How does a kid with a low C average in HS and a minimal SAT or ACT score expect to conquer college? If they don't then they're eating up a schollie and bowl ineligible. It highlights the sometimes calous and equal opportunity nature between athlete and university.

While I agree, you also have to factor in all of the advantages athletes are given when on schollie. The student athletic facilities, the test banks, note banks, private tutors, etc... insure that a player can be drilled and "helped" such that they are able to succeed, or at least shown the "water". Now whether they take full advantage of these luxuries...

I graduated in 79...as I recall it was pretty much the same back then. Although not quite as many electives back then.


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