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brucecuth
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The answer...

Posted: 12/20/2016 3:30:18 PM

Many may not like it/agree with it/understand it. But the following piece explains why some (certainly not all) kids would rather walk on at a top Power 5 conference school than accept a scholarship and have better opportunities to play right away at a MAC school.

Please understand that USA Today busies up their web material with video and other fun things that can slow down page loading...

http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaf/bigten/2016/12... /

Last Edited: 12/20/2016 7:59:16 PM by brucecuth

colobobcat66
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RE: The answer...

Posted: 12/20/2016 6:47:22 PM

brucecuth wrote:

Many may not like it/agree with it/understand it. But the following piece explains why some (certainly not all) kids would rather walk on at a top Power 5 conference school that accept a scholarship and have better opportunities to play right away at a MAC school.

Please understand that USA Today busies up their web material with video and other fun things that can slow down page loading...

http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaf/bigten/2016/12... /

Sounds good for kids who can afford it.

Mark Lembright '85
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RE: The answer...

Posted: 12/20/2016 8:12:47 PM

Granted, maybe it's on a lesser scale but doesn't Ohio do the same thing? Doesn't Ohio also have a walk-on program? I'm sure there are people at D3 schools that say "why would 'AJ' (for example) try to walk on at Ohio University without even the promise of a scholarship when he could play here at John Carroll with merit aid to defray the cost of tuition and be a guaranteed starter?" Seems to me Ohio does the same thing, albeit on a lesser scale perhaps.

TWT
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RE: The answer...

Posted: 12/20/2016 10:59:33 PM

Central Michigan had the #1 overall draft pick in 2013 so that the player in the article had a few MAC offers but choose to walk on at Ohio State doesn't mean much when he won't be the #1 overall draft pick or be drafted at all.

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