[Fumblerooskies]

Its happened before....Phil Ward comes to mind i believe. Took him over a month to get this grades straight before he was reinstated to the basketball team.

"Devine" intervention was the word I got.

[Rocketfan]

Super, I've been here for 22 years, and this is the first time that I can recall a coach disciplining a student-athlete at mid-semester: yes, it really makes me admire Coach Rocco and his support staff. Here's the quote that I really like:
That shows me that Rocco really cares about the student AND his academics.

Its happened before....Phil Ward comes to mind i believe. Took him over a month to get this grades straight before he was reinstated to the basketball team.

Actually, that's not necessarily the case. It's not that he got his grades straight -- in fact, just the opposite -- the coaches found a loophole. Instead of getting his grades straight, the coaches enrolled him in a few distance learning courses. Because the due date in those classes was so far in the future (like March 15th, or something), he didn't have to actually turn work in until after the basketball season ended -- and thus had an A average in the class until then -- which boosted his GPA.

Not saying that this is going to happen to this football player, just wanted to throw out that anecdote.

the kicker to this scenerio is ( and i wasn't going to add all this but since ED started it) - the basketball coaching staff didn't approve this.....John Borek did personally.