Scholarship table
I would take the Rick SLU program right now.
For those that may care....Was buried in another thread yesterday, but Mike Lelito (RS SO) and Buddy Jaffee (FR) are no longer listed on the 19-20 roster that MU recently posted. Down to just Tommy Gardiner for walk ons, at the moment. https://gomarquette.com/roster.aspx?roster=180&path=mbball
I bet it is relatively unusual for a walk-on to be on the team for all four years. If you are the mind that a full ride isn't sufficient compensation for playing college basketball, imagine if you didn't even get that. It's an unbelievably huge commitment. If it were any other activity on campus, most parents would be livid that they were devoting so much time to it instead of studying.
Completely with you. Being a walk on would be brutal.
How so? I mean, except for having to pay tuition.
Ummm, because you have to go through the same grueling training, conditioning, practice, film, etc., etc., as everyone else, yet you have zero chance of playing anything more than run out the clock minutes against the sugariest of cupcakes.
Aren't there tryouts for walk-ons every year? If that is the case, it would make sense they wouldn't officially be part of the team until they try out and make it.Maybe they guarantee some walk-ons a spot on next year's roster without trying out against the best MU has to offer year, but I would expect this to be the exception, not the rule. These are generally called "preferred walk-ons."
So if we're supposed to feel sorry for walk-ons, JJJJJJJJJJJ, I don't. I do admire their dedication, though.
First .. I think some guys would enjoy that .. second, there are rewards. Great seat to watch the game. I imagine they get the same scholastic support. Not to mention trips to New York, DC, Philly and maybe Hawaii, Orlando, Europe. Dinner at Wojo's house. Far better meal plan. I'd sign up for that.
Woah, woah, woah....I am not saying you should feel bad for them. I am just saying I can understand why a walk-on would decide to move on. Its a lot of work for little reward, IMO. I think its pretty rare to see a kid like Marotta make it through all 4 years. At least it has been over the past 10-15 years of MU hoops. Marotta and Frozena are the only ones, I believe.
One year walk-ons aren't as well remembered.
Off the top of my head...Rob HanleyChris TeffJohn WillkomShane GrubeDeon FranklinMatt MacheCraig Kuphall
But it is totally voluntary, and every single walk-on knows what it will be like before they sign on.My daughter was a D3 athlete. She got to play a little, but otherwise it was just like being a walk-on: Grueling training, conditioning, practice, film. It was a 6 day a week "job," and she didn't get a penny of scholarship money for it. And they don't get the kind of perks that D1 athletes -- even walk-ons -- do.But it was her decision and hers alone. If she didn't want to do it, she didn't have to. And in fact, she stopped playing after 2 years to concentrate on her academics. That also was her decision and hers alone.So if we're supposed to feel sorry for walk-ons, JJJJJJJJJJJ, I don't. I do admire their dedication, though.
The way it is in college sports: D3: you are a student first, athlete second. Everyone is a "walk on"D2: student and athlete lines blurred. You are expected to do both.D1: athlete first, student second ... unless you are a walk-on; then you had better be student first.
sounds like he was "recruited" as a walk-on.
I knew nothing of Tommy's story. No mention of "preferred status", but sounds like he was "recruited" as a walk-on. And sounds like he found the right place...https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/park-ridge/sports/ct-prh-tommy-gardiner-marquette-basketball-maine-south-tl-0530-story.html