Cadougan Cleared...

[hdog1017]

Let's all be happy that our young men can play college basketball at Marquette.  Hopefully they will be good at it. 

[bma725]

so you can just redshirt as many times as you want without repercussions?

No, you get 5 years to play 4 years of sports.  So you have one redshirt year to use which can be used for academic reasons, developmental reasons, transfer, injury etc.

If it was medical you do have the option to appeal and they can grant you an extra playing year, but only if you played less than a certain portion of your schedule before your injury occurred.

[copious1218]

I know - I should have used teal for that question, all I was trying to say is if you have used your redshirt BEFORE you transfer, then you CANNOT redshirt your transfer year and it would come out of the 4 years you have to play (unless you can appeal for medical reason).  Anyway, I think we're on the same page and its simply a matter of interpretation as translation can get lost on blogs.

Having said that - great to hear Cadougan cleared and hope he's on campus soon.  And here's to hoping Mbao's amateur issue gets settled soon.

Have a great day everyone.

[Skatastrophy]

translation can get lost on blogs.

You're on a forum.

Cracked Sidewalks is a blog... albeit an atypical blog since it has more than one author, but that's neither here nor there.

[copious1218]

You're on a forum.

Cracked Sidewalks is a blog... albeit an atypical blog since it has more than one author, but that's neither here nor there.

Thank you for clearing that up

[Rollout-the-Barrel]

I think you are being a little overblown here.  As bma pointed out, just letting them in without a thorough review isn't a good thing.  And secondly, what did they really miss?  A few pick up games over the summer.  No biggie in the grand scheme.

The clearninghouse is busy with fall sports.  I'm glad they got them in prior to the semester starting.

Personally I think they missed a lot by not being on campus and getting used to a new setting prior to the fall semester.  I agree that it shouldn't hurt them overall in the "grand scheme" for their entire college careers, but it puts them behind for their first year on campus.  I believe they should still go under review, but be allowed to be on campus while they are waiting the process.  If Marquette believes they should have no problem clearing the review process, what's the negative?  This would allow them to look at football first as you mentioned and then move on to basketball.

[The Lens]

Personally I think they missed a lot by not being on campus and getting used to a new setting prior to the fall semester.  I agree that it shouldn't hurt them overall in the "grand scheme" for their entire college careers, but it puts them behind for their first year on campus.  I believe they should still go under review, but be allowed to be on campus while they are waiting the process.  If Marquette believes they should have no problem clearing the review process, what's the negative?  This would allow them to look at football first as you mentioned and then move on to basketball.

Please please please, lets not turn this missed 2 months of SUMMER into a patented Tom Crean built in excuse.  If we suck next year I'm sure we can come up with a flu excuse.  We don't need the missed excuse.

[mu_hilltopper]

Please please please, lets not turn this missed 2 months of SUMMER into a patented Tom Crean built in excuse.  If we suck next year I'm sure we can come up with a flu excuse.  We don't need the missed excuse.

Cosign +1000000.  As soon as I heard "player X missing summer" .. I thought "well, there's your excuse for the year."

[Rollout-the-Barrel]

I'm just annoyed by the rule.  I'm not smart enough to lay ground work for future excuses.

[Aughnanure]

im sorry, im gonna feel like an idiot...but what does IWB stand for? I keep seeing it as a source for a lot of this news but I can't figure out what it is. Thanks.

[MuMark]

Its a nickname....stands for Irritated White Boy.

[ChicosBailBonds]

Its a nickname....stands for Irritated White Boy.

Didn't that get changed on Sports Bubbler to Irritated Wisconsin Boy?  I can't imagine Irritated White Boy would be tolerated in today's PC age, especially at a place like the JS.  I hope it still stands for Irritated White Boy, that was his original monicker and hopefully they let him keep it that way.

[Marquette84]

Didn't that get changed on Sports Bubbler to Irritated Wisconsin Boy?  I can't imagine Irritated White Boy would be tolerated in today's PC age, especially at a place like the JS.  I hope it still stands for Irritated White Boy, that was his original monicker and hopefully they let him keep it that way.

He could always simply change the meaning of "white" from skin color to the non-yolk portion of an egg.

[rocky_warrior]

He could always simply change the meaning of "white" from skin color to the non-yolk portion of an egg.

White means skin color? I guess he could call himself Irritated 100% Reflective Boy -- I1RB?  Irritated Light Grey Boy (ILGB)?  I met him though, I and definitely wouldn't call him Irritated Fresh Snow Boy (IFSB).

A color without hue at one extreme end of the scale of grays, opposite to black. A white surface reflects light of all hues completely and diffusely. Most so-called whites are very light grays: fresh snow, for example, reflects about 80 percent of the incident light, but to be strictly white, snow would have to reflect 100 percent of the incident light. It is the ultimate limit of a series of shades of any color.