On Friday, the league said student-athletes who choose not to play in fall 2020 due to health and/or safety concerns related to COVID-19 will have their scholarships honored by their respective university. “SEC universities are committed to full support of its student-athletes, whether or not a student-athlete decides to participate in sports during these uncertain times,” Sankey said in a statement."
SEC president commented in an earlier interview that expectations of a 2020 season may be "unrealistic."
SEC conference now allowing student athletes to opt out of 2020 season
Re: SEC conference now allowing student athletes to opt out of 2020 season
The theory sounds good however the execution of this will be lacking to say the least. Scholarships are awarded on a year by years basis, universities are only allotted so many scholarships so to say we'll hold one for you next year and possibly take away from a 4 or 5 star recruit next year, sorry but that's just lip service.SpeedKillz wrote: Mon Jul 20, 2020 1:41 pm On Friday, the league said student-athletes who choose not to play in fall 2020 due to health and/or safety concerns related to COVID-19 will have their scholarships honored by their respective university. “SEC universities are committed to full support of its student-athletes, whether or not a student-athlete decides to participate in sports during these uncertain times,” Sankey said in a statement."
SEC president commented in an earlier interview that expectations of a 2020 season may be "unrealistic."
This was what happened with spring sport athletes: NCAA Division I Council approved an extension of eligibility for athletes in spring sports and relaxed scholarship limits to allow seniors in spring sports to return for the 2020-21 academic year. There's a link to how Wisconsin responded to that, sorry guys you had your time it's time to move on.
https://www.espn.com/college-sports/sto ... -next-year