A few 49ers notes and thoughts:
-- Shamari Spears, who was thrown off the basketball team Tuesday, can keep his scholarship at Charlotte through the end of the 2010-11 school year. Whether he remains in school isn't known, but he's not going to eligible to play elsewhere. Athletes have five years to play four seasons, and this was Spears' fifth year (he played two seasons at Boston College and sat out one season at Charlotte per NCAA rules). Spears technically competed for his fourth and final season when he stepped on the court against S.C. State in November. He wouldn't qualify for any "hardship" redshirt status going forward.
-- I'm told that guard Luka Voncina -- who hasn't played this season because of eligibility issues -- is going home to Slovenia over the holidays and will try to get his credits issues with Charlotte straightened out with his high school there. He's got to do that before the NCAA will look at his case, so don't expect any kind of resolution soon.
-- K.J. Sherrill (knee) continues to practice with the team, but a decision whether he'll play Friday against Tennessee hasn't been made. He's got to practice in "contact" drills before coach Alan Major will allow him to play.
-- Elijah Carter, a point guard from Brewster (N.H.) Academy who's being recruited by the 49ers, has predictably expanded his list of potential colleges since not signing early in November. His coach, Jason Smith, says Carter is now also considering -- among others -- Wake Forest, Virginia Tech, Oregon State, Butler and South Florida.
-- Spears' sister, Olivia Rankin of Salisbury High, is one of the 49ers' women's basketball team's recruits for next season. A spokesperson for the women's basketball team says Rankin's brother's suspension isn't expected to affect her decision to attend Charlotte.
-- Quick baseball note: Charlotte senior reliever Bryan Hamilton has been named a third-team preseason All-American by the Pro-Line Athletic National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association. Hamilton was 4-0 with two saves and a 2.01 ERA last season.
Thursday, December 16, 2010
Spears can keep scholarship
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Spears can play DII or lower in 2nd semester.
crickets...back to nobody cares
Good updates. I don't see how players that quit (Gerrity) or kicked off the team can continue on scholarship. We have a couple open anyways to get a D1 transfer in for 2nd semester (to start his 2 semester sit) but still.
Glad to hear KJ is steadily coming along. Looks like we might not see Luka at all this season...
Anon. 12:12
No, he's finished. Can't play anywhere else on any level at any time.
David Scott
he could go pro
or he could play at the Y
Or go to Europe. Some very average college players make good money over there.
Suggest that it would be most appropriate to give Spears scholarship a name -- the Judy Rose Scholarship. With that name, he could celebrate the nature of his athletic mistakes with the unending list of debacles that she has authored at UNC-Charlotte. Once again, her handling of Lutz was nothing short of despicable!
The crack you smoking, 5:22 anon? Lutz will receive a total of 8 years of severance pay (the 5 years in a row he missed the tournament plus the 3 years remaining on his contract). Yeah that's despicable. I wish I could be so rudely treated.
Oh, yes, 5:29 Anonymous Judy Rose -- You're so very clever and, as you well know, so universally despised.
name the "very average" players that make "good money" in Europe....that is ignorance...most of the players that made good money in Europe from our school have their Jersey in the rafters (Henry, Byron, Jarvis. etc) ... it is easy to PLAY in Europe ... it is not easy to make good money in Europe.
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