Brodie Denied Extra Year

[BamaNateTion]

Per BamaMag.com...it was on the "hot news"
It's a pay site.
ROLL TIDE!

 

[BamerMan]

It shows how much the NCAA still hates us. I hate those bastards.

 

[UA90]

I thought that medical redshirts were granted by the SEC and not the NCAA. Anyway I never even for a moment thought he'd be granted one. He'd already played in 3 games.

 

[crimsonthrough]

End of the Year

I thought they could not file until the end of the year

 

[POWERLINEMAN42]

ive never seen them make a decision in the middle of the year.

 

[BamaNateTion]

http://alabama.theinsiders.com/
Someone with a subscription tell us what it says.

 

[rollntider]

I thought they could not file until the end of the year

thats what i heard

 

[BamaFan in Germantown]

No Extra Year
by Mitch Dobbs of BamaMag.com, October 25, 2004 at 11:58am ET

Brodie Croyle Profile

There will be no sixth of eligibility for quarterback Brodie Croyle.
Alabama does not plan to apply for the medical hardship waiver because he does not meet the NCAA’s requirements for an additional year, UA Associate Athletic Director for Compliance Chris King said.

Croyle redshirted in 2001 and played three games this season before suffering a season-ending injury. He will be a senior in 2005.


My question is, Why don't we apply?
The guy(Quarterback) at Auburn got a sixth year 3 years ago, why can't Brodie and what would it hurt to apply, you never gain anything unless you ask.

:biga2:

 

[TideTiger2005]

This may be as much Brodie's decisions as it is Alabama's. Does he want to come back another year?

 

[CrimsonChuck]

It doesn't hurt to ask. If he doesn't want to use it, he can always forgo it.

 

[Alanbama27]

Technically Brodie was not eligible for a 6th year, but it >>

doesn't hurt to ask.

The reason some people get them and some don't has a lot to do with taking a redshirt season. Brodie took a redshirt season which is volunatary and technically was not denied that year of eligibility. Also, he didn't even meet the standards for playing time. He simply played too many quarters this year.

This isn't great news, but I happen to have been somebody who never thought he'd take it anyway. He will graduate this spring and next year will be his senior season for a masters degree and I just never thought Brodie would be the type of guy to want to stick around for 6 years. Maybe I'm wrong, but I guess at least the book is now closed on that chapter of our minds.

We'll have Brodie next year and hopefully somebody will step up and take a strong hold on 2nd string next year.

 

[Roll Tibe]

Not Right

Something is not right with this news. You cannot apply for a sixth year of eligibility until after your Senior season of eligibility. Thus Brodie cannot apply until after next season. He may have made the decision not to apply for a sixth year, or the University may have realized he does not qualify for a sixth year, but he has not applied yet because he cannot, and the NCAA certainly has not turned him down.

Something's afoul, but I know not what.

 

[Stephen323]

I would like to know exactly what criteria he does not meet. He meets every requirement in the NCAA manual as far as I can see.

Alan, it has nothing to do with quarters played and taking a voluntary redshirt is nowhere in the criteria for eligibility to receive a hardship waiver. By the standards published in the NCAA manual, he had not played too much.

Roll Tide, you are almost correct, but application is made at the end of the season for which you are requesting a waiver. You do not have to wait until the end of your senior season.

 

[TIDE-HSV]

Reading between the lines...

Brodie has indicated to the AD that he does not want the extra year anyway and is saving the University embarassment - which would result if we applied, it were granted and then he turned it down. This matches up with some of the stuff I've been hearing...

 

[Stephen323]

Brodie has indicated to the AD that he does not want the extra year anyway and is saving the University embarassment - which would result if we applied, it were granted and then he turned it down. This matches up with some of the stuff I've been hearing...

I see what you are saying, but in my opinion it does not make any sense. In that scenario, he is basically hanging his hat on getting drafted after next year. But what if he gets injured in the 4th or 5th game next year? I don't see any way he gets drafted and at that point it might be too late to get the extra year of eligibility.

If he does get the extra year and doesn't use it, it is basically the same as someone leaving school as a junior to go pro. It happens all the time in college football and I don't see why that would be considered an embarassment.

On a related note, who the heck is in charge of giving out this information? This completely contradicts the earlier press release that said that the university had applied to the NCAA. As I pointed out before, that made no sense seeing as how the SEC makes the decision. I have learned to have very little faith in what comes out of the SID office in Tuscaloosa.

 

[NYBamaFan]

Brodie will not need the NFL to have a financially successful life. He is a leader and is virtually guaranteed a successful career in business. I would hire him tomorrow...