Hmm. Some likely good news via Pittsburgh Sports Report.
According to a source close to the situation, the Pitt basketball program received good news today when the team learned that NASIR ROBINSON of Chester High School in Chester, PA has officially qualified.
While Robinson’s test scores had been high enough, he still had to wait for his final G.P.A before his eligibility could be official.
Of course there seems to be some concern that Darnell Dodson might never play for PItt. Dodson appeared to have reached qualifying status in the summer. Even getting a head start over the summer by taking some courses before the fall.
Then he wasn’t. The NCAA Clearinghouse had a problem and took until late October to declare him ineligible.
There appears to be some concern over a Roburt Sallie situation.
The reason lies in Big 12 Conference Rule 6.2, which states that any student-athlete who enrolls at a conference institution, part time or full time, must meet NCAA initial eligibility requirements.
Sallie had not met those requirements when he enrolled part time and paid for his own classes at Nebraska in the fall of 2006. At the time, Sallie, a prep school standout who’d signed with the Huskers, was waiting to hear if the NCAA academic clearinghouse would grant him eligibility.
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Had Sallie enrolled full time at Nebraska in the fall of 2006, he would’ve been in violation of the NCAA rule, too. Instead, he’s only in violation of the Big 12 rule, meaning he can still compete at any NCAA school outside the Big 12.
I honestly don’t know whether the Big East has a similar rule to the Big 12’s “Rule 6.2,’ but that there is a NCAA type rule that renders him “ineligible to compete at any time for any NCAA school” if the NCAA Clearinghouse denied him is insane.
The NCAA has a rule making a player forever ineligible to play if they start taking classes while they re-evaluate his eligibility status. Putting the kid in limbo. So even if a kid does everything right after not being cleared. Goes to junior college. Gets the academics in order, the NCAA would not allow a kid to receive a scholarship to play and go to a NCAA school.
Of course, it does seem that Pitt never let Dodson actually practice with the team. He was enrolled at Pitt, and taking courses. This whole thing seems ridiculous. And yet, no one is sure. It makes my head hurt.
