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> The Tyrhee Pratt situation shouldn't have happened.
No matter what the circumstances were WVU shouldn't have pulled the former Capital High School star's scholarship offer the day before national signing day (Feb. 3).
That's wrong on every level.
The excuse Pratt isn't a full qualifier academically doesn't wash. That didn't just happen on Feb. 2. If that were the problem, there was plenty of time to inform Pratt about it instead of waiting until the 11th hour.
Besides, if Pratt is a partial qualifier he could have gone to WVU under new NCAA legislation for 2016 enrollees, according to CBSSports.com. The term "academic redshirt" is replacing "partial qualifier."
The academic redshirt will be allowed to practice during the first semester. If the athlete passes nine credit hours during that semester, he will be allowed to compete in the next season as a redshirt freshman.
So, if Pratt was a partial qualifier, WVU still could have taken him. If the Mountaineers had room, that is. And that appears to be the crux of the matter.
Was it really Pratt's academics or was it the pair of junior college All-Americans who dropped into WVU's crowded lap a few days earlier?
I wonder.
> The Tyrhee Pratt situation shouldn't have happened.
No matter what the circumstances were WVU shouldn't have pulled the former Capital High School star's scholarship offer the day before national signing day (Feb. 3).
That's wrong on every level.
The excuse Pratt isn't a full qualifier academically doesn't wash. That didn't just happen on Feb. 2. If that were the problem, there was plenty of time to inform Pratt about it instead of waiting until the 11th hour.
Besides, if Pratt is a partial qualifier he could have gone to WVU under new NCAA legislation for 2016 enrollees, according to CBSSports.com. The term "academic redshirt" is replacing "partial qualifier."
The academic redshirt will be allowed to practice during the first semester. If the athlete passes nine credit hours during that semester, he will be allowed to compete in the next season as a redshirt freshman.
So, if Pratt was a partial qualifier, WVU still could have taken him. If the Mountaineers had room, that is. And that appears to be the crux of the matter.
Was it really Pratt's academics or was it the pair of junior college All-Americans who dropped into WVU's crowded lap a few days earlier?
I wonder.
