Mavric Posted August 21, 2018 Share Posted August 21, 2018 Quote Santino Marchiol had no difficulty deciding in June that he needed to leave Texas A&M. The hard choice was how to get his football career moving as quickly as possible at the highest level possible. A four-star linebacker who enrolled at College Station in January 2017, he was hopeful even after his redshirt season ended with Kevin Sumlin’s firing and Jimbo Fisher’s arrival. Backed by a 10-year, $75 million contract, Fisher had vowed to make a culture change that would lift the Aggies into college football’s elite. Over the next several months, however, Marchiol said he witnessed behavior that made him uncomfortable, including, he asserts, an assistant coach giving him cash to host top recruits on"unofficial" visits. Marchiol also said he and other players were evaluated in June practice sessions that were allegedly voluntary but were operated and observed outside the NCAA rule book. The new coaching staff arrived with a mind-set that the team was soft, Marchiol said, and demeaning and vulgar language directed at players became common. Then the training staff at Texas A&M, he claims, mishandled an ankle injury that doctors had said would require caution because of a surgery Marchiol had that sidelined him in his freshman year. USA Today 1 Quote Link to comment
NUance Posted August 21, 2018 Share Posted August 21, 2018 Quote He could transfer quietly and per NCAA rules sit out a year before returning to the field, but that would mean a lost year of college eligibility because he already had redshirted a season. Or he could seek a waiver from the NCAA, which this year approved a policy change that allows transfers to play immediately if there were “documented mitigating circumstances that are outside student-athlete’s control and directly impact the health, safety and well-being of the student-athlete.” So this is all part of the player's bid to not lose a year of eligibility? Mmmkay. This doesn't necessarily mean the accusations about aTm are false. But it does give reason for some skepticism. Quote Link to comment
huskerfan333157 Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 I'm pretty sure this stuff happens everywhere, including Nebraska. That's why I don't take these allegations that seriously. 1 Quote Link to comment
teachercd Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 If I am a college coach...I am doing that stuff...and if someone on my staff won't...they might not be there with me for long. Except for the injury stuff...I suck at dealing with that. Quote Link to comment
chamrocck Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 Texas A&M sucks...who can we steal? Quote Link to comment
LumberJackSker Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 didn't texas am buy eric dickerson a sports car? if i remember correctly they mention it during the 30 for 30 on smu. Quote Link to comment
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