JUCO S Ashley Palmer

[Eric the Red]

NU would have to release him of his scholarship please correct me if I'm wrong

[nu4everfan15]

so ne updates... is this for real? wats goin on ne1? seems like all the sites have calmed down w/ all the stuff

[pigsonthewing]

wow why cant we get any safeties? looks like major culbert and ricky will be seeing early playing time after all

[KansasHusker]

wow why cant we get any safeties? looks like major culbert and ricky will be seeing early playing time after all

we signed west too...we may not have an instant impact unless it is from thenarse, but no with no palmer I think we will still be fine...

[HSKRNOKC]

Some news hopefully will come soon. He is a great player, but I think we will be fine without him. Hopefully this mess gets figured out soon.

[KansasHusker]

Some news hopefully will come soon. He is a great player, but I think we will be fine without him. Hopefully this mess gets figured out soon.

He has been taken off our commit list by rivals...I think he's gone.

[pigsonthewing]

yeah since he didnt graduate on time our LOI isnt valid. he will be going ot UW.. bummer. looks like major and ricky and anthony better step it up this offseason to prepare for big time college football next year

[Washusker]

He's signed w/UW. Somehow the LOI w/us is Null and Void.

 

 

 

 

Enjoy your sub-.500 seasons, AP. UW is more than a few seasons away from respectability...

 

 

 

Hope he has a good neck on him - he'd better get used to getting smoked by USC's recievers.

[BigWillie]

Confusing situation.

 

Palmer did infact qualify in time by NCAA standards, but not by Nebraska standards. Palmer needed a class (in which he took a test for, albeit late) and passed. However, Nebraska only has a 5 day grace period in which you can get your grades in order and enroll from the start of a new semester. The NCAA rule is 12 days. If you go by the NCAA, he was qualified.

 

Now I'm not sure whether that classifies him as a Nebraska student even though he isn't taking classes at UNL.

 

However, I say let him go. If he doesn't want to be at Nebraska, then good riddance.

[HuskersGJ]

this is probably for the best IMO, I was a bit worried about Palmer for a while anyway since he wasn't going to be able to come in until Fall. How far behind would he be! it seems like a lot of Jucos that come in that late end up disappearing. If the same thing happened to Palmer, he wouldn't have helped our safety needs much then anyway.

 

This way, if he gets to play with Washington before fall it is also likely best for him.

 

What is annoying, as i ranted on the Alex Cate thread, is that i assume the coaches held off recruiting some other players because of Palmer's commitment. Maybe they would have continued after another Juco safety or another HSer, like Davis perhaps?

 

that is also assuming that the coaches didn't at least expect Palmer's decommit, or already know about it before today. obviously just because the all-knowing recruiting sites don't announce anything doesn't mean the coaches didn't already know.

[Roy CO HSKR]

We only need players who:

 

1) keep their academic eligibilty, and

2) are comfortable playing for our team.

 

...otherwise the problems down the road grow and become a detriment to the morale of the other players.

[Eric the Red]

Callahan " Ashley did sign a LOI and therefore anything after is null and void."

[BigWillie]

Eric, did he say this during his presser?

 

If so, the can of worms has been opened.

[HuskersGJ]

that is also assuming that the coaches didn't at least expect Palmer's decommit, or already know about it before today.

 

listening to the PC, that sounds like the wrong assumption. i was trying to give AP the benefit of the doubt but.... BC sounded a bit po'd about it when the subject came up.

 

Callahan " Ashley did sign a LOI and therefore anything after is null and void."

but he also added something to the effect that if the player doesn't enroll, the LOI is void and the player doesn't have to be "released from scholarship". Its not like they'd want to force the guy to come here if he doesn't want to be here, but BC added that this "battle" ain't over.

 

for those that haven't found their way to a broadcast of the PC:

http://www.ketv.com/bigredzone/6652012/detail.html

[skers]

How in the heck do you sign two letters of commit? who does this...and arent those pretty much binding contracts with the university? don't they have to release you from this so that you can sign with another school...info info...