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Message: [QUOTE="UcMiami, post: 2169766, member: 199"] oldude - just to be clear, an LOI is valid on the school's part for only one year which is a bone of contention with the NCAA for a lot of folks. Just one way the NCAA has stacked the deck towards the schools. Scholarships need to be renewed each year as the school has only committed to a single year. Some schools on their own have chosen to guarantee an athlete with four years of scholarship (could change from being an athletic scholarship if the team and athlete part ways) on their own (as long as the athlete remains in good academic and disciplinary standing) but that currently is the exception not the norm. That being said ... The implied condition of an LOI is that it is a four year offer (with all the same athlete responsibilities) and will be renewed each year. And a coach who pulls a scholarship or pushes a player to leave just because they have found a better recruit in a later year is breaking the spirit of their agreement if not the actual 'contract' that is the LOI. And I agree, they have failed that athlete and should be held up to public scorn. Specific to some walk-ons that were given scholarships by Geno, it is reported that he made it very clear to them that it was just for the current year and would only be renewed in any following years if he did not need the scholarship for another player - it was a reward they were getting for their contribution because he had it available currently with no guarantee it would be available in future years. [/QUOTE]

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