Well, At Least Mike Cook Is Free
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| Sportsocracy.org found this 8/21/2008 on www.pittblather.com [flag] |
Crap. Crap. Crap. Crap.
University of Pittsburgh head men’s basketball coach Jamie Dixon announced Wednesday that senior forward Mike Cook has been denied an additional year of competition from the National Collegiate Athletic Association.
In order to be considered for a sixth year extension, Cook would have needed to obtain a medical hardship waiver for his participation [...]
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Mike Cook Denied A 6th Year At Pitt
Published 8/21/2008 by Thejim at Sportsocracy.org
... Cook blew his ACL last year in a December 20th OT win against Duke. The NCAA rule states that a player cannot have played in excess of 30% of a team's games to get a waiver. Pitt played 37 games last year, however, six of those were in the post season, which the NCAA only counts as one game altogether. Thus, in the NCAA's eyes, Cook played in 11 of 32 games, not 11 of 37 as would be counted in a little place I like to call "reality".
Pitt Blather has a really excellent write-up on it. Godspeed Mike. ...
