USF Not Right Fit For Akol

[Triple B]

kudos to Brett for getting the other side of the story.

While it is Brett's job to report the whole story if he has it, I sure wouldn't give him "kudos" for it, especially if you're a USF fan. It reflects negatively on our hoops program and administration in the way that it was handled, IF we have all the facts, and we sure as hell don't need any of that at this point in time...

It isn't Brett's job to only report the rosy side of what happens at USF.  He didn't spin a good story into a bad one, he reported the facts.  He did a good job.

Let's not be like those UCF losers and whine if somethng is reported that we don't like.

I specifically pointed out that it is his job to report what he knew, I just wasn't all hepped up to give him "kudos" for it ...

[Triple B]

you guys are missing the point: Akol was admitted to USF with a provisional admission. That is, he had to meet some requirements, usually a GPA and specific number of credit hours, in order to gain full admission as a regular student. When he dropped his sole class this summer, based on Greg's report, he very likely killed any chance of turning his PROVISIONAL admission into regular status. My guess is if he would have not dropped this class and passed it with an A or a 'B' we would not be having this discussion.

BTW, think about it for a minute....the drop date for summer classes is much earlier than the end of the 4th week of a 6 week semester. That suggests that he wasn't doing well in that class. I don't know how tough 2-hr classes are today....but they are typically not very hard.

Akol seemingly has nobody to blame but himself. BTW....USF is already skating on thin ice when it comes to the APR. The last thing it needs is a student athlete who has trouble completing his initial requirements to get into the University. This should have not been so hard....Akol was apparently just not up to the task.

Maybe I'm wrong, but the way I read it was that the committee forced him to withdraw from his class.

That's the way I was interpreting it. If Cyber's scenario is correct then it does fall back strictly on Akol and not the University.