First of all
at Currie and Schulz for allowing this to drag on for a month. Leti is not playing here next year, so these idiots are continuing to allow Kansas State to be trashed in the national media for what? Can't blame Bilas anymore. Also when this happened I expressed concern that this could potentially hurt other sports because this is an athletic department policy and not a women's basketball issue. The more this lingers the more of a possibility that exists for this to happen. It isn't even negative recruiting, the athletic director publicly said this is a policy of Kansas State Athletics, it isn't hard or dirty to point this out.
Because every university in the history of the world has a habit of doing shitty things to people to protect their self interest. K-State is not any worse than your average school. There may be a lesser chance of having this particular shitty thing happen to a recruit somewhere else, but I'm sure there's an equal chance that something just as shitty will happen to them.
First of all a student athlete not getting his/her release is rare, it's even rare here. The difference is when it happens to a school they go immediately into no comment mode. We didn't get caught a la Wisconsin Men's Basketball and then didn't comment when pressed by the media. It was internet rumor and then the athletic department went public with it before anyone of any significance found out. They figured that if they were out ahead of the story telling their side, they wouldn't take a hit
at having no understanding about how the media and the public think of student athlete issues. The "it's just women's basketball" thing that people like GOSP does is interesting because I think a women's basketball player is more sympathetic to the media and the public than a star football or men's basketball player would be. I'm floored that the administration of K-State didn't and continue to not figure this out. Are these guys insulated by too many yes men? I'm sure Mittie can't care all that much, if he tells his bosses to let her go will they listen?
It is not incredibly dumb for Currie not to grant the release if the player is going to damage the APR scores. I know no one here has all the facts, in fact, everyone here and ESPN has the absolute bare minimum level of facts . . but possibly they wanted her to complete the semester and hopefully do well?
Hey look it's a dax trick!!! If she was granted her transfer in April, of course she would have finished the semester here, what kind of ignorant talking point is this? Do you really think she would have done all of the work leading up to 3 weeks before finals only to drop out and then make herself ineligible for next season, wherever she's going? Even if she decided to just drop out in April K-State Women's Basketball is in NO danger of APR trouble, literally none. K-State WBB and women's volleyball are two of the most highly academic achieving sports teams men or women, in the Big 12 conference and has been for a very very long time. This isn't even a matter of debate and Dax knows it, the athletic department have been using this selling point since Deb got here, the first season of the Big 12 Conference's existence.
The APR had literally no bearing on this decision, it makes me smile seeing the excuse machine working. Dunno, seems it would be easier to stop making excuses and do the right thing.
