The Cellular South Gameplan is no more
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Basically, it was a way to not have another year where over half of the dandy dozen were ineligible.
i just went to the link and really dont see what it actually does and how it equates to someone being eligible/ineligible....
They had a couple of people that worked the program, including David Saunders at one time.
They "targeted" certain student-athletes (most who happened to be high Division I recruits) and provided them with extra tutoring, extra counseling, etc. Because it was a company, there was no NCAA violation (the NCAA looked into the program and they scaled back some).
Anyway, Saunders would represent the program, go and have booster clubs at the schools donate a little bit and pay for testing that would allow some students to be certified "special education," which meant lower NCAA requirements. This was considered dirty, and a counselor at a large 6A school called them out on it, and they distanced themselves from Saunders.
For a while, they changed the focus to getting Mississippi schools to change to a 10-point grading scale. It worked. The guy behind this was a Mississippi State guy. He basically met with superintendents and school boards and lobbied for the 10 point grading scale. It was hugely successful. Most school districts in Mississippi are now 10-point because of this guy. He moved on to a better job and the Gameplan pretty much ended up being a PR piece for the Cellular South Foundation, which has made some donations to The Education Center and a couple of other diploma mills.
They "targeted" certain student-athletes (most who happened to be high Division I recruits) and provided them with extra tutoring, extra counseling, etc. Because it was a company, there was no NCAA violation (the NCAA looked into the program and they scaled back some).
Anyway, Saunders would represent the program, go and have booster clubs at the schools donate a little bit and pay for testing that would allow some students to be certified "special education," which meant lower NCAA requirements. This was considered dirty, and a counselor at a large 6A school called them out on it, and they distanced themselves from Saunders.
For a while, they changed the focus to getting Mississippi schools to change to a 10-point grading scale. It worked. The guy behind this was a Mississippi State guy. He basically met with superintendents and school boards and lobbied for the 10 point grading scale. It was hugely successful. Most school districts in Mississippi are now 10-point because of this guy. He moved on to a better job and the Gameplan pretty much ended up being a PR piece for the Cellular South Foundation, which has made some donations to The Education Center and a couple of other diploma mills.
Correct me if I am wrong but over the last 2 years, almost all of the top players from MS got into school. That was a direct impact of the plan. It really benefitted us as well.
Right when I thought the sixpack faithful had expired all available excuses, another, even worse than the previous ones, isunveiled. Not only that, but every thread is taken seriously. . Really, do you honestly think the CSGP was conspiring to send recruits to Ole Miss or are you just butthurt that MSU has lost a few recruits? Look around you. Business' everywhere are cutting back. None of you know jack **** as to why CS disbanded the program. Could it of been because of it's low success rate? or maybe that it was losing money? No, it was because the feds are on to CS regarding college recruiting!!! I should have expected this out of y'all, I mean, y'all are the same people that make Michael Oher jokes.I don't think the MSU faithful can handle rejection and frustration