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Illini to pursue medical hardship waiver for Mike Thorne
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<blockquote data-quote="Illinijose" data-source="post: 1194292" data-attributes="member: 519068"><p><strong>I'm No Lawyer</strong></p><p></p><p>Early in the process I felt it was to Mike Thorne's advantage to leave and not request another year due to players only having so many servicable years. </p><p></p><p>I'm now of the opinion he should return because the player who showed up for 16 minutes vs. Indiana was not the same Mike Thorne prior to the injury. Thorne appears to need the structure and medical staff that UI can provide to make him healthy and improve his conditioning. Another year of academics is a obviously a plus. </p><p></p><p>Regarding the NCAA, I have found them to be inconsistent in many regards. It is plainly obvious to everyone Thorne and Groce made every intent to make this Thorne's final year and return him after the injury. No one should think that a 6th year Thorne will be any better than a healthy 5th year Thorne. By competitive advantage I believe the NCAA means that Illinois would attain a special benefit that other institutions would not receive in similiar circumstances. If this situation happened at Iowa, Duke, Kansas, Indiana, etc... I would think it would be very fair for the NCAA to grant the player another year. </p><p></p><p>On a side note, Illinois over the last 10 years has been a leader bb team graduation rates and all conference scholar athletes in the Big Ten. NCAA should look at this as a sign that we are not trying to game the system. Also it would appear the NCAA turned its back on an athlete injured and not given the oppurtunity to return to display his skills.</p><p></p><p>The Sam Bowie case is probably the closest example but their might be others.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Illinijose, post: 1194292, member: 519068"] [b]I'm No Lawyer[/b] Early in the process I felt it was to Mike Thorne's advantage to leave and not request another year due to players only having so many servicable years. I'm now of the opinion he should return because the player who showed up for 16 minutes vs. Indiana was not the same Mike Thorne prior to the injury. Thorne appears to need the structure and medical staff that UI can provide to make him healthy and improve his conditioning. Another year of academics is a obviously a plus. Regarding the NCAA, I have found them to be inconsistent in many regards. It is plainly obvious to everyone Thorne and Groce made every intent to make this Thorne's final year and return him after the injury. No one should think that a 6th year Thorne will be any better than a healthy 5th year Thorne. By competitive advantage I believe the NCAA means that Illinois would attain a special benefit that other institutions would not receive in similiar circumstances. If this situation happened at Iowa, Duke, Kansas, Indiana, etc... I would think it would be very fair for the NCAA to grant the player another year. On a side note, Illinois over the last 10 years has been a leader bb team graduation rates and all conference scholar athletes in the Big Ten. NCAA should look at this as a sign that we are not trying to game the system. Also it would appear the NCAA turned its back on an athlete injured and not given the oppurtunity to return to display his skills. The Sam Bowie case is probably the closest example but their might be others. [/QUOTE]
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