Logan Turner and THSCA all-star game

[George S. Patton]

New Mustang QB Logan Turner from Springtown is participating for the North in the annual THSCA all-star game at Amon Carter in late July.

But if you look over the rosters, you're not seeing great names on here anymore. The pressure for the new recruits to report early for unofficial workouts in June is probably taking priority.

Personally, let the kid enjoy some free time before he starts his college life. I understand the bigger, faster, stronger argument and how kids "commitment'' to the program will be questioned. But let him enjoy his life before he's 24/7/365 football.

Enjoy the experience, Logan.

[mustangnation]

F that. I believe that our QB recruit last year ruined his throwing shoulder in this very game. As a fan of SMU, I dont want any of our players getting hurt in these BS games where nobody is close to being in game shape.

[PonySnob]

It would be much better if our recruits would report in June for unofficial workouts instead of trying to relive the high school glory days one more time.

[cowtown]

Logan is there and I believe he is attending all summer workouts at SMU. He will miss a couple of days due to the allstar game but, it is good for the program and recruiting for SMU to allow their players to participate.

[Stallion]

Speaking of which-isn't there a pretty monumental rule change this year allowing Freshman to enter school in June so that they can participate in those summer workouts during the summer. What is SMU's strategy on this rule change?

[Stallion]

Here's part of an article on the rule change and how it has detrimentally affected these All-Star Games


SUMMER SCHOOL

At issue is the part of the NCAA reform package that allows major colleges — starting this year — to pay tuition for incoming freshman athletes to attend summer school. The idea is noble enough — allow the kids complete a semester of schoolwork before the crush of academics and athletics hits in the fall. But a look back at how the rule was slipped in with the package reveals different motives.

Half a decade ago, the Southeastern Conference proposed NCAA legislation to allow major-college football players to have their tuition paid the summer before their freshman seasons. The NCAA struck it down, in part over concerns that smaller programs would not be able to cover such expenses and in part because of suspicions about the rationale behind the measure. Some believed the football factories were as focused on getting the young athletes into their workout programs as they were with getting them into the classrooms.

Around the same time, however, Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany convinced the NCAA to allow Division I college basketball teams to conduct a five-year “pilot” program in which schools could pay for freshman summer school. Summer school immediately became an unofficial requirement for all newcomers. The coaches wanted to get them on campus to get started on the academic load and to begin assimilation into the basketball program. No athlete had to arrive in the summer. But if he wanted to keep pace with the rest of the program, a freshman had little choice but to show up.

After much debate over who else should be allowed to receive summer tuition once the pilot program expired — basketball players, football players, academically “at-risk” athletes only — the NCAA included all Division I athletes. So the rule was written into the overall reform package that was passed last year.