I know that when a kid is recruited as a nonqualifier and sits his first season he doesnt practice or improve in any skills

BUT, I cant remember the last time I had a kid who was enrolled come in with a 1.9 GPA. So he cant play this semester. Does he practice? Is it worth using minutes on skills?

mamxet, if this is DI, and he's ineligible (to start, not because his COLLEGE grades are bad), put all individual minutes into SH. The minutes in skills will have no effect. Please forgive me if this wasn't what you were asking.

thanks jsk - yes this is DI - I am 100% sure of that answer for a newly recruited ineligible

does the same apply when a kid who has played screws up and gets a 1.9 his soph or jr year?

thanks

I don't think so. I think at that point, you have to pull minutes away from his skill practice, but if you go below maintainance thresholds, you may see some ratings drop. Of course, with potential, and rating near a max will drop VERY slowly with 0 minutes practice. So if he has one or more near-max ratings, I'd suggest using all those minutes to get his GPA up as much as possible. Good luck.

he definitely practices-- I had a RSing kid go ineligible on me this season, and he kept improving throughout the second semester (albeit extra slowly)...

ok, so 25 mins of study hall it is - Dean Wermer is really ******

Players Minimum HS/JuCo gpa is 2.0, They are all eligible at d3 more or less - When a kid flunks during a season he is still allowed to practice with the team but he doesn't get to play.