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For the 3 service academies, do any have advantages or disadvantages relative to the number of available football players, ability to recruit and admitted to the academy, amount of time for practice relative to school work, etc.? I wasn’t sure if they were all the same relative to football or some may have differences. Thanks
Not sure. I do know those players aren’t taking nine hours or whatever NCAA requires. Normal loads are more than fifteen hours
Unless a student is graduating and requires less than FT to graduate in a given semester, a student-athlete must be enrolled FT (generally a minimum of 12 hours for UG and varies on GR programs) ...
I know it was 12 back in my day. Thought they had let summer school cover some of that now
Summer is generally used as a trailer for the student athlete to earn up to the 24 hours required for the academic year ... not sure about "back in the day", but I do work with this now and have for many years ...
Correct me if I’m wrong. They can take less than 12 hours for a semester if they make it up in summer school to total 24 for the year
I do not believe that is correct .... a student athlete must attempt 12 hours per semester ... let's say that complete 09 in the spring, then they must take and pass a 03 hours course in the summer to complete 24 for the academic year ... so there are two factors, the one above (completing 24 in an academic year) and graduation ... if a student is graduating in a given term and only needs X (less than 12) to graduate that semester, then they can enroll for less than 12 (or FT) .... I work with aid in general and obviously NCAA aid fits what I do ... not saying I am an expert in this, but this are the hard and fast regulations ....
Height weight standards are waived for football players but, at least from what I remember, there was different rules between the academies on when players needed to meet those requirements after graduation. Maybe even a little more leeway while playing.