NCAA may try to constrain schools to slow flow of grad transfers
Football and basketball coaches may be less likely to add graduate transfers to their teams under a change being considered by the NCAA.
The NCAA Division I Council is expected to vote by Friday on an amendment that would require a grad transfer to count against a team's scholarship total for two years, no matter how much eligibility the player has left when they arrive. An exception would be made for athletes who complete graduate degree requirements before the start of the second year.
The proposal targets what critics say is virtual free agency in big-time college athletics. Current rules allow athletes who have earned an undergraduate degree to transfer to another school without sitting out a season, as is usually required by the NCAA of undergraduates.
P-15's organizational meeting set for Thursday
The Sumter American Legion Post 15 baseball program will have an organizational meeting on Thursday, April 25.
The meeting will begin at 7 p.m. at the American Legion home on Artillery Drive.
All potential players for both the junior and senior teams are asked to bring their birth certificates.
Gamecock Club meeting May 7
University of South Carolina football head coach Will Muschamp will be the featured speaker at the Sumter County Gamecock Club Annual Banquet on Tuesday, May 7, at Sumter County Civic Center.
Other speakers are expected to be at the meeting as well. Dinner will be served from 6 p.m. to 6:45 p.m. and the program will begin at 7.
There will also be a silent auction for different kinds of Gamecock gear.
Sponsorship packages are available for $115, which includes four tickets to the banquet and complimentary advertising. Additional tickets are $25 each.
Tickets for non-sponsors are $30 each and can be purchased from any Gamecock Club board member or at Danny's Trophy Shop at 713 Bultman Drive, C.W. Ard Appliances at 21 West Wesmark Boulevard, or the Sumter Board of Realtors at 26 East Liberty Street.
Clemson Prowl & Growl May 2
Head football coach Dabo Swinney and men's basketball head coach Brad Brownell will be the guest speakers at Clemson's Prowl & Growl in Florence at Florence Center on May 2.
Doors will open at 5 p.m. Dinner will be held at 5:45 with the program starting at 6:30.
Tickets are $25 a person and a table, which is reserved for eight, is $300.
For those in Sumter County wanting to purchase tickets, contact Tracy Pender at (803) 905-5672. In Clarendon County, contact John and Betsy Ducworth at (803) 478-2406, and in Lee County, contact Green DesChamps at (803) 484-6416.
The deadline for ticket reservations is April 30.
From staff and wire reports