Cy Falls DT Du'Vonta Lampkin

[java]

That's a big can of worms, JB. He said. He said. But who knows, the NCAA may be up to the task.

 

[Agmaniacmike]

I'm not sure the NCAA is ever up to the task, but if their "mission" is truly to protect student-athletes, then some allowances need to be made. However, we all know that they serve the schools that fill their pockets. For instance, transfer rules completely disavow the NCAA's idea of treating athletes as students first. If they were truly students first, they would be able to transfer schools without any hitch in participation of clubs/athletics/organization regardless of NCAA affiliation. Their would be quite the outrage from the student bodies if a band member for Oklahoma was denied the right to transfer to Ohio State and would have to sit out a year going to any school, but this is the norm of NCAA standards, and it is flat out wrong. I really could write a novel on this subject, but bottom line, the NCAA isn't to be trusted in protecting student-athletes's best interests when they see and benefit from coaches making 5 million bucks off the ability of 18-24 year old men to play football; I'm not sure how amateurism still is considered in the equation anymore.

 

[Randolph Duke]

Never attribute to corruption what can more easily be attributed to incompetence. It isn't the "filling of the NCAA pockets" that has NCAA leadership failing to have the right governance in place as much as it is the inability of almost any not-for-profit to run an efficient organization. The NCAA is like a big, dysfunctional neighborhood HOA.

The whole idea of the P5 structure was to give those with vested interests on narrow segments of the governance structure an ability to find a viable solution. Giving North Buffalo State an equal voice in matters regarding football as UT, Notre Dame or Ohio State is dysfunctional governance.

Give the P5 structure time to work. Its not as if there haven't been ideas implemented to address the weaknesses in the governance structure of college athletics.

 

[java]

I still believe the P5's need to break with the NCAA. Why line those suckers' pockets. They don't do a thing. They allowed ND to block Golson's transfer to UT, and they allowed Oregon to cheat like the cheaters they are. Who was running that circus at the time. Yep!

I better not get started right now. The timing is not good here.

Hook 'em!

 

[GBT]

The NCAA isn't running CFB. ESPN (Walt Disney and Mickey Mouse) is running college football. With the partnership ESPN and the SEC has , you can bet if an SEC team was involved, ND wouldn't have been allowed to block the transfer.

 

[streettopeschel]

The NCAA isn't running CFB. ESPN (Walt Disney and Mickey Mouse) is running college football. With the partnership ESPN and the SEC has , you can bet if an SEC team was involved, ND wouldn't have been allowed to block the transfer.

stupid take. ESPN has a partnership with UT as well. It's on Dish 407

 

[java]

No, it's not, street. It is, however, irrelevant. No SEC team would schedule anything but a cupcake out of conference.

Hook 'em!

 

[Juan]

New article

https://texas.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1775324

" ..... Lampkin officially asked to be released from his letter of intent on May 21, and the university has 30 days to grant or deny the request. Texas has until Saturday to make a decision.
 
However, sources tell me Lampkin's appeal will probably be denied, unless there is a change of opinion from those within the athletic department.
 
For clarity, Texas requires a foreign language for a student to gain acceptance into its university. A foreign language is not a requirement at other schools, like Oklahoma, for instance. If a student is denied entrance into a university, he or she is automatically released from his or her letter of intent and can attend another school.
 
Texas coach Charlie Strong and defensive line coach Brick Haley recently declined to discuss Lampkin's situation. Lampkin, and members of his family, are also not speaking with the media.
 
That being said, Lampkin's request has nothing to do with a disdain for the Longhorns.
 
Instead, a source familiar with the situation said it has everything to do with the academic challenges he faced throughout high school, despite having several foreign language tutors.
 
Lampkin does not need to pass one Spanish class to attend Texas, but three courses. He needs to pass Spanish 1B, 2A and 2B. So far, Lampkin is still working on 1B.
 
As Taylor Gaspar previously reported, when Lampkin entered high school, students did not need to take a foreign language to graduate. That does not mean Lampkin never attempted to take a foreign language before recently graduating from Cypress Falls High School. In fact, Lampkin attempted to receive a passing grade more than once while in high school, but was unsuccessful, which could be attributed to a learning disability the source familiar with his situation preferred not to disclose.
 
After signing a letter of intent with Texas in February, Lampkin took on the tough task of trying to pass three classes in three months. Lampkin began taking Spanish 1B at the University of Texas Online High School program in February, in addition to his normal high school class load. It is a work at your own pace course, and students have 150 days to complete a class. Lampkin requested to receive the test in mid-May.
 
However, as Lampkin was waiting for the test to arrive, I was told he became nervous about the possibility of failing it and panicked. The teenager's anxiety prompted him to announce on Twitter he would not attend Texas, plus Lampkin told a reporter he would contact Oklahoma, a school which previously recruited him, about joining their program. Lampkin also requested to be released from his letter of intent around that time.
 
Texas insisted Lampkin find a way to pass the course, and instead of quitting and just waiting to be released from his letter of intent, he continued to prepare for the exam."
 
--- more at link --

 

[J.B. TexasEx]

Lampkin sounds like a head-case and unqualified to be a student at UT.

Definitely more trouble than he's worth. Why weren't his academic shortcomings fully vetted by CFS and UT's academic staff? It looks pretty cut and dried to me - he doesn't have the foreign language credits or the discipline/aptitude to complete the coursework.

I mean, seriously? We mocked aggie for Johnny 3 N Out's online classes.

 

[java]

JB, it is hard for most people to imagine that a young man who has passed the EOC tests, has a qualifying standardized test score, and has met all other requirements failed to meet the foreign language requirement.

It is difficult for me, as well.

Think about it:

EOC tests: check

Standardized test score: check

Core requirements: check

Foreign language: _____

 

[J.B. TexasEx]

JB, it is hard for most people to imagine that a young man who has passed the EOC tests, has a qualifying standardized test score, and has met all other requirements to meet the foreign language requirement.

It is difficult for me, as well.

Think about it:

EOC tests:                        check

Standardized test score:  check

Core requirements:           check

Foreign language:             _____

Agreed - something doesn't add up here.

I said it before - it almost looks like he regrets signing with UT and is intentionally sabotaging his application. Having said that, I wouldn't let him sign with OU if that can be prevented. This is a very strange case.

 

[utisdabomb12]

New article

https://texas.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1775324

" ..... Lampkin officially asked to be released from his letter of intent on May 21, and the university has 30 days to grant or deny the request. Texas has until Saturday to make a decision.
 
However, sources tell me Lampkin's appeal will probably be denied, unless there is a change of opinion from those within the athletic department.
 
For clarity, Texas requires a foreign language for a student to gain acceptance into its university. A foreign language is not a requirement at other schools, like Oklahoma, for instance. If a student is denied entrance into a university, he or she is automatically released from his or her letter of intent and can attend another school.
 
Texas coach Charlie Strong and defensive line coach Brick Haley recently declined to discuss Lampkin's situation. Lampkin, and members of his family, are also not speaking with the media.
 
That being said, Lampkin's request has nothing to do with a disdain for the Longhorns.
 
Instead, a source familiar with the situation said it has everything to do with the academic challenges he faced throughout high school, despite having several foreign language tutors.
 
Lampkin does not need to pass one Spanish class to attend Texas, but three courses. He needs to pass Spanish 1B, 2A and 2B. So far, Lampkin is still working on 1B.
 
As Taylor Gaspar previously reported, when Lampkin entered high school, students did not need to take a foreign language to graduate. That does not mean Lampkin never attempted to take a foreign language before recently graduating from Cypress Falls High School. In fact, Lampkin attempted to receive a passing grade more than once while in high school, but was unsuccessful, which could be attributed to a learning disability the source familiar with his situation preferred not to disclose.
 
After signing a letter of intent with Texas in February, Lampkin took on the tough task of trying to pass three classes in three months. Lampkin began taking Spanish 1B at the University of Texas Online High School program in February, in addition to his normal high school class load. It is a work at your own pace course, and students have 150 days to complete a class. Lampkin requested to receive the test in mid-May.
 
However, as Lampkin was waiting for the test to arrive, I was told he became nervous about the possibility of failing it and panicked. The teenager's anxiety prompted him to announce on Twitter he would not attend Texas, plus Lampkin told a reporter he would contact Oklahoma, a school which previously recruited him, about joining their program. Lampkin also requested to be released from his letter of intent around that time.
 
Texas insisted Lampkin find a way to pass the course, and instead of quitting and just waiting to be released from his letter of intent, he continued to prepare for the exam."
 
--- more at link --

The article pretty much verifies what I thought. Kid can't pass Spanish and that's the problem. I don't think there were ever evil motives by Lampkin.

 

[java]

Bomb, I've been teaching for a while. Rarely is a foreign language a real stumbling block. English is one of the most difficult languages to learn. That is a documented fact. Now, if kids don't want to do the work...

 

[utisdabomb12]

Bomb, I've been teaching for a while. Rarely is a foreign language a real stumbling block. English is one of the most difficult languages to learn. That is a documented fact. Now, if kids don't want to do the work...

Maybe so. The article says he attempted to take the spanish course a few times and couldn't pass it. That's just the first spanish course too, he needs to complete three. Sounds to me like he just doesn't have the ability to pass the class, but effort might play a role in the problem. 

 

[Sirhornsalot]

Bomb, I've been teaching for a while. Rarely is a foreign language a real stumbling block. English is one of the most difficult languages to learn. That is a documented fact. Now, if kids don't want to do the work...

Agreed. Spanish at least makes sense and sticks to its rules. English is kinda all over the place with its rules.

 

[java]

Heck, when I was at UT, students who hated foreign language would take Swahili.  They loved the professor.  1 semester, 2 semesters.  bam.  Foreign language requirement down and out.

 

[primal defense]

The article pretty much verifies what I thought. Kid can't pass Spanish and that's the problem. I don't think there were ever evil motives by Lampkin.

It may be a case that he can't pass Spanish and tried the best he could. After reading the article, I can see the possibility that he didn't try hard enough. He wanted to quit and go to OU, but CS said no.

 

[utisdabomb12]

Chip Brown is saying that Lampkin is still trying to fulfill the Spanish requirements. Probably a long shot but it seems like Lampkin hasn't thrown in the towel.

 

[utisdabomb12]

FWIW someone on Twitter told me that Lampkin apparently passed the first spanish course . If that's true, he would have plenty of time to take the next two.

 

[Johnstark23]

From dealing with 2 high school aged sons, they were funneled into German because it was supposedly easier