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Breaking down Alabama MBB scholarship situation heading into offseason

Roll Tide Wire breaks down Alabama men’s basketball’s scholarship situation heading into the offseason. There are several newcomers, transfers, and departures to account for.

The Alabama basketball team will likely look very different heading into the 2023-2024 season, considering the recently-announced departures.

With several freshmen set to depart for the NBA, the Tide will be tasked with replacing them. Alabama head coach Nate Oats is bringing in the No. 13 overall recruiting class in the country, which should help ease the pain considerably.

A handful of key players are also set to return for another season in Tuscaloosa as well. Altogether, there will be enough talent to compete and perform at a very high level.

Roll Tide Wire breaks down Alabama men’s basketball’s scholarship situation heading into the offseason.

2023 PGA Show: Lt. Col. Dan Rooney and Folds of Honor

The foundation collects donations that goes towards scholarships to military families.

At 12 years old, Dan Rooney had dreams of being a golf professional and a fighter pilot.

Fifteen years ago above Lt. Col. Dan Rooney’s garage, Folds of Honor was born. The goal was to give back to military families who has had someone killed or disabled in combat through the power of the PGA of America and the sport everyone loves.

The foundation collects donations that goes towards scholarships to military families. Since the foundation started, it has granted 44,000 scholarships or $220 million worth of education.

Our Averee Dovsek sat down with Lt. Col. Dan Rooney to learn more about what Folds of Honor does. Take a look below.

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If you love golf, your country and want to thank the 1% that has fought for this country visit Folds of Honor’s website here to learn more or make a donation.

Breaking down Alabama football’s scholarship situation for next season

With players in the transfer portal and others declaring for the 2023 NFL Draft, here’s how the team sits as the offseason nears.

With players continuing to enter the transfer portal, it is almost impossible to truly predict what next year’s roster will look like.

As of right now, Alabama has 83 players on scholarship for next season. That number will likely increase as early National Signing Day is just over one week away.

In Division I, football programs are allowed to have a maximum of 85 scholarship players. Several recruits are projected to sign with the Tide, which would increase the scholarship count. Also, the Tide will likely look to add players through the transfer portal in areas of need.

At this time, Alabama has lost 13 scholarship players to the transfer portal and two walk-ons have also entered. That number could be beneficial to the Alabama coaching staff as it gives them more flexibility to bring in some recruits and transfers.

There could be coaching changes, additional transfers, and draft decisions in the coming weeks. Roll Tide Wire will continue to monitor the latest surround the Alabama football program.

Breaking down Clemson basketball’s scholarship numbers for 2022-23 season

Clemson’s men’s basketball team was already going to lose at least a couple of key contributors off this season’s roster. That number grew Tuesday when Nick Honor decided to finish out his eligibility elsewhere. Honor, a redshirt junior who started …

Clemson’s men’s basketball team was already going to lose at least a couple of key contributors off this season’s roster. That number grew Tuesday when Nick Honor decided to finish out his eligibility elsewhere.

Honor, a redshirt junior who started 25 games at the point this past season, has entered the transfer portal. Honor is the second starter (fellow guard David Collins) and fourth scholarship player Clemson has lost off this season’s roster so far. Collins and senior forwards Naz Bohannon and Parker Fox exhausted their eligibility.

Clemson went through the season with 12 scholarship players, one below the 13 the NCAA limits college basketball teams to each season. Signees Chauncey Wiggins, Chauncey Gibson and RJ Godfrey will account for three of the four scholarships left behind by Honor, Collins, Bohannon and Fox, so Clemson coach Brad Brownell has two scholarships available should he choose to use them to add to the Tigers’ 2022 recruiting class.

There could be more scholarships open up, too, depending on what other current players decide to do this offseason. That includes senior forward Hunter Tyson, who’s already played four seasons for the Tigers but still had a COVID year remaining if he wants to return to the team next season. Tyson, Clemson’s fourth-leading scorer (10 points per game) and third-leading rebounder (5.5) this past season, has yet to announce a decision regarding his future.

Below is a look at Clemson’s scholarship numbers as of Tuesday. For the sake of this exercise, Tyson will be counted among the returning players until he makes a decision. This will be updated as needed throughout the offseason.

Players returning (8)

G Chase Hunter

G Al-Amir Dawes

G Alex Hemenway

G Josh Beadle (redshirt)

F Hunter Tyson

F Ian Schieffelin

F/C PJ Hall

F/C Ben Middlebrooks

Players leaving (4)

G Nick Honor

G David Collins

F Naz Bohannon

F Parker Fox

Players incoming (3)

G Chauncey Gibson

F RJ Godfrey

F Chauncey Wiggins

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Seahawks players Equality & Justice for All Action Fund awards 2022 grants

The Seattle Seahawks Players Equality & Justice for All Action Fund has awarded $250,000 in 2022 grants to local worthy nonprofits.

The Seattle Seahawks have never been a team to shy away from social justice issues. In fact, over four years ago, members of the club created the Seahawks Players Equality & Justice for All Action Fund.

The Players Action Fund has since received donations from fans, Paul G. Allen Philanthropies, the Carroll Family Fund, John and Traci Schneider, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella’s Nadella Family Trust, and from Starbucks and the Starbucks Foundation.

In exchange, the Players Action Fund has awarded over $1.337 million in grants to local nonprofit organizations, schools, and via scholarships.

The Players Action Fund has now announced its latest round of grants to be awarded in 2022 totaling $250,000. The worthy recipients, with links to their websites, are below.

For more information on how you can donate or help contribute to the Players Action Fund, click here.

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Seahawks Players Equality & Justice For All Action Fund awards $500,000

The Seattle Seahawks Players Equality & Justice For All Action Fund has awarded $500,00 in grants and scholarships to local organizations.

Seattle Seahawks players made a pledge in June to donate $500,000 to organizations supporting social justice causes and local youth. The Seahawks Players Fund has now announced the beneficiaries of the grants.

The Seahawks Players Equality & Justice For All Action Fund will provide $250,000 in grants to the following six organizations:

  1. Safe Futures Youth Center
  2. Good Shepard Youth Outreach
  3. Glover Empower Mentoring
  4. Kingmakers
  5. Mentoring Urban Students & Teens
  6. What’s Next WA

The other half of the funds ($250,000) will be used to created scholarships in partnership with the Seattle Foundation and will now be called The Seahawks Players’ Equality & Justice for All Scholarship Fund.

“We’re super excited to give back to the community,” linebacker K.J. Wright said via the team’s website. “Just go to the website, anybody can apply. We’re super excited to be able to tap into the community and help these young kids out.”

For more information or to make a donation, click here.
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Notre Dame Football: Meet the 2021 Recruiting Commitments

Find out more about Notre Dame’s stars of tomorrow right here in the 2021 recruiting class commitments!

Notre Dame had big dreams of their 2021 recruiting class and despite not hitting a home run on their most desired playmaker and one of the nation’s top receivers dropping his commitment, the Fighting Irish still stand in pretty good shape.

The Irish have 20 commitments in the 2021 class and are ranked 11th nationally according to 247Sports. Although it’s not what Brian Kelly had in mind when he stated his goal was to land a class in the top five, it’s one with a bunch of high-side potential players who offer a lot of versatility where they can line up.

Here are the commitments in Notre Dame’s 2021 recruiting class. Be sure to check back often and see who has been added or removed themselves from the list.

Release: NCAA’s DI Council adopts emergency legislation, extends dead period

NCAA D1 council adopted emergency legislation on Wednesday. They also extended the recruiting dead period until the end of September.

This release from the NCAA at 6:27 p.m. ET on Wednesday, August 12, 2020:

Council recommends protections, adopts emergency legislation

Recruiting dead period extended

The Division I Council recommended the Division I Board of Directors adopt some minimum protections for student-athletes whose sport seasons are impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic and will finalize recommendations before Aug. 21. The Council met virtually Wednesday.

Members indicated the recommendations decided Wednesday are the minimum and members may decide to recommend additional protections for student-athletes at the Aug. 19 Council meeting.

Last week, the NCAA Board of Governors required each division to adjust rules to support student-athletes whose seasons were impacted by COVID-19, similar to decisions that were made for spring sport student-athletes. The original deadline was Aug. 14, but membership feedback prompted the executive committee of the Board of Governors to extend that deadline until Aug. 21 to allow for additional conversations and input from stakeholders, including student-athletes.

The Council recommended the board provide fall sport student-athletes who compete and then opt out of future participation or have a season cut short due to COVID-19: (1) an extension of their five-year period of eligibility; and (2) an additional season of competition if they participate in 50% or less of the maximum number of competitions allowed in each sport by Division I rules.

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3 Notre Dame Players go on Medical Scholarship

On the first day of fall practice Notre Dame has seen three players play their final downs of collegiate football due to injury.

On the first day of fall practice Notre Dame has seen three players play their final downs of collegiate football due to injury.

Wide receiver Isaiah Robertson, offensive lineman Cole Mabry and running back Trevor Speights have all been categorized as medical non-counters meaning their scholarships will remain but their football careers will be over.

Robertson played in 18 games between 2017 and 2018 for Notre Dame, the majority of ’17 being on special teams before spending ’18 at various places defensively and at wide receiver.  He missed all of 2019 with a leg injury.

Mabry did not play in any game action as a freshman in ’18 before getting some reps in mop-up duty last year.  A shoulder/neck injury has unfortunately ended his football career.

And Trevor Speights drew attention this off-season as a graduate transfer from Stanford but his Notre Dame career is unfortunately over before it really even began.  Speights was supposed to add another body to the running backs room but injuries have apparently caught up to him again.  After missing two full seasons at Stanford, the most recent due to a knee injury, Speights will not play for the Fighting Irish.

Related:  Notre Dame Football COVID-19 Tracker

Michigan State Basketball G Jack Hoiberg earns 2020-21 scholarship

Michigan State has given the 13th and final scholarship of the 2020-21 season to Jack Hoiberg.

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When Xavier Tillman announced that he will not be returning to school on Sunday to keep his name in the NBA Draft, it left a 13th scholarship open for Michigan State Basketball in the 2020-21 season. Well, that 13th spot was filled on Tuesday, by a player who had previously been a walk-on: Jack Hoiberg.

Hoiberg redshirted in 2017-18 before playing in 14 games in the 2018-19 season. He would go on to play 13 games in the 2019-20 season, but played in more than twice as many minutes overall. He has 29 career points and 15 assists.

Hoiberg is perhaps best known as the son of Nebraska head coach Fred Hoiberg. Hoiberg is the former head coach of the Chicago Bulls.

The Michigan State Basketball team announced Jack Hoiberg’s scholarship on Twitter today, which you can see below:

Congratulations to Jack and his family.

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