In your knoledge, how do colleges treat athletes who have had major injuries and surgeries such as torn ligaments and tendons?

What's the situation? Signed LOI? Verbal? Early in the recruiting process???

How about all situations. If you don't mind.

If they've already signed an LOI then the school is committed to at least one year. Other then that a school is free to pull an offer if a player they are recruiting has a serious injury. Each school has their own policies.

It depends on what level of collegiate sports you are talking about.

 

In D-1 players are for the most part commodities. It is a lot like the futures market. If you are damaged goods the higher the risk. D-1 programsare athletic businesses and look hard at their investments.

I see, i was just wondering if they almost took a hands-off approach to those damaged goods even if the athlete is better after the surgery than before.

A situation arose in the 2005 season when Chris Cessna of North Laurel had already verballed to UK, when he tore his ACL (?) and missed most of his senior season. I think he was redshirted last year but Rich Brooks and staff honored their commitment.

I see, i was just wondering if they almost took a hands-off approach to those damaged goods even if the athlete is better after the surgery than before.

No

 

Many might shy away from an athlete who has a serious injury during his/her senior season but if the athlete was injured earlier and able to compete again at the same of higher level then I doubt the injury would be a factor in most recruiters minds.

is it unheard of for a senior who wouldn't be able to compete in his senior season to drop and a re-enroll in school a year later when he has been fully rehabed?

is it unheard of for a senior who wouldn't be able to compete in his senior season to drop and a re-enroll in school a year later when he has been fully rehabed?

That doesn't fly unless they went the prep school route. Once you start your freshman year, you have four years to graduate. Very similar to the Bill Walker situation in hoops, but you change out the freshman year for the senior year...

That doesn't fly unless they went the prep school route. Once you start your freshman year, you have four years to graduate. Very similar to the Bill Walker situation in hoops, but you change out the freshman year for the senior year...

 

I can think of two exceptions: the Laffew kid at Boyle County not very long ago and Kim Warfield at Conner in the 80s.