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re: Father of UGA K Blankenship says it's 'an injustice' son isn't on scholarship
Posted on 1/6/17 at 9:25 am to Pride of Georgia
Posted on 1/6/17 at 9:25 am to Pride of Georgia
I've never heard of the starting kicker on an SEC team to not be on scholarship. I mean he won a freaking game last year for UGA, and they can't give him a scholarship?
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Posted on 1/6/17 at 9:39 am to tennfanatic
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I've never heard of the starting kicker on an SEC team to not be on scholarship. I mean he won a freaking game last year for UGA, and they can't give him a scholarship?
Used to be the norm, unless you were one of the top kickers in the country, punters too.
Most earned theirs after a few years on campus.
Posted on 1/6/17 at 9:43 am to tennfanatic
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I've never heard of the starting kicker on an SEC team to not be on scholarship.
Really? I would imagine there are a handful that aren't. Not sure if ours had one this year. He was a walk on.
This post was edited on 1/6/17 at 9:44 am
Posted on 1/6/17 at 9:47 am to tennfanatic
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I've never heard of the starting kicker on an SEC team to not be on scholarship.
Then you haven't been paying attention. That's how most schools operate.
Posted on 1/6/17 at 9:48 am to tennfanatic
Most of UGA's kickers over the past couple decades have been PWO's who earned scholarships. FWIW, I think Blankenship would have been given one in fall camp this coming year (he lost the starting job to William Ham in fall camp this year), but good ol' pops basically made it impossible for that to happen now.
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