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Ole Miss baseball pulls scholarship of player committed for 4 years due to cancer
Posted on 7/9/26 at 9:02 am
Posted on 7/9/26 at 9:02 am
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"Baseball is huge," Brett said. "When you're sitting up there puking 15 times a day, the one thing you want to get back to is a huge motivator. I'd go to our pitcher-catcher workouts for our high school, and it would be a huge breath of air for me."
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Now in his senior season, Brett still has not missed a game, appearing in all 32 games for the Bobcats. He owns a .414 batting average with an on-base percentage of .549 with 15 doubles, 31 RBI, 28 walks and 22 runs scored through July 7.
All of that while playing arguably the hardest position on the baseball diamond: catcher.
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The latest saga for Brett Harris came on Sunday, June 28, when he received a message to call Ole Miss baseball coach Mike Bianco.
"When he got on the call, the first thing he said was, 'We have some bad news,'" Brett Harris recalls.
During that call, Brett was informed that the Rebels were rescinding his scholarship.
He had been committed to Ole Miss for four years, where his elder brother Calvin won a national championship in 2022.
"It didn't hit me fully, because I was like, 'There's no way,'" Brett said. "A month and a half before (going to college), what's a kid supposed to do? You're not giving a kid much of a chance after four years of being loyal to you ... You're not giving him much of a chance to go out and find a new school."
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Posted on 7/9/26 at 9:10 am to okietiger
First, Ole Miss refuses to allow Lane Kiffin to coach the team he built in the CFP all because he refused to sign a contract extension…
…now this?
Disgusting.
…now this?
Disgusting.
Posted on 7/9/26 at 9:12 am to okietiger
I'm not calling anyone a liar, but that doesn't even make sense.
Posted on 7/9/26 at 9:13 am to okietiger
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The latest saga for Brett Harris came on Sunday, June 28, when he received a message to call Ole Miss baseball coach Mike Bianco.
"When he got on the call, the first thing he said was, 'We have some bad news,'" Brett Harris recalls.
Not surprising Ole Piss is a shitbag program.
Sad racists over there
Posted on 7/9/26 at 9:17 am to idlewatcher
Bianco stealing scholarship money from a cancer patient?
Not a good look.
Not a good look.
Posted on 7/9/26 at 9:18 am to okietiger
Wow. That is brutal
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Posted on 7/9/26 at 9:21 am to okietiger
Iowa offered him, he landed ok.
Awful look...
But college sports is now a business and coaches are retained or fired based on results on the field. You went 8-22 in conference but your a good guy so lets extend you, is not how it works.
Awful look...
But college sports is now a business and coaches are retained or fired based on results on the field. You went 8-22 in conference but your a good guy so lets extend you, is not how it works.
Posted on 7/9/26 at 9:21 am to okietiger
Yikes.
Posted on 7/9/26 at 9:21 am to okietiger
All Ole Miss, All the Time!
Posted on 7/9/26 at 9:22 am to okietiger
So they rescind the offer because Ole Miss fears he may have to miss time for treatment? Put him on some other form of scholarship that allows him to continue at Ole Miss in case he does have to miss time.
Trash gonna trash.
Trash gonna trash.
Posted on 7/9/26 at 9:22 am to Insurancerebel
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Iowa offered him, he landed ok.
Iowa has a special place in their hearts for kids with pediatric cancer.
Ole Miss will want this story to go away, quickly.
Posted on 7/9/26 at 9:26 am to TigerLunatik
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I'm not calling anyone a liar, but that doesn't even make sense.
Well, he could be embellishing for sure. But it does make practical sense to pull a kids offer if you don't think he's going to contribute to the team.
It just feels extremely icky morally, if this is how it went down.
He's been committed for 4 years, his brother played and won a title there, he's still got good stats in high school, and he's fighting cancer.
Posted on 7/9/26 at 9:27 am to Insurancerebel
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Iowa offered him, he landed ok.
His brother didn’t win a title at Iowa and he wasn’t committed to them for four years and about to move on campus.
Posted on 7/9/26 at 9:29 am to CatfishJohn
The young man's situation is not new and yet OM decided to wait until a month and a half before the beginning of the school year to yank his scholarship. This was after he had been committed for 4 years. POS move.
Rodo
Rodo
Posted on 7/9/26 at 9:31 am to CatfishJohn
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It just feels extremely icky morally, if this is how it went down.
Maybe I just don't want to admit to myself that someone would do this just for that reason.
Posted on 7/9/26 at 9:31 am to TigerLunatik
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I'm not calling anyone a liar, but that doesn't even make sense.
What doesn’t make sense…?
Do you need someone to read it for you or something?
Fishing for embarrassed Ole Miss fans’ upvotes…nice.
This post was edited on 7/9/26 at 9:33 am
Posted on 7/9/26 at 9:32 am to The Hurricane
If true, it's a really bad look for Ole Miss.
I hope that kid heals and goes on to write a fantastic story for himself in baseball and life.
I hope that kid heals and goes on to write a fantastic story for himself in baseball and life.
Posted on 7/9/26 at 9:35 am to The Hurricane
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His brother didn’t win a title at Iowa and he wasn’t committed to them for four years and about to move on campus.
"Brett reached out to Iowa, and the Hawkeyes are offering him a scholarship to join the program, giving him the chance to play closer to home."
I don't think Iowa's the bad guy here.
Posted on 7/9/26 at 9:42 am to Pickle_Weasel
quote:Why? because LSU took your Football Coach. Face it Ole Miss is nothing more than a Farm Feeder Club for LSU to use any time we want
All Ole Miss, All the Time!
Posted on 7/9/26 at 9:42 am to okietiger
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