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The NCAA has denied the Alex Smith eligibility appeal. He was ruled ineligible before the season for participating in several professional team scrimmages last summer in Europe. Too bad, this was a big loss to the soccer program. However, surely he knew the risks of participating in these scrimmages. I wonder if he believed he had a shot at a contract.

So is this guy's SMU career done, or can he come back next year?

The NCAA what a bunch of two-faced turds.

My immediate reaction is that "we're getting picked on, because it's SMU and the NCAA hates SMU." All of that might be true. But I hope the NCAA considered the SMU soccer program specifically. Coach Hyndman is a coaching icon, president of some national college coaches association, and basically revered throughout the college soccer world as a successful and squeaky clean coach. Maybe this was the riht outcome -- I simply don't know. Because if anyone could get a fair trial, so to speak, it should be Coach Hyndman.

My comment was more generic. These same goons allow schools like UT to make a huge $$$$ grab and then complain when a kid doesn't play but practices with a pro team in Europe. I am sure that there are lots of true amateurs playing football at UT. If you believe that, I've got a nice deed to the Brooklyn Bridge.