Alana Hadley Elgibility

Had eligibility wrote:

Seeing that Hadley's pro career has gotten off to a rough start, can she repay the money she has won and get a scholarship to a D1 school (I.e. Pull a Rupp)? There's no way she's made more money running than she would have gotten by getting a free education...

Rupp didn't accept prize money. He paid back money that was related to the travel assistance he received to attend some meets in Europe. It was an amount determined by the NCAA.

Her case is different. She accepted money directly associated with her athletic performance.

Different Case wrote:

Had eligibility wrote:

Seeing that Hadley's pro career has gotten off to a rough start, can she repay the money she has won and get a scholarship to a D1 school (I.e. Pull a Rupp)? There's no way she's made more money running than she would have gotten by getting a free education...

Rupp didn't accept prize money. He paid back money that was related to the travel assistance he received to attend some meets in Europe. It was an amount determined by the NCAA.

Her case is different. She accepted money directly associated with her athletic performance.

I believe Rupp had to pay back $$$ for a trip to Melbourne December 200? for the Zatopek Invtl. 10,000.

Alana might get into a college.....but it wouldn't be a powerhouse Div. I. Maybe a Coastal Carolina level.

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I believe Rupp had to pay back $$$ for a trip to Melbourne December 200? for the Zatopek Invtl. 10,000.

Alana might get into a college.....but it wouldn't be a powerhouse Div. I. Maybe a Coastal Carolina level.

Alana could get into a lot of great schools with a full scholarship at many of them. I have a family member running at a big program now and she does not have Alana's credentials for XC. Even if she never got any faster she'd be an NCAA scorer.

According to everything Alana has ever said about this, she is simply not interested in running in any NCAA setting. She wants to run long races on the roads, not track or cross country races. She's acknowledged that her DNF last weekend was due to mental weakness and she can work on that. That's much different than being burnt out or overworked. She's got a trials qualifier already, which is darn impressive.

I believe the problem everyone has here is the fact that the Hadleys made the silly mistake of "going pro" before anyone had offered them anything. If there was money on the table, like in Cain or Ephraimson cases, then these threads wouldn't pop up. She bagged a free college education for a couple hundred bucks. It's poor parenting.

road rashed wrote:

She bagged a free college education for a couple hundred bucks. It's poor parenting.

This may be true. But, in these sort of situations, you never know whether the kid is making the decisions or the parent is. I could actually see Alana having no interest in the track and wanting to run marathons instead. If my kid was super talented at running and told me they just wanted to race marathons as a pro instead of competing in college, I would tell them the positives/negatives and let them decide. Kids do not grow into adults unless they have a chance to make their own decisions and deal with the consequences.

There are plenty of examples of poor parenting out there but allowing your almost adult daughter to make decisions for herself is not one of them.

Alana has always said she didn't want to run in college (and I frankly don't blame her). Her father, Mark Hadley, is a well-respected, knowledgable coach. He is not some joe-schmo, new to the scene, schemer trying to make money off his daughter. He seems about a million times more knowledgable than the Div 1 coach I ran for.

Good for Alana for knowing what she wants and choosing a coach, who has gotten her a Trials Qualifier in the past.