My coach cut my scholarship when I'm a top returner. what do i do?

No he didn't. It's illegal

the thing is, he did

Are you in Europe?

TLDR

Start a gofundme because it's all the rage for entitled millennial types to scrounge resources they don't deserve for endeavors they aren't qualified to achieve.

redux wrote:

TLDR

Start a gofundme because it's all the rage for entitled millennial types to scrounge resources they don't deserve for endeavors they aren't qualified to achieve.

Get a lawyer you can't cut a scholarship unless misconduct

He cut your scholly, he gets CUT ✂️✂️✂️

Go see your schools compliance officer and explain the situation. Your scholarship cannot be reduced or taken away for no reason.

MiddleSchoolDrama wrote:

Go see your schools compliance officer and explain the situation. Your scholarship cannot be reduced or taken away for no reason.

Depends on the conference actually. Most conferences except the power five have the period of award of one year, so they can choose to not renew it or reduce it when the period of award ends. Still a dick move but not necessarily illegal. You should still fight it though

Between academic years, a coach my reduce a scholarship for any reason. However, the S-A has to be informed in writing by July 1st. The S-A has 15 business days to request a hearing.

If the coach and department did not notify you by July 1, they are in violation of NCAA rules and you should be able to get your scholarship reinstated. If they did notify you in writing by July 1, the letter had to state that you had the right to a hearing.

So at this point, either they violated an NCAA rule, or you did not request a hearing in time. Which is it?

Accidentally? You don't actually believe that do you? He's making a bet that you won't actually do anything about it

backstretch wrote:

Between academic years, a coach my reduce a scholarship for any reason. However, the S-A has to be informed in writing by July 1st. The S-A has 15 business days to request a hearing.

If the coach and department did not notify you by July 1, they are in violation of NCAA rules and you should be able to get your scholarship reinstated. If they did notify you in writing by July 1, the letter had to state that you had the right to a hearing.

So at this point, either they violated an NCAA rule, or you did not request a hearing in time. Which is it?

either way, op needs to talk to a lawyer at this point

plz helppp wrote:

Because of my coaches idiotic negligence, I am highly considering redshirting this year (my final year of undergrad) and using my last 2 years of eligibility elsewhere.

I'd do the redshirt, then compete the following 2 years but only if you want to.

I feel like I owe it to the seniors to stay and give our team the best shot at our highest finish at a conference meet in years for cross country (our team has no depth and me leaving could royally screw them).

That is BS reasoning and is totally false. Tell them the coach cut your scholarship, and you can't afford to go out for track without it. Spend your time studying instead, doing other things, and running on your own. Get a good job if you need to make up for the scholarship, but don't go out for the team.

You'll be stronger with another year, and if you want to run your 2 years of graduate school, then do, but don't make up your mind until you get there, as you might have better options at that point.

I received an email with my scholarship papers to sign. When I went to sign the papers before I left school for the summer I realized he cut my scholarship in half so I asked him about it and he said that all of the money our team had was allocated and he would try to fix it. I've been emailing him like every other week all sinner and he still hasn't done shit. So yes, I've "appealed" it I guess

plz helppp wrote:

I received an email with my scholarship papers to sign. When I went to sign the papers before I left school for the summer I realized he cut my scholarship in half so I asked him about it and he said that all of the money our team had was allocated and he would try to fix it. I've been emailing him like every other week all sinner and he still hasn't done shit. So yes, I've "appealed" it I guess

So, since this was an issue, you should have asked for advice then. I would transfer if that happened, you should have told the coach it was unacceptable and you'd be transferring.

kvothe wrote:

plz helppp wrote:

I received an email with my scholarship papers to sign. When I went to sign the papers before I left school for the summer I realized he cut my scholarship in half so I asked him about it and he said that all of the money our team had was allocated and he would try to fix it. I've been emailing him like every other week all sinner and he still hasn't done shit. So yes, I've "appealed" it I guess

So, since this was an issue, you should have asked for advice then. I would transfer if that happened, you should have told the coach it was unacceptable and you'd be transferring.

Instead of signing. Since you signed it, you're screwed. The coach cut your scholarship on purpose and he knows you can't do jack shit now, apart from quitting the team, which lets be honest would be even more stupid than signing for half your scholarship. Nothing you can do and nothing your coach will do at this point. I hope you've at least filled out the fafsa, you're probably going to need to look at financial aid, if you haven't already done so.

I haven't actually signed the papers though

He's trying to screw you.

Fight it and file a complaint.

If nothing happens, don't go out for the team.

Don't sign anything unless it's a full scholarship like you want.

Maybe he's in violation already.

File a complaint and find out.

At this point whether the coach made a poor decision or not is largely irrelevant unless the OP can afford to pay for school without any aid.

He was given proper notice and didn't file an appeal within the 15 day period. If he doesn't run, he loses the other 50%, too.

If he chooses to run, but then "dogs it" to screw the coach he also screws his friends/teammates.

I sense this would make a good Paul Harvey spot. "Now for the rest of the story..."

Hearing things from the coach's perspective would be interesting. I find it very hard to believe that the reduction was really accidental. Most coaches are also very well aware of the long term negative effects on recruiting that come from reducing scholarships for no reason. I would bet that the program felt there was a very good reason to invest that money in someone else.