A new article has been posted on www.latechsports.com:
Following last week’s scrimmage against the male practice players, Louisiana Tech head coach Tyler Summitt wasn’t a happy camper.
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A new article has been posted on www.latechsports.com:
Following last week’s scrimmage against the male practice players, Louisiana Tech head coach Tyler Summitt wasn’t a happy camper.
More...
Discuss it here.
Ask and ye shall receive.
Who are the male practice players? Are they at every practice? Do they receive compensation of some kind?
I think they still only get to keep their practice gear. I've heard Pat Summitt attracted some guys who wanted to coach, and often the Team Manager (who does earn a letter) was a guy who had worked his way up (yes, "up") from the practice squad.
I've heard a kid on their 2010 male practice squad found some success:
At Tennessee the Team Manager recruits male players. I read that Melanie Bascomb invited Tyler to come to Vanderbilt as a practice player. It made me wonder how Tyler would have done academically at Vandy. I came across this:
"Lady Vols Assistant Coach Dean Lockwood, upon hearing that Tyler Summitt scored a 31 on the ACT (he later took it again and scored even higher) told the Tipoff Club last season that he told Tyler that people with scores that high don't enter the coaching field. Instead, they own things."
Here's a story from 1999 on male practice players:
http://www.si.com/vault/1999/03/15/2...pionship-glory
And this in 2013 makes it sound like nothing's changed:
http://www.annarbor.com/sports/um-ba...sketball-team/
I wonder how many of Barmore's boys went into coaching?