I heard a story the other day of a player signing a pro contract out of high school for baseball. Got a signing bonus play a couple of years in Rookie and minors. He then got released. Rumor is he is now going to play college baseball. Not sure if it's NAIA or JUCO but has regained eligibility from what I am hearing. Anyone know if as long as you don''t play or pitch a certain number of innnings you might qualify to regain college status? Does he have to return the money? Just wondering.
I believe that you can petition the NCAA to be reinstated as an amateur. It was the case 10-20 years ago as I remember, don't know what the current rules are.
I copied this as part of a response to this question that was discussed on another message board back in 2012. There was also some discussion that the below also applied to D2, but not D1 or D3 in the NCAA. Apparently, under the right circumstances, this is possible.
"NAIA allows an ex-professional to play in college. 1) The player loses a season of eligibility for each year in the pros. 2) He has to serve an academic year in residence after leaving professional ball before he is eligible to compete.
I'm not aware of a similar rule in NCAA, but there is a Committee on Student-Athlete Reinstatement which could in principle restore eligibility, assuming a sufficient rationale were provided."
Anyone ever heard of this players signs pro then..
Posted - 12/05/2014 : 08:22:43
