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Mount Union (OH) Purple Raiders (13-time D-III National Champions)

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LitlBuck;2275647; said:
Probably just a matter of semantics but they would have to give out 36 athletic scholarships. Division III schools do not give out athletic scholarships but they do give out scholarships to quite a few athletes.
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Definitely semantics. They'd have to give out 36 full rides for the expressed purposed of playing football...they would be football scholarships. I don't think many, if any, D-III football players who actually play get scholarships or else that would be a huge loophole.

D-I football players (both FBS and FCS) can get academic and other non-football scholarships provided they don't set foot on the field in a game...the minute they do they then count against the 85-man scholarship limit (or, in our case for the next two seasons, the 82-man limit). That rule is in place specifically for preventing schools from loading up on recruits by padding the 85 football scholarships with non-football scholarships.
 
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MililaniBuckeye;2275655; said:
Definitely semantics. They'd have to give out 36 full rides for the expressed purposed of playing football...they would be football scholarships. I don't think many, if any, D-III football players who actually play get scholarships or else that would be a huge loophole.
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I'm sorry but I have to disagree with that from personal knowledge. I know some parents of Division III students who play sports and they are getting financial assistance and the academics are not that stellar for the kids getting the assistance. I will admit that they are not getting full rides but they are getting some money.
 
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LitlBuck;2275667; said:
I'm sorry but I have to disagree with that from personal knowledge. I know some parents of Division III students who play sports and they are getting financial assistance and the academics are not that stellar for the kids getting the assistance. I will admit that they are not getting full rides but they are getting some money.
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I bet they're not playing football...
 
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LitlBuck;2275781; said:
Don't kid yourself.
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Bottom line, if MU moves up to D-II they'll have to foot 36 full scholarships, funded by the athletic department...don't kid yourself into thinking it's the same as some athletes getting financial assistance.
 
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Whether it?s playing in the backyard with friends, in an organized league or in their wildest dreams, quarterback is the marquee position for every football-loving athlete.

That is, almost everyone.

?That?s the star position, but I hated it at first,? Kevin Burke said. ?My coaches told me to keep at it. Then I fell in love with the position.?

Burke was so good in high school that he led Lakewood St. Edward to the Division I championship over Huber Heights Wayne in 2010. Just about every major college in the country recruited Wayne quarterback Braxton Miller.

Burke, meanwhile, got a nibble from several Mid-American Conference teams, but as a walk-on at slot receiver. There is not much of a market for 5-foot-10 quarterbacks.

?There are those prototype quarterbacks who are 6-4 and 6-5, and a lot of schools were discouraged about my height,? he said. ?I just play the game. For me, my height is never a factor.?

Mount Union coach Larry Kehres told Burke that he would play only quarterback, and that?s all Burke needed to hear. Burke will lead the Purple Raiders (14-0) into the NCAA Division III national championship game against St. Thomas of Minnesota (14-0) tonight in Salem, Va.Mount Union will be after its 11th championship and first since 2008, having lost the past three title games to Wisconsin-Whitewater.?Kevin has emerged as our leader, and that is the prerequisite to being a good quarterback,? Kehres said. ?He can make plays by escaping pressure and running the ball. He has improved as a passer. I think we?ve been led by offense. It has been the backbone this year.?

Burke, a sophomore, quickly has become a Mount Union star in the shape of former All-America quarterbacks Bill Borchert and Gary Smeck. He has passed for 3,550 yards and 37 touchdowns, completed 68.9 percent of his passes and been intercepted only seven times in 331 attempts.

What makes Burke special is his ability to create after the pocket breaks down. He has rushed for 748 yards and nine touchdowns and is averaging 6.0 yards a carry.
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