News: Duke's Finley Suspended

Wow.

I'm gonna guess this increases the chances he turns pro. That, or transfers.

Assuming the suspension is legit, gotta give Kerr some dap for sticking to the rules and punishing the kid for what he did. Take some balls to suspend the nation's leading scorer heading into the NCAA Tournament.

 

I would think if Finley has the chance for GA contract this makes it more likely he takes it. I agree, that Duke's coach has to get some serious props for sticking to the rules he set out for the team and the consequence that come with breaking them.

 

Will this hurt his GA chances as there is usually only one thing that gets you suspended for "violating team rules"? See Kyle Bethel. I would think a little red flag for pro scouts.

 

At Duke you can get suspended for other things. Maybe he didn't get a good rating on someone's Fu(k List.

 

Quote of the year.


But really, anyone know what he did?

 

I don't care who are, that's funny right there!

 

I had him several years ago in ODP program.... Really really nice kid... cant imagine what he did

 

So does anyone know what Finley did to get suspended.

 

Sounds like there's a chance he might play Sunday and that the infraction, whatever it was, wasn't so bad that he was kicked off the team or out of school or anything like that.

From the Duke student paper:

When asked why Finley would be suspended at Duke’s most important time of the year, head coach John Kerr was curt.

“Just a little bit of a disciplinary issue,” he said.

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Kerr was short when discussing if Finley would be allowed to return for Duke’s second round game or any other matches the Blue Devils might play.

“I don’t know yet. We haven’t gone there yet, and we’ll see.”​

http://dukechronicle.com/article/finley-suspended-indefinitely

 

http://www.goduke.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=22450&SPID=1833&DB_OEM_ID=4200&ATCLID=205035335

Looks like he didn't play. Finley needs to go pro.

 

Ryan Findley transferring to Univ. Notre Dame for fall.

 

so does he sit out a year??

 

I don't think so as long as this is his first transfer.

 

In soccer, and most non-revenue sports, players don't have to sit out for a year if the school he is transferring from releases him from his scholarship.

Basically, because these are non-revenue sports, keeping a player on scholarship when he isn't playing is expensive and few schools want to do that. I mean, they'll do it for redshirts but they don't like to do it for transfers.

With very few exceptions, soccer players get released from their scholarship and can play right away when they transfer. One of the few higher-profile of examples of a player transferring and not getting released was when Mehdi Ballouchi left Creighton after his freshman year and Warming and Mimms didn't release him. They were pretty miffed because Ballouchy didn't tell them he wasn't coming back till the summer and they didn't have any time to find a replacement.

So, Finley should be able to play right away for Notre Dame. No way Kerr makes him sit out a year as it will make him look vidictive and potentially give elite players pause to sign with Duke and Kerr can't take that chance in the ACC or to compete nationally.

And with the 5 starters they lost to graduation, including leading scorer Steven Perry, I imagine he'll have little trouble cracking the starting lineup.

Anyone know if Finley looked into turning pro rather than transferring? And, has it ever been announced what he did to get suspended in the first place?

 

thanks for the clarification. I had heard recently that Canada schools require a 365 day sit out. But NCAA div I doesn't have any restrictions, unless the player is not released? And no school should be able to afford to burn a scholarship like that, right? It is "expensive" in terms of opportunity lost by not being able to provide the scholarship to another player or is it literally a financial burden as well? How so?

 

Is it just me or has this happened every year with one/two kids since Kerr has been at Duke?

Kyle Bethel is the obvious one, but there have been others.

 

Still haven't heard what he did to get suspended. He trained with Randers last summer. I think this was before the rule change where college players could play with and against pros and still keep eligibility. I think he ended up training with the U19 team or something to be safe eligibility wise. Randers had a friendly while he was there but he didn't play, Randers said it was because of the college rules.

Kerr was the one who helped set up the trials. http://www.yanks-abroad.com/get.php?mode=content&id=6452