tru_lds wrote:
He's talked with some of the coaches and players at the Y, he has also talked with Oregon State, and the feeling is they may hold a scholarship for Tevita, and some other LDS players from Utah, while they serve missions.
Nowadays, many programs are catching on to the level of talent within the LDS community, and they are realizing that they will be missing out on it, unless they make some provisions to allow for missions.
This is both a good and bad thing, good because many premiere programs are beginning to, or will begin to, allow time for missions. Bad because, if all these players went to the Y, I believe the Y would be unstoppable.
I've been told that Oregon State, Arizona, and many other schools are already allowing for missions. It may be, as well, that LDS coaches, coaching in D-1 programs around the country, are doing what they can to expedite this, if so, this is great news!
All said, Tevita still has one more year of high school, he was an undersized defensive end, 5-10 200 lbs., and still made 2nd team all state d-line, lined up against much bigger opponents. This year he will play in the defensive backfield, which is a more natural position for his size.
It is so great to see so many talented LDS athletes! And not enough scholarships, for loads of talent, is a good problem for the Y to have, seems like we need to build another LDS University, to accommodate all this talent.
Why not? The catholics have Notre Dame & Boston College, among others.
This may not be such a bad thing either. More kids will be able to go on missions, and some of those, who might not have considered BYU before their mission, will change their minds and come to BYU-- A la Bradley, Max Hall, etc. But then again, I am a glass half full kind of guy.
Now I don't want anyone to get upset for what I am about to say, but no unhallowed hand can stop the work.
I think Bronco and Collie would be proud.
