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Berglund seeking permission to talk with other schools
Brock Berglund says he just wants to get his college football career started, and isn’t sure why Kansas won’t grant him permission to speak to other schools, which starts the transfer process.
“There’s no grudge, I just want to move on,” Berglund said. “I want to go my own way and pursue my career elsewhere.”
New Kansas coach Charlie Weis said Monday that Berglund, a quarterback who didn’t suit up for Kansas as a freshman last year, was one of six players dismissed from the team.
Berglund said he was told that he was booted because he missed a mandatory team meeting last Sunday. He said learned that he was no longer part of the team via social media outlets.
Berglund said he missed the meeting because he had already decided to transfer and wanted to begin at another school during the spring semester. That’s the path of at least three players, including former Notre Dame quarterback Dayne Crist, who have transferred to Kansas and were introduced at the same news conference that Bergland’s dismal was announced.
Berglund had attempted to get in touch with Weis and quarterbacks coach Ron Powlus “a multitude of times” before the meeting to inform them of his decision.
Receiving permission to speak to other schools allows a student-athlete to receive an athletic scholarship at that school. If an athlete doesn’t receive permission, that doesn’t prevent a transfer, but an athletic scholarship can’t be awarded until after an academic year has passed.
According to Berglund’s attorney, Vince Linden of Colorado Springs, Colo., Berglund received a response from Kansas associate athletic director Theresa Becker that denied the request:
“[I]n consultation with Dr. Sheahon Zenger, Director of Athletics for the University of Kansas, we are denying your request for permission to have contact with another university regarding your decision to transfer. Additionally, your request to be released from the University of Kansas is also denied.”
Berglund has appealed the decision to the KU Student-Athlete Appeals Board.
“We’re in the institutional appeals process now and we’re not going to comment,” Kansas associate athletic director Jim Marchiony said.
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Give some people authority and they just have to use it. The school looks foolish and oblivious to life in the real world.
KU doesn't want Berglund, but will enjoy screwing him over. It will teach him and anyone else paying attention whose backside to kiss, no matter what.
Dont be an a*s Zenger. Ive been a Jayhawk for 52 yrs....since birth. How does this help KU? Send the kid on his way and wish him luck. All this does is create bad press and make other kids not want to play here. The last AD was a bully too and we soon grew weary of his antics....grow up and act like the adult here.
that all the other players that requested transfers were granted one, there obviously is a reason that this is being held up. And it is being appealed- why hire a lawyer and start this now? Why not wait until the appeal fails (if it even does)? And he admitted that he started this process on Sunday, obviously wanting everyone to work on his schedule. And don't you think it's odd that he has a lawyer lined up 4 days into this? This all sounds sketchy from Berglund's side.
We don't know all the details. The press doesn't look good but you have to think there is a reason for this. Like he is trying to transfer to a conference member but wants his 2 years transfer penalty waived so he can play next fall. If not, if its just trying to be difficult to a kid who has been difficult then shame on Zenger.
Which is just another reason to cut the ties as quickly and painlessly as possible. There is absolutely no reason to play hard ball with him and try to teach him any kind of lesson. This just makes the new coaching staff look petty. Not the way you want to start your program.
This was supposed to be a reply to "Yep".
I don't know why any school fights a kid wanting a release. They don't want him, he doesn't want them, just let it go. Why be petty about it either way?
The school always comes out looking bad in these situations. This case is a real head scratcher because he was not going to compete for a job and they just announced the other day that he has been dismissed. Release the kid and let him see if he can hook on somewhere else.
We have known clear back to his New England days that Weiss had a massive ego but this just comes across as petty. It also sends a horrible message to recruits and I can guarantee that other coached will be bringing this up when they are competing for recruits.
Oh he has a massive ego. Course that doesn't make him much different than a lot of other coaches around the country. I think the kid was a pain in the rear end and a primadonna, and that doesn't make him different from a lot of players too. I just can't figure out why schools harp on that so much. Coaches leave early, schools fire coaches all the time and they don't think a thing about it but if a kid wants to change because the situation has changed they rise up i horror about it. I just don't understand that.