I agree with this move. Too often, it goes unreported that athletes, specifically minority athletes complete eligibility at a university with no degree to show for their time, or no formal skills to assist them post graduation.

At face, this at least looks like the school is investing in resources for him to get a start on education. The other side of this story is that he will have to want it.

I have been watching Jerrell Powe for 5 years now. I have never seen anyone in college sports who is so resilient. I just wonder how much he can take.

He has a natural gift to play football, and he has a dream of being a Rebel. His learning disability is no different than being confined to a wheelchair, or not being able to see. It is against the law to prevent someone with a disability the opportunity to do anything they have the desire or ability to do.

The NCAA is preventing a young man from competing in college sports. That seems to me to be against the Americans with Disabilities Act.

The NCAA could allow him to play, make sure he has adequate training in the classroom, and allow him the opportunity to become who he wants to be -- a rebel on the football field.

What is wrong with allowing him to live out his dream? And who knows?-- He might even be good enough to go Pro. Which would be a much better paying job than working in Waynesboro at the local wages.

Jerrell has shown incredible determination and patience. He has worked hard at doing what the NCAA has asked. He deserves the right to play football.

I wholeheartedly disagree with Josh. Jerrell Powe has done everything the NCAA asked last year, but once again the staff disallowed every core credit earned - for the second time. Hundreds, if not thousands, of student athletes take internet courses. Jerrell Powe has been forced to take core courses at least twice (don't know about his year at Hargrave in 2005). It's obvious the staff thinks he cheated - but this year there are videos proving he did not - but he's again denied the right to practice and play - and denied the opportunity to speak to the committee members hearing his appeals - and denied the opportunity to submit a 20 page sworn statement from his guidance counselor for the committee members to consider. Where's the fundamental fairness and due process to this courageous, disadvantaged, learning disabled young man who refuses to give up his dream: to represent his home state on the football field. There's an obvious agenda of some sort at work here - we all know that there are many, many minority athletes with borderline academics playing in the SEC. What about Mr. Chapman at Alabama, who was summarily cleared after his high school transcript was admittedly changed at the behest of the Alabama Compliance Department to "qualify" him - again, where's the fundamental fairness? Jerrell Powe cannot help the fact that he was born poor and learning disabled in rural Mississippi, where the public school system - to put it kindly -leaves much to be desired. Jerrell Powe certainly has one thing the NCAA appears to lack - a heart. He did the work required at least twice - there is video tape proof this year. Can anyone at the NCAA even begin to imagine this poor child's disappointment on August 28 after doing everything the NCAA asked last year and being cleverly "wordsmithed" again by the staff to bolster its legal position if he sues? Shame on the NCAA for repeatedly and clearly acting against his best interest. FREE POWE!!!