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While not "accurate" the VT times are pretty consistent year-to-year. Combine times are generally .08-.10 slower than VT times because electronic timing includes the player's reaction time to the starting tone.

Hand timing generally starts when the timer sees the player move, and this gets rid of the player reaction time. The general assumption with regard to the timer's reaction time is that the delay in hitting start is evened out by their delay in hitting stop.... although its easier to anticipate a finish than a start, and so hand times wind up being a little faster than reality.

he was leaving regardless of who was coach.

Interested in the developments lately. This is the second top-rated 2015 QB we've offered this week I believe. I realize there's no such thing as too much talent at one position, but we already have at least 4 quarterbacks that will be on scholarship next season. What does this new move signify?

At least he's not a Cowboy anymore.

Been pulling for the Hawks since Kam won a starting job there! My brother is also a Kam with a K and Kam Chancellor is the only other Kam we've ever known to be spelled with a K, so we've paid attention to him since he was a Hokie. And he'll always be one of our favorite Hokies!

but which one!?

Hey let Isaiah join the family! — Melvin keihn (@K_Melvino15) January 29, 2014

I'm worried about the ripple effect. If we offer McKenzie, then does Javon Harrsion decide to decommit? Does I. Ford not flip to us?

New Offers: Isaiah McKenzie - South Carolina. Torrance Gibson - Virginia Tech. Tarvarus McFadden - Auburn #Gamecocks #Hookies #Tigers— American Heritage (@AH__Athletics) January 29, 2014

I guess I need to follow his high school update feed now.

I briefly touched on this in the Tweeting Recruits thread. This actually could be another huge issue with constitutional rights. There is no case law yet, just opinions but there is a lot more material out there studying this than about Social Media. The crux is that even though the NCAA says they are not employees does not mean student-athletes are not employees.

http://digital.law.washington.edu/dspace-law/bitstream/handle/1773.1/262...

This basically says that students pass the common law test set by the National Labor Relations Act to be considered an employee, and as such are entitled to form unions. For the "if there is no case then there is no issue crowd" I am only stating that this is something being debated in the legal profession and therefore a potential issue for NCAA. You can find a lot of material online debating this.

Does this mean a court will find for the student? No, but a lot of professional lawyers specializing in this field believe the case has merit and are writing opinions for it.

Just because the NCAA says it, does not make it so. There are other laws that supersede NCAA bylaws.

Personally I have stated before that I do not agree with student athletes getting paid merchandising as the O'Bannon case states. Why? because I believe the universities are providing amateurs a venue to display their talents and offer free training to reach their goal of being a professional athlete. If students athletes are to be paid for the money the university/ncaa makes on during this time then the university/ncaa should be able to amortize the salary paid to the athlete when they are now a professional.

I do agree that student athletes should be paid more money on the stipend. I feel it is not enough. But I think the benefits as listed with people above is not complete. Student-Athletes, beyond what is stated above, get access to nutrition coaches and food, personal areas dedicated only to them on-campus for recreation, fitness, studying, etc. Exposure (marketing and pr) on a national venue to future employers, and in the case of major sports national television exposure. Do you know how much money I would need to spend to run just a 30 sec national advertisement on ESPN, CBS or the like for my company? and that's just 30 seconds. try 2 hours every Saturday during the fall. Plus print, online blogs, radio, etc The cost of that is staggering.

However, arguing that as an athlete I have 5k in debt after graduating is a complete losing battle when people like me had 60k after my degrees. You as an athlete do not realize how lucky you are if you think 5k is a lot.

The universities depend on money made from your likeness to give you all these things freely. The NCAA making 6 billion is in my opinion, like JCTaughtMe, fairly ridiculous. As others have said this is a non-profit organization and while i know that running the NCAA is extremely expensive I find it hard to believe it takes 6 billion when they cannot even get a kid through the clearinghouse in under 6 months to a year. That's unbelievable to me. Clearinghouse should be automatic qualification with a qualitative panel review for all that don't pass to evaluate the other things that come to play. This should all happen in under a month and when in doubt should fall in favor of the student athlete. But this is another topic.

Anyway, the NCAA is in for an extremely rough ride if more student athletes start to pursue their rights. While I feel the NCAA has a strong argument in the O'Bannon case i feel that the athletes have a strong case in regards to First and Fourth amendment rulings.

Hopefully this doesn't start another tirade on constitutionality again, which is not my intent. Simply stating that the NU kids have a point. One that others specializing in the field agree with.

Great. I hope we have/make room

Ah starting to make more sense.

Tech offered his QB, Torrance Gibson, a 5 star 2015 QB today. Think he will be offered probably tomorrow at the earliest and the end of this week at the latest.