Whaley gets scholarship

[8timechamps]

Per ESPN:

Click me for the story (http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/7176091/oklahoma-sooners-walk-running-back-dominique-whaley-receive-scholarship-december)

[BoulderSooner79]

As usual, Bob does the right thing.

[olevetonahill]

WE all knew he was gonna get one at the end of this semester

Bob said he just didnt want him to worry about it so he announced it now

[salth2o]

Great news!

[btk108]

Whew!

[yermom]

Great news

[pappy]

Good for Whaley.

[IBleedCrimson]

fantastic! talk about someone who deserves it, good for him!

[Frozen Sooner]

Excellent

[3rdgensooner]

No doubt he's earned it.

[8timechamps]

One less thing for him to worry about...so he can focus on healing.

[BB37]

I just hope he's able to come back and have a better season next year. Certainly, he earned his scholly.

[BeaSooner]

YEA!!!!!!

[BlownGP]

great news

[agoo758]

Great for our coach to put Whaley's mind at rest. Stoops knows that he doesn't deserve to live in worry for the next several months and he did the right thing. I am grateful to have such an upstanding person for OUr team!

[cccasooner2]

Absolutely great. Now he can eat with the team too. :smile::positive:

[BigTip]

Damn it Bob...(sniff)
http://www.dreamstime.com/man-wiping-tear-from-eye-thumb6170239.jpg

[MyT Oklahoma]

Way to go Coach.

Congratulations Dominique. Hope to see you again next fall.

[Peach Fuzz]

****! ruined my day

[vtsooner21]

Great story for a great kid..Wishes for a speedy recovery

Boomer

[WileyCoyote]

Good for Dom, right thing to do by Stoops & The Program.

[Okie35]

Yes!

[Keller Sooner]

Without question he's earned it. Wishing you a speedy recovery Dom!

[oumartin]

seems to be a waste of a scholly now doesn't it? ;)



j/k
Good for Bobby and Dom

[sooneron]

Lester or Saban would have cut him the second he hit the turf in the ksu game.

[cleller]

Had a feeling this would happen.

[rock on sooner]

Get well quickly, Dom! Sure makes me prOUd to be a Sooner! Great job, Coach!

[Boomer.....]

Good for Whaley to not have to worry about it.

[picasso]

Congrats Dom!

[badger]

Tons of good news here (http://www.tulsaworld.com/sportsextra/OU/article.aspx?subjectid=92&articleid=20111101_92_B6_hOUNOT93936)


Stoops also explained that health care works the same for walk-ons as it does for scholarship players.

"I think in all cases - scholarship and non-scholarship - the parents' insurance handles it first, and we have all the deductibles and anything that isn't handled by the family," Stoops said. "That's the case with everybody."

So, OU will not only take care of his scholly soon, but he won't have to worry about his family paying outta pocket for the broken ankle.

Get well soon, Dom!

[deweydw]

Congrats Dom!! Wishing you a speedy recovery. :encouragement:

[TheHumanAlphabet]

Great story on Dom. I didn't know he had to take care of his siblings while his parents were deployed... Why he wasn't at Langston for his 2nd year per DOK story. If so, glad he is a Sooner.

[jkjsooner]

That's great for him. BTW, anyone know how his surgery went?

[SoonerTerry]

Congrats Dom.

[FirstandGoal]

Kudos to Bob for announcing this now so Dom can focus all his energy on making a full recovery without the damned stress bringing him down.

[stoopified]

About time

[LVSOONER15]

Great for Dom.

[No1Better]

Bob once again demonstrates that he is the class act of college football. Congrats Dom_n_8 and best wishes for a speedy recovery!!

[soonersweetie]

Great News and well deserved! Get better Dom!

[Landthief 1972]

My question at this point would be this:

How is Whaley going to pay for his food and rent until December? The kid can't stand on a broken ankle (even in a walking cast) at Subway for 20 hours a week, and since he's still labeled a walk-on, he can't eat with the team (if I was told correctly). The worst part is, we as fans can't lift a finger to help him or the NCAA will come down on him and OU.

[SunnySooner]

My question at this point would be this:

How is Whaley going to pay for his food and rent until December? The kid can't stand on a broken ankle (even in a walking cast) at Subway for 20 hours a week, and since he's still labeled a walk-on, he can't eat with the team (if I was told correctly). The worst part is, we as fans can't lift a finger to help him or the NCAA will come down on him and OU.

My understanding is that Dom has been using the GI Bill benefits available to him from his parents' service--those are now transferable to family members, yay! It covers tuition, pays a stipend for housing, and a $1000/year for books.

I THINK he gets to keep those benefits--in which case, as the scholly covers his tuition, he'll get the GI Bill money in that amount in cash. Seems like I've read that's how it worked for some other scholly athletes who had these benefits. HOPEFULLY, that will be the case, and he will go from broke to flush, and be able to pay off any loans he might have had to take or whatever.

I think he's still a military dependent, as well, so that means Tricare will cover all of his medical expenses 100%, as long as he played by their rules, used one of their network docs, etc, which isn't difficult, they are widely accepted. Even if he did not, the coverage is still good, so anything that his parents or OU, ultimately, would pick up, would not be much.

So, this is really good news for Dom, at least. I know he'd rather still be on the field, but maybe now he can just focus on healing and come back to give em hell next year.

[StoopTroup]

He is gonna starve....

OMG!

We should.....

[ocsooner]

Good timing on Stoop's part.

[Lawton4Life]

This makes me happy. LMac!!

[nativesooner]

Sunny is right.... he's still taking classes so he's good.

[VA Sooner]

Well-deserved, Dom. Scholly for a good kid... rest, recuperate and come back next year with fire... and tuition paid for.

[Landthief 1972]

He is gonna starve....

OMG!

We should.....

I was just curious. The guy's got a girlfriend and 2 kids. I don't think it's an unreasonable question.

[swardboy]

NORMAN — Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops said Tuesday running back Dominique Whaley will rehab his fractured left ankle as usual, but probably won’t be able to participate in practice next spring.


“I don’t believe it’ll be in the spring (when he returns),” Stoops said during his weekly press conference. “It’ll be in fall. I mean, he’ll be working on it, he’ll be progressing through it, but I don’t see him being on the field in the spring. I wouldn’t think.”




This is going to be quite a rehab period.

[birddog]

after what he's been through the last few years, he definitely deserves a scholly. hate to lose him with the bulk of the season ahead but good to know he'll be at school.

[Soonerfan88]

This is strictly making a comparison and no way saying Dom doesn't deserve the scholarship...
Does anyone know what the official scholarship covers? I know they get books and a housing/food allowance if they don't live in the dorms but what is the $$? One of the articles said Dom was currently using his mother's transferred GI Bill benefits and I wonder which is more advantageous for him. Under 9/11 transfer rules, he gets full tuition and fees paid directly to the school so he never worries about that bill. He also gets $1000/year for books & supplies and $978/month housing stipend. BS said he gets same medical coverage as any other player, so that's a wash. What else does he get from OU and would he be better off declining the scholarship to stay on GI Bill?

I hope he makes a full and rapid recovery, has a spectacular year, and goes very high in the draft.

[Fraggle145]

WE all knew he was gonna get one at the end of this semester

Bob said he just didnt want him to worry about it so he announced it now

Exactly. Now everyone who has been wailing and gnashing their teeth about giving Whaley a scholarship can finally just shut the **** up. We all knew he couldnt give him a scholarship until December. And we all knew he was going to give Whaley a scholarship.

Congrats to Dom.

[oupride]

thanks for the great news!

[NYC Poke]

Lester or Saban would have cut him the second he hit the turf in the ksu game.

No doubt. Kudos to Stoops for doing the right thing.

[stoops the eternal pimp]

Exactly. Now everyone who has been wailing and gnashing their teeth about giving Whaley a scholarship can finally just shut the **** up. We all knew he couldnt give him a scholarship until December. And we all knew he was going to give Whaley a scholarship.

Congrats to Dom.

Yeah...the reaction to this news is quite weird really...Like there was a possibility of him not getting one.

[Sooner Tri]

Maybe he gave him Austin Heywood's?

[Fraggle145]

Yeah...the reaction to this news is quite weird really...Like there was a possibility of him not getting one.

Its ****ing unreal. Its not like we are talking about Les Miles, or Houston Nutt, or somebody else. We are talking about Bob Stoops. I just cant believe people are so surprised. I mean the guy goes to the Cancer clinic once a week, but he isnt going to give the starting RB a scholarship. :rolleyes:

P.S. THE ROLLEYES SMILEY SUCKS ***

[stoops the eternal pimp]

HAHAHA, I know...And then the "GIve him a scholarship now!"...Like there is a scholarship that begins in the middle of the semester.

[olevetonahill]

HAHAHA, I know...And then the "GIve him a scholarship now!"...Like there is a scholarship that begins in the middle of the semester.

Dumas's we are surrounded by Dumas's :beaten:

[8timechamps]

Yeah...the reaction to this news is quite weird really...Like there was a possibility of him not getting one.

Most people (at least the smart ones) knew Dom was going to get a scholarship. I think the reaction is more about it actually happening now, after the injury. Also, if all the conference realignment crap has taught us anything, it's that nothing is official, until it's official.