Tony Meier

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If anyone isn't aware, Tony was an excellent volleyball player in high school drawing big time looks for it. He has taken his volleyball skills to Quincy University for the 2012-13 season where he will resume his volleyball career (and begin Grad School).

hawks.quincy.edu/roster.aspx?path=mvball

Looks like Loyola's men's team is in their conference and they also play MSOE and Carthage twice a year, so I'd imagine it would be quite interesting to go watch him play next spring at MSOE.

Interestingly, about 15 years ago he would have been able to do this at UWM when the men's volleyball program still existed. Best of luck to Tony though in his next venture!

[Pounce Needs Pals]

He played his NCAA four years, so how can he still play?

[Lutzow10]

I think different sports allow for eligibility. Wasn't there a Duke player a few years back that did something similar with BBall and another sport?

[zvillehaze]

Aug 16, 2012 20:24:33 GMT -6 Lutzow10 said:

I think different sports allow for eligibility. Wasn't there a Duke player a few years back that did something similar with BBall and another sport?

Good memory ... Greg Paulus played b-ball for four years at Duke and spent his 5th year as the QB for Syracuse.

There have been other examples ... Roosevelt Barnes played basketball for 4 years at Purdue, then played a year of football before playing 4 seasons with the Detroit Lions.

[skrapheap]

In women's athletics, there was a four-year basketball player at Butler (Susan Lester?) who played a year of volleyball for BU after her basketball eligibility was finished.

[Lutzow10]

This isn't the same thing but it is kind of an interesting eligibility story. The cubs signed a player named Bo Flowers like 5 years ago or something like that and the cubs offered to pay for him to go to school anywhere he could get accepted to, full ride after baseball was over. Anyway baseball didnt pan out. In high school his best sport was actually football. So at the age of 28 he went back to school at U of I and played for UofI's football team as a walk on. Kinda cool since he made it to the pros in a sport then went back and played a sport in college. He was a safty and special teams player if anyone was wondering.

[PantherU]

Tony Meier will Not play at Quincy and instead will play pro in Europe.

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[GoPanthers33]

Sept 9, 2012 16:58:45 GMT -6 PantherU said:

Tony Meier will Not play at Quincy and instead will play pro in Europe.

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I wish him all the best.

Good luck Tony.

[mikes1988]

I believe that the general rule is that you have 5 years from when you start school to use 4 years of eligibility for each sport you are involved in. This allows for a redshirt year. A 6th year can be granted on a case by case basis by the NCAA (usually for medical reasons). I think there is also an exception to the general rule for military service. Also you do not have to sit out a year when you transfer if you have already completed your undergraduate degree (i.e. Russell Wilson at WI).

In this case he has one year of eligibility left to play any sport except basketball at any school.

[PantherU]

As I said a week ago, he won't be using the eligibility and instead will make a hefty paycheck playing ball overseas.