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Those two. along with Bennie Bazley, sued the MICA to seek restorationof lheir eligibility in the First Judicial District chancery court in Harrison County. "The guys at Gulf Coast were on scholarship," McClellan said. "The NJCAA defines participation as actually entering into a coruesl. We have stricter rules m our conference and we don't allow redshirting. Our rule defines participation as practicing after the first game of the season with the team and being on athletic scholarship. Whether you enter in a comcst or not you have, by our definition, participated. It all gets down to our league just doesn't feel like rcdshirring is benefi– cial to youngsters.

t uan_fcreligibilily has come Massa'>sippi Junior College • ,. m HawL:ins of Hinds and R-" er \\as quest10ned reccn– e lan. commissioner of the for no~ anyway. Mi ,,ssippi State, whlle ofFlonda. .> ufter GulfCoast had O\ er Coahoma due to ~m Hawthorne and Ni– rd years. MJCA alh· .-e athletic financial aid

"They sued the association and we won the lawsuit last Friday. We have some rules that are a little dille– rem for Mississippi folks, but that's by design because primarily what we want is Mississippi athletes. We're Mississippi community colleges and use local talent as ansfers conti ues tbl.: • md Grandison have been OK'ed. (1989) spring injury to his right knee and be did not play in 1989.

According to Florida's 1990 media guide, Grandi– son was regarded as one of the nation's elite in 1987 for Pensacola {Fla.)Washington High School. He was rated among the top 20 players overall in the count!}' by National High School Recruiting Service and wa~ rated the country's second-best defensive back pros– pect with 50 tackles and three interceptions to go wilh 26 receptions for 469 yards. In 1988, Grandison worked with the Gators' scout ream at slrong safety after being redshirted, the UFme· dia guide says. In 1989, he started the first four games, but did no1 play after that. 'The Aorida athletic department said he walked on ' and they cut him before the season.'' McClellan said, "He went to school on a Pell Grant b.is first year."

ar as our records. they are (eligible)."McCiel– d. "The one at Hinds v. as granted a (medical) hip by the NJCAA l.his summer for the '89 sea– son. so that allowed him another~ ·"The (Florida) financial aad offi ~ sem us docu- ments that indicaie that (Grandl sn·t on scholar-

ship and didn't participate his fi "If somebod comes forward mation, we'd on u as an ~IJO.c.llW. we have docume::-auanoo Accoring to ·s 1 a three-year (; Gadsden. A (:

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