Aaron Bailey out for the year due to grades

 

The Buzz reported earlier this week that freshman football standout wide receiver/runningback Aaron Bailey was no longer listed on Penn's roster — or even in the Penn student directory.

There's been some question as to why a promising sophomore would fall off the radar, and unfortunately the answer is grades. Bailey tweeted these two messages earlier this week:

According to Penn's academic probation policies:

The College expects all of its students to maintain good academic standing, which is defined as follows:
  • The student must maintain a term and cumulative g.p.a. of 2.00 or higher.
  • The student may not earn more than one Incomplete or F in a given semester.
  • The student must complete at least a total of 6 c.u. over a period of two consecutive semesters (summers not included).
Students who do not fulfill these criteria will be placed on Academic Probation or may be Dropped from the University Rolls at the discretion of the Committee on Undergraduate Academic Standing. Students who earn more than one F may be dropped immediately even if previously in good standing.
This just illustrates the difficulties of playing a consuming sport like football at an Ivy League institution. It's promising to hear that Bailey is working and continuing his education at home, and that he plans to return when his year suspension is up — however, he may have to continue to improve his grades before he is NCAA-eligible again.
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