Duck 1972    No. 1 Share Posted January 30, 2022 Just read an article stating OBD are going to have walkon tryouts on February 10th.  This is the first time I have ever seen or heard of anything like that. If it's the 1st time, what an innovation .  Another great look for DL and staff. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
30Duck    No. 2 Share Posted January 30, 2022 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Marsh    No. 3 Share Posted January 30, 2022 It's happened before ... Usuly not this public in the announcement though. Usually I have heard about it while browsing goducks.com  There have been quite a few walk-ons who have left this last year and I can see the need to add some more. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viking Duck    No. 4 Share Posted January 30, 2022 Two of my high school teammates were walk-ons back in the very late 80's, and I think that Brooks had some regular open calls back in those pre-social media days. So not a completely new idea in any case!  It was also a good measuring stick to see how much better starting Pac-10 athletes were than I, as the best players in my class were barely able to contribute as scout team members - they were both considerably better than I was. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Joseph   Moderator  No. 5 Share Posted January 30, 2022 Darn it! I'm out of eligibility! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
30Duck    No. 6 Share Posted January 30, 2022 I had a nice 40...40 years ago. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drake   Moderator  No. 7 Share Posted January 30, 2022 Having played a lot of intramural sports at U of O, there are definitely students attending that could play on scholarship at smaller schools.  A student athlete at Oregon is chosen from some of the best athletes in the country, and sometimes outside the country.  I applaud anyone that tries to make the team, and cheer for those few that make it.   1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
McDuck    No. 8 Share Posted January 30, 2022 Do walk-ons get training table? Medical care? Basically which of the perks available to scholarship players are allowed for walk-ons? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duck 1972   Author  No. 9 Share Posted January 30, 2022 I don't know maybe someone else does. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirklandduck   Moderator  No. 10 Share Posted January 31, 2022 On 1/30/2022 at 3:35 PM, McDuck said: Do walk-ons get training table? Medical care? Basically which of the perks available to scholarship players are allowed for walk-ons? I would certainly hope so, otherwise you're just getting beat up every day... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
