[SamuelMcF]

What is his status as a Stanford student?  Could he come back and finish his degree if he wanted to do so?

Yes but he has to pay for it. This was a point of contention a year or 2 ago for him and the source of a couple cryptic tweets.

I guess I'm out of step because I don't understand the "contention."

Isn't it "you go pro, you lose your scholie"?  Or was he on an academic scholarship?  Maybe some kind of hybrid arrangement?

I presume you forfeit your scholarship when you go pro.  But universities have a vested interest in seeing pro athletes come back and finish, to improve their graduation rates, so I believe some keep the door open.   Usually pro athletes can more than afford it.

If you go pro after 2+ years, you keep your scholarship.

Terry was a one-and-done and thus did not. (Nor did Ziaire Williams, for that matter, but he's making way more money.)

[SamuelMcF]

What is his status as a Stanford student?  Could he come back and finish his degree if he wanted to do so?

Yes but he has to pay for it. This was a point of contention a year or 2 ago for him and the source of a couple cryptic tweets.

I guess I'm out of step because I don't understand the "contention."

Isn't it "you go pro, you lose your scholie"?  Or was he on an academic scholarship?  Maybe some kind of hybrid arrangement?

I presume you forfeit your scholarship when you go pro.  But universities have a vested interest in seeing pro athletes come back and finish, to improve their graduation rates, so I believe some keep the door open.   Usually pro athletes can more than afford it.

If you go pro after 2+ years, you keep your scholarship.

Terry was a one-and-done and thus did not. (Nor did Ziaire Williams, for that matter, but he's making way more money.)