Berglund wins appeal, will be released from KU scholarship

Quarterback Brock Berglund won his case before the KU Student-Athlete Appeals Board on Friday, which clears the way for the once-high profile recruit to transfer and be awarded an athletic scholarship elsewhere.

The ruling didn’t come without some strong comments from new Kansas football coach Charlie Weis.

“This wasn’t about whether or not you give a kid permission to contact other schools, it’s about doing it the way everybody else does it,” Weis said. “Everybody should follow the same protocol. One guy shouldn’t be able to just send emails and just try to make phone calls.”

Berglund was one of 10 players dismissed by Weis or left the team starting this semester. Berglund was the only one, Weis said, who didn’t meet with him in his office.

“This young man decided that wasn’t the way the game was going to be played,” Weis said.

Berglund was dismissed after missing a mandatory team meeting on Jan. 15. He said he had already decided to transfer and wanted to begin at another school. He had attempted to get in touch with Weis and quarterbacks coach Ron Powlus.

But without the face-to-face, which Weis requires for those wanting to leave, Berglund was originally denied.

“It’s all about the team being most important,” Weis said. “KU football is more important than the quarterback, the head coach, everybody else. It’s bigger than that, and everybody should be follow along and do what’s in the best interest of KU football.”

Berglund, who was a three-star quarterback prospect from Denver said Friday that he hasn’t targeted another school. “I’m just putting a list together,” he said.

Berglund never played for the Jayhawks. He enrolled early, hoping to compete for the starting job as a freshman, but mostly remained in Colorado and took KU classes online.

After Kansas denied him permission to talk to other schools, Berglund and his attorney went public.

“We just didn’t want to get into a public show of who’s right, who’s wrong, this wasn’t about that,” Weis said. “This was about what was in the best interest of Kansas football.”