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By Mark Schlabach and Gerry Hamilton
Baylor officials announced Thursday that the school has released five 2016 signees from their national letters of intent, which will allow them to enroll at another school without penalty under NCAA rules.
As many as seven of the Bears’ incoming freshmen asked the school to be released from their letters of intent after former coach Art Briles was suspended with intent to terminate late last month. Briles reached a financial settlement with Baylor last week.
Unless Baylor officials agreed to release the signees, the players would have had to sit out the upcoming season and lose a year of eligibility if they had enrolled at another school.
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