But he wasn't disqualified or suspened from the institution, he was disqualified or suspended from the team. To me, that means he should be able to play. I think Miss will win this appeal
couldnt tell ya.. unless kicking him off the team involved removing his scholarship, and disqualifying him? I'm not too smart on this legal stuff lol.
I asked someone in our legal department here at work, and they said the NCAA has no leg to stand on if that is the actual rule.
cool thanks for that input. Helps when I get info from people who know wtf they are talking about lol.
That would be a shame as I think the NCAA finally did something right here. He's not going for academics as many others are saying. He left to escape punishment. He shouldn't be rewarded for that.
The NCAA did the right thing. The transfer exception was only if they wanted to transfer to educational purposes. Masoli was suspended for the year and kicked off the team, then decided to transfer for educational purposes. The NCAA, in the spirit of their rule, was correct in saying that he should not be allowed to play this year. Masoli just looked for a college that offered these classes and used that as an excuse to try and play FB this year. He tried to get around the rule, and the NCAA saw that. The rules are set, but every case is subject to the NCAA's judgment for cases like this when the spirit of the rule is broken. He messed up. I'm not happy about it. But these are the consequences. I think the rulings are correct.
The problem for the NCAA is that they've actually allowed similar situations to go through in the past. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/writers/andy_staples/09/02/masoli/index.html?eref=writers Also, if the issue was so cut and dry why wait until four days until the season starts before making a decision? Because they don't want the affected team to have any time to appeal the ruling since they will be focusing on the season. Another reason why the NCAA is a complete joke of an organization.
This is only going to open the flood doors for getting players to graduate early causing a giant conflict of interest between college sports and athletes achieving an education.
That's a very informative and well-written article. Amazing what people find when they look places other than Bleacher Report.
...Masoli won his appeal and he WILL be playing THIS season, FWIW http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=5528636
I'm glad he won just because I think his playing will add some intrigue to the season... it will be interesting to see how he fares in the SEC I don't follow football to get up on my moral high horse STOMP
Did you read the article I posted earlier? The NCAA put themselves in a corner with this one by already establishing a precedent. Also I really doubt this situation going to be remotely commonplace.
I did read your article and my post was suppose to be bathed in sarcasm. And you're correct, I don't see this being very commonplace. It would be funny if instead of players leaving early for the NFL instead we see them graduating in 3 years and using the 4th year of eligibility to transfer to a higher profile college.
