'18 IL TE Luke Ford

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SweetasSoda said:
Nah, I like the first storyline better. So which OC are you saying won't be there?
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From what I’ve heard, Cheney is gone. Also, coley was given the title co-oc so he wouldn’t leave for a&m. Cheney was still the play caller. Rumors are Pittman will get a raise and title change. I’m friends with someone who coached with Pittman at Northern Illinois, so I may reach out to him and see if it’s true.
 
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Atlanta917 said:
lol saying Nauta left for anything other than going pro is ridiculous and ford left because he was homesick and has a dying relative. If you weren’t biased you’d be able to see that. Honestly, what sounds more logical to you? That a kid wanted to earn enough money to make sure he and his family were set for life and an 18 year old got homesick or two kids, one who’s been there 3 years, decided to leave because they disagreed with an OC who won’t be there next year?
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Actually it seemed like every ball thrown to Nauta, he caught. I think he won't have any problems getting drafted. Excellent player imo.
 
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JacketVol said:
Our guys ain’t getting in. If they do then we back.
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With as long as it is taking, I don’t have a single worry. It means UTs lawyers are making sure every I is dotted and every T is crossed.

Also, waiting is probably the best bet because now UTs lawyers can look at all the transfers that have been denied immediate eligibility and make sure they do not make the same mistakes.
 
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millst987 said:
I just don’t understand the process right now of transferring, seems rigged
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no one's going to talk about this publiclly, it won't make national headlines. it'll get talked about in circles like this, but probably not much past that.

the tate martel, the justin king stories were at national programs, and nationally known top ranked players. and in the case of JK, his reason for transfer was based on a pretty contraversial issue.

there's a story there, and the ncaa never wants to look bad in the public eye. they probably think that by granting those waivers buys them some credibility when they decline them later....like they know what they're doing, and they got this.

and not everyone is going to take leagal action...time and resources matter in this process and the NCAA loses neither if legal action is pursued, only the player.

i don't think there should be automatic transfers. but i have no misconceptions that what this process is right now, is just laughable.
 
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NCAA's starting to draw some lines in the sand. They're less likely to grant hardship waivers for an illness outside the nuclear family, and they're selectively enforcing the 100-mile distance between the player's home and the new school. And they're getting tougher on unspecified "mental" hardship claims.

Of course, what school benefits from the transfer is the key factor. If a player wants to transfer to Bama, Clemson or OSU, skids will be greased.
 
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LA Vol said:
NCAA's starting to draw some lines in the sand. They're less likely to grant hardship waivers for an illness outside the nuclear family, and they're selectively enforcing the 100-mile distance between the player's home and the new school. And they're getting tougher on unspecified "mental" hardship claims.

Of course, what school benefits from the transfer is the key factor. If a player wants to transfer to Bama, Clemson or OSU, skids will be greased.
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And why do you think they are partial to those schools?
 
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LA Vol said:
NCAA's starting to draw some lines in the sand. They're less likely to grant hardship waivers for an illness outside the nuclear family, and they're selectively enforcing the 100-mile distance between the player's home and the new school. And they're getting tougher on unspecified "mental" hardship claims.
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That sounds like they're going back to the way it's always been done, prior to this recent spate of approvals for other reasons. I wish they'd just automatically grant all transfers, but only allow players to transfer between maybe December and June. Make all transfers, except graduates, sit out for one season but NOT lose a year of eligibility. That seems like it would slow down the rate of players transferring, but not punish athletes with loss of eligibility.
 
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jakez4ut said:
no one's going to talk about this publiclly, it won't make national headlines. it'll get talked about in circles like this, but probably not much past that.

the tate martel, the justin king stories were at national programs, and nationally known top ranked players. and in the case of JK, his reason for transfer was based on a pretty contraversial issue.

there's a story there, and the ncaa never wants to look bad in the public eye. they probably think that by granting those waivers buys them some credibility when they decline them later....like they know what they're doing, and they got this.

and not everyone is going to take leagal action...time and resources matter in this process and the NCAA loses neither if legal action is pursued, only the player.

i don't think there should be automatic transfers. but i have no misconceptions that what this process is right now, is just laughable.
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I assume you mean Justin Fields, correct?
 
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Families with access to funds were retaining The Fixer, Thomas Mars, with great success. The NCAA allows schools to hire consultants to help with the waiver process, so compliance departments started retaining Mars to build a case for immediate eligibility for high-impact athletes. Mars became so successful at securing immediate eligibility for transfers, he left his law firm and started his own practice. He submitted increasingly creative arguments under a widely-interpreted "mitigating circumstances" clause and was winning them all... until the NCAA realized it was facing a runaway train. So they started pulling back and tightly interpreting the guidelines.

Luke Ford is an example of the NCAA taking back power. Ford's waiver was denied, so Mars was retained to handle the appeal process based on Ford's desire to have his grandparents watch him play. The denial was upheld because Ford's sick grandfather is not a member of his nuclear family and UI is more than 100 miles from his home. A few other waivers have been denied for similar reasons, so the NCAA is using lower-impact cases to make a stand. Meanwhile, UT has two high-impact cases pending, which makes the Ford decision very interesting.
 
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LA Vol said:
Families with access to funds were retaining The Fixer, Thomas Mars, with great success. The NCAA allows schools to hire consultants to help with the waiver process, so compliance departments started retaining Mars to build a case for immediate eligibility for high-impact athletes. Mars became so successful at securing immediate eligibility for transfers, he left his law firm and started his own practice. He submitted increasingly creative arguments under a widely-interpreted "mitigating circumstances" clause and was winning them all... until the NCAA realized it was facing a runaway train. So they started pulling back and tightly interpreting the guidelines.

Luke Ford is an example of the NCAA taking back power. Ford's waiver was denied, so Mars was retained to handle the appeal process based on Ford's desire to have his grandparents watch him play. The denial was upheld because Ford's sick grandfather is not a member of his nuclear family and UI is more than 100 miles from his home. A few other waivers have been denied for similar reasons, so the NCAA is using lower-impact cases to make a stand. Meanwhile, UT has two high-impact cases pending, which makes the Ford decision very interesting.
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That's complete BS. If the NCAA wanted to make a statement they would've made whatshisface at OSU sit out a year
 
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Rishvol said:
That's complete BS. If the NCAA wanted to make a statement they would've made whatshisface at OSU sit out a year
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The Ford decision was made yesterday. And the other decisions were made before that. So the point was, the NCAA has been lenient and yesterday, took a different stance.
 
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