spider23

I agree that the transfer waiver is too lax. I agree with College Hoops, you transfer you sit a year. Deal with it. Now, the rule is 75% of transfers come up with some extenuating circumstance and the NCAA gives in. It's only shocking when they actually deny someone.

paulxu

The problem is, Dez isn't a transfer in the normal sense. That implies that a kid decides to leave one school and go play at another. In order to keep people from jumping around, sit a year. Some conferences even have 2 year rules.

Again if you violate an "NCAA" rule, they may hammer you.
But that doesn't really apply here. The school expelled him. Whatever he did wasn't a violation of NCAA rules. Maybe they couldn't even legally keep him from playing if was pushed? Who knows.

But critical to Dez playing for Maryland this year was that in the waiver review, Xavier did not attempt to block it at all when asked about it by the NCAA. (They may have even said let him play, he's paid his price for breaking our rule) Whether they did that or not, they didn't try to stop it.

Breaking student conduct rules has its own set of consequences (like Dez, the kid at BYU, or Kavanaugh). Not sure they are the same as the bazillion NCAA rules that no one can ever follow.

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clark1a

And most kids are in good standing when they transfer, so go figure. Hey, if you play your cards right those interested in the education angle, can get a graduate year in, so 5 for 4, maybe better? eh?

UMass87

The NCAA never ceases to amaze me with their corruptness.

clark1a

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/iona-g-...08--ncaab.html

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/ncaa-gi...17--ncaab.html


NY area must be getting a pass?

WH

I think any kid who gets kicked out of one school should be immediately eligible at another school if his academics are in order. I don't even care if legal issues are involved. Leave it to the new school to figure out how to deal with the PR headache of letting a kid play who is involved with a legal case.

I simply see no reason why a kid that a school does not want anymore should have to sit out. I suppose there is a risk that some kids will try to get kicked out of a school on purpose, but I really doubt such a tactic would become widespread.

clark1a

Hey, if they get 5 fouls in a game, maybe they should be allowed to stay in the game, no rules. WH, so would you allow a kid that just wants to transfer to be allowed to suit up the next year, why penalize (?) him for doing nothing wrong, other than perhaps seeking a better opportunity and less time sitting on the bench.
You transfer, you sit out, seemed to work for a long, long time before. Today's culture is a totally different mentality, heck some don't even want to be there to begin with. The ncaa is a joke and the colleges are not too far behind.

AdamtheFlyer

I think the NCAA got this one right. Xavier is telling him he can't play. He didn't choose to leave to better his situation. He is not accused of any criminal action. He is in good academic standing. He should be able to transfer immediately.

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X Factor

So where's Kavanaugh going to end up this year?

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xu95

And why couldn't Stainbrook play this year? It is a very slippery slope.

ExplorerSteve

I guess if you are a state school that doesn't have a morals clause then you can take kids who have behaved badly. The Catholic and other private schools don't have that option.

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WH

So what? That's a school's choice. Different schools have different criteria for admission. It's not the NCAA's job to set uniform guidelines that would require, say, Duke, to lower its admission standards and Temple to raise them. The NCAA sets a floor and every school gets to set its own ceiling.

Clarka, Wells didn't choose to leave, as you know. X kicked him out. Your argument has no merit - comparing apples to oranges.

Muskeagle

Why don't coaches who break contracts have to sit out a year before they start coaching? Maybe that would make things a little more balanced.

AdamtheFlyer

The couch.

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X Factor

I'm sure there are a lot of schools out there that could use a serviceable big man for a year, and if the NCAA just ruled in Dez's favor, you would think Kavs would have an excellent case for immediate eligibility too.

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