Watched the local coverage of the Grove Bowl at 10:30 tonight and the sports guy closed the segment with the comment that Brunetti was still awaiting word from the NCAA whether he could play this year or not. Said it was similar to The Masoli thing last year at OM. WTF?
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His mother has a medical situation, so they are applying for the waiver stating that he was transferring to OM to be closer to her.
Every kid that transfers now files for that waiver. It's one of the most exploited rules in college athletics.
he can play without sitting out. If not, he has to sit out a year but can be on scholarship and that year can count as a redshirt year even if he's already redshirted(currently if the school he is leaving doesn't give him a release, he can't be on scholarship the 1st year). If there's truly a medical issue that requires him to come closer to home, most schools in WV's situation would grant the waiver, and even if they don't the kid's not really hurt. Based on what I've read, that his mother was hurt in a car wreck and tried to drive to WV to see him play but decided it was too painful so she quit, the NCAA should grant the waiver if the wreck happened after he signed to play at WV. But if the wreck was before he signed, it depends on if they reasonably thought that driving that far wouldn't be a problem for her at the time he signed.
Another interesting waiver the Bears are trying to get is for the basketball player who transferred to South Carolina, sat out last year, and is now transferring back to Mississippi. I don't think one should be granted.
Another interesting waiver the Bears are trying to get is for the basketball player who transferred to South Carolina, sat out last year, and is now transferring back to Mississippi. I don't think one should be granted.
I guess the real question is whether his mother'smedical condition is new since he left for WVU. I have no idea as to the answer, but that should be the lithmus test on the situation.If she got sick while he was at WVU, I hope he gets his clearance toplaythis fallas that fits the intent of the rule.
If she was sick when he left, he has already made it back closer to her bytransferring so mission accomplished in that regard, but he shouldn't be rewarded by suddenly exploiting a situation that didn't matter enough to keep him from leaving for Morgantownless than 1 year ago. If this is the case he should sit out this season likeanyone else thattransfers to anotherprogram. If HDN is as pleased with his stockpile of transfer QBs as he seems to be acting,this really shouldn't matter.
If she was sick when he left, he has already made it back closer to her bytransferring so mission accomplished in that regard, but he shouldn't be rewarded by suddenly exploiting a situation that didn't matter enough to keep him from leaving for Morgantownless than 1 year ago. If this is the case he should sit out this season likeanyone else thattransfers to anotherprogram. If HDN is as pleased with his stockpile of transfer QBs as he seems to be acting,this really shouldn't matter.
if one guy has to sit out in transferring (and I'm talking undergraduate) then everyone should. If you need to be closer to family fine then transfer and mission accomplished but that still shouldn't relieve you of sitting out. Now I don't have a problem with the NCAA granting another year of eligibility if sitting that year out actually cost you a year because you don't have a redshirt year available. However, like someone else said, that rule is now just being applied for all the time and its ridiculous. Now the post-graduate rule I don't have a problem with because that's at least academically related which is what colleges are suppose to be about. I know the rule gets taken advantage of because guys pick graduate programs their current school doesn't have but if a guy has graduated already he's earned the right to make some voluntary choices in my view.
Nothing wrong with wanting to move closer to a sick or dying family member but you do that for your family and sit out your year. It shouldn't count against your eligibility but you are going to have to sit out your year. That should just be part of it.
I do disagree with you on the switching schools for the graduate degree program. That to me is total crap. I would like to know the percentage of athletes that switch and then actually get the degree.
I do disagree with you on the switching schools for the graduate degree program. That to me is total crap. I would like to know the percentage of athletes that switch and then actually get the degree.
I'm pretty sure the story is that she was in an auto accident that broke her up pretty good. Has back and neck pain flying or driving for extended periods.
I wonder where all these appeals for reform of the rules were when Mike Brown transferred from UF to MSU before heading to the NFL? He wanted to be closer to his sick mother in Atlanta. If you get a minute, map Starkville to ATL and then map Gainsville to ATL. Brown didn't exactly move any closer to his mom. He shortened his roughly 5 hour drive by about 20-30 minutes. He just moved to a team that could use him.
I wonder where all these appeals for reform of the rules were when Mike Brown transferred from UF to MSU before heading to the NFL? He wanted to be closer to his sick mother in Atlanta. If you get a minute, map Starkville to ATL and then map Gainsville to ATL. Brown didn't exactly move any closer to his mom. He shortened his roughly 5 hour drive by about 20-30 minutes. He just moved to a team that could use him.
That's what I heard, too. So it's not that Brunetti "needs to be close to a sick mother". It's that she can't make the long trip to West Virginia to see him play. Well, she did actually make the trip in a car two or three times, but neck problems make the trip difficult for her.olemissbydamn said:
I'm not saying he shouldn't get the waiver. I see patients daily that hurt with long car rides. However, since his mother isn't really 'sick' and it's the trip to the school that is difficult, nearly every player who initially picks a school more than a couple hundred miles from home could use a similar excuse to transfer closer to home.
Michael Brown was forced by the NCAA to sit out half of a season for his transfer.
The fact that scholarships get pulled, coaches leave, offensive/defensive schemes get changed, and other big things can affect players, I'm beginning to think that the transfer rules for all players should be liberated. I can't see it really hurting State, it's not like our star players would transfer to Bama or LSU if they didn't have to sit out a year. We'd probably benefit from easy transfer rules a LOT more than we'd be hurt by them.
like in the Mike Brown case. Brown probably shouldn't have gotten the waiver. Based on what I've heard of his mom's medical condition, I doubt his waiver will be denied. And I've got no problem with that unless his mom was injured before he signed (I think she was). But even then I don't have much of a problem with it. Like you pointed out, they've cut us a few breaks over the years too.
Think about college football if anyone could transfer for any reason and not have to sit out. What would stop teams from recruiting players from other schools? You would have top tier teams picking the talent out of lower tier teams on a yearly basis. If you think that where we sit right now we would be better off in a "free agency" situation then you gotta be smoking some good stuff. As %@!@#% up as College Football is today this would make things 10 times worse.MedDawg said:
Mike was forced to sit for a while, but I'm just talking about the excuses for transfers in general. Both Brunetti and Brown transferred for playing time. People can spin it how they'd like, but it was because they competed and learned they wouldn't be starting at their first college choices.