Did Nutt hurt Ole Miss's appeal chances?

FlabLoser · Sep 2, 2010

The NCAA's argument below is that a Masoli transfer is reserved for purely academic purposes. In adopting the rule the NCAA states that they specifically wanted to avoid a situation where a player is trying to skirt disciplinary actions from their original program. They also explicitly state don't want there to be any recruiting of graduated athletes.

So...

http://mississippi.scout.com/2/997583.html

Nutt comes out and says his intention was to "go get Masoli". Nutt is strengthening the NCAA's position that Masoli was recruited to Ole Miss and that his transfer there was about athletics and not academics. We all know good and well that much is true.

But by coming right out and saying that, Nutt playing right into the NCAA's argument.

By Ronnie Ramos
NCAA.orgThe
case of Jeremiah Masoli, the quarterback who graduated from Oregon and
has enrolled at Ole Miss, has brought attention to the NCAA’s waiver
process for graduate students.The NCAA this week granted Masoli a waiver to play at Mississippi but ruled he must wait until the 2011-12 season.In
its decision, the NCAA staff noted Masoli was unable to participate at
Oregon based on his dismissal from the team, which is contrary to the
intent of the waiver opportunity. The waiver process exists to provide
relief to student-athletes who transfer to pursue graduate studies for
academic reasons. The staff reasoned that the intent was not for
student-athletes to avoid disciplinary measures at another university.Mississippi is appealing the NCAA decision.NCAA
member institutions, which approve the rules governing the eligibility
of graduate student-athletes, have debated the best way to handle such
cases.In
2007, the membership overwhelmingly overrode a rule change that allowed
all graduate student transfers to be eligible immediately if they met
specific conditions. Instead, the membership supported a waiver process
with third-party scrutiny to resolve cases that are academically
motivated.The
2007 override vote drew comments from both sides of the issue. At the
end, there was strong support for continuing academically based waivers
and for a supporting process.Student-athletes
should be “able to transfer through a waiver process that has quality
control, because it is for academic and not athletic reasons,” Carol
Iwaoka, associate commissioner for governance at the Big Ten Conference
said at the 2007 Convention. The Big Ten argued to have the waiver
process “in place so those student-athletes who truly deserve to
transfer for financial, academic or personal reasons can still have
access in that manner.”Other
groups in favor of the waiver process included the National Association
of Basketball Coaches, which was represented by its executive director,
James Haney.Members
also cited a concern that without a case-by-case review of waiver
requests, there could be a second round of recruiting for players who
have graduated and still have eligibility remaining.“Let’s
create new legislation that will provide flexibility for those
deserving student-athletes who have the support of their institutions
without creating a chaotic free agency,” said Kenneth Kavanagh of
Bradley.Media
reports have portrayed several aspects of this case incorrectly.
Current NCAA rules do not allow a football graduate student to
participate at a school other than the one from which he earned his
undergraduate degree without a waiver being granted. Contrary to recent
media reports, the rules do not allow such a transfer to “sit out a
year” and play the following academic year.Questions
also were raised about the timing of the decision. The decision was
communicated to the school within the generally stated three-week time
frame for this type of waiver. The NCAA staff received the waiver
request from Ole Miss on Aug. 13 and received the final piece of
information from the school in the evening of Aug. 30. After
considering that final piece of information, the NCAA staff communicated
the decision to the school in the morning of Aug. 31

DerHntr · Sep 2, 2010

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Frexzell · Sep 2, 2010

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"Times New Roman";color:#1F497D;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:
EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA">Nutt also made have made a mistake in stating that,
“He found a graduate program for him that Oregon did not have.” If the
NCAA has hung their hat on the “intent” of the waiver, i.e., go to another
institution because a certain program is not offered, then Nutt implies Masoli
“found” a program after he decided to transfer.

FlabLoser · Sep 2, 2010

Frexzell said:
Nutt also made have made a mistake in stating that,
“He found a graduate program for him that Oregon did not have.” If the
NCAA has hung their hat on the “intent” of the waiver, i.e., go to another
institution because a certain program is not offered, then Nutt implies Masoli
“found” a program after he decided to transfer.

..shows that Masoli's intent was to leverage the loophole. And the NCAA has stated they aren't going to accept such leveraging to skirt disciplinary responsibility.

Did Nutt hurt Ole Miss's appeal chances?

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