Is it certain that the NCAA is going to let Masoli play?

[615dawg]

says nothing about natural disaster. I am aware that's why Tulane dropped it, but the rule is if a college drops a major, then a student-athlete can petition the NCAA for a transfer. It falls under the same bylaw as the rule that Masoli used, so it is similar.

I personally hope he plays, has a horrible year because SEC defenses aren't as nice as Pac 10 defenses, and sucks really hard. But if the NCAA were going to get into the business of banning criminals, they have a lot of work to do.

I do agree that Ole Miss bent the rule a little by finding him a major after the fact, but bending the rules is morally/ethically wrong, not wrong.

 

[615dawg]

Another university has no reason to uphold another's suspension. It happens all the time. I went to school with guys who would be suspended from State, go to MUW for a year make straight As, and appeal their way back into MSU.

Is Ole Miss pretty ****** for offering this thug a place to land? Damn right. But there is a difference in being ****** and breaking the rules. Maybe the NCAA will fix this loophole.

 

[rebel law]

<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; ">Masoli's situation is a little bit different in that he actually has 2 years of eligibility left to play 1, so technically he could still redshirt this year and play the next, not that he'd do that. It's also a little bit different in that he's not on scholarship like most graduate transfers the NCAA deals with.<br style="min-width: 0px; "></span><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 12px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;">
</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 12px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;">He redshirted his first year in juco, played the next juco season, then played 2 at Oregon. He doesn't have 2 years of eligibility left, he has 1.</span></font></div>

 

[RebelBruiser]

I know it's a slightly different issue, but it's not that far off.

Like I said, the NCAA may drag their feet on this to essentially punish him, but they won't come out and say anything other than they are processing the paperwork. There is no way they'll come out and say he has to sit out a certain number of games due to his suspension at another school.

I doubt they drag their feet on it though, and I'd expect if he isn't fully cleared by the end of this week, it'll be early next week.

 

[615dawg]

that doesn't matter because its not the athlete coming to Ole Miss.

We do not want the NCAA playing moral police. You think its ridiculous what happened to Sidney, let the NCAA start handing out punishments for criminal behavior. A DUI at Mississippi State or Ole Miss would get more punishment than a gang rape at Alabama.

 

[patdog]

Players get kicked off of teams and transfer to other teams every single year and the NCAA has never gotten involved in it. They're not about to start now.

As for Bruiser's comment about Tig Barksdale, I really don't see how the situations are different at all. He got kicked off of UM's team and is going to play for someone else immediately, and in this case against UM.</p>