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Crybaby Justin Fields granted immediate eligibility
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It means the NCAA stepped in to allow Fields to transfer to rescue his CFB career from being a benchwarmer behind Fromm. Now QBs at OSU may need their careers rescued from being a benchwarmer behind Fields.
So when that occurs will those be allowed to transfer without the "year sit out" like Fields? If Fields followed the standard rules, he would sit a year while another QB at OSU captured the starting QB position. The NCAA bent the rule to favor Fields and that NCAA step disfavors the present and the incoming 2019 QBs at OSU.
It really isn't a big deal to me. But it can turn out ruinous for other OSU QBs stuck behind Fields, just as untoward for them as it was for Fields stuck behind Fromm.
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He had to sit out last year due to his transfer. (Clearly didn't hire the lawyers Fields did.) Supposedly will be starting next season.
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I was wondering why it's getting easier for these players to transfer:
The transfer landscape shifted with the NCAA portal, which launched Oct. 15 for football players, with a new policy that no longer requires players to seek permission to transfer. They must only notify the school of their intent. A more significant shift occurred last April, when the NCAA's Division I Council approved a modification for athletes seeking immediate eligibility.
Rather than having to demonstrate egregious behavior by a program or truly extraordinary circumstances, athletes seeking immediate eligibility at another FBS program simply must be academically and athletically eligible, receive no opposition from the school they're leaving and, according to the modified policy, show "the transfer is due to documented mitigating circumstances that are outside the student-athlete's control and directly impact the health, safety and well-being of the student-athlete."
Is the era of CFB free agency upon us?
The transfer landscape shifted with the NCAA portal, which launched Oct. 15 for football players, with a new policy that no longer requires players to seek permission to transfer. They must only notify the school of their intent. A more significant shift occurred last April, when the NCAA's Division I Council approved a modification for athletes seeking immediate eligibility.
Rather than having to demonstrate egregious behavior by a program or truly extraordinary circumstances, athletes seeking immediate eligibility at another FBS program simply must be academically and athletically eligible, receive no opposition from the school they're leaving and, according to the modified policy, show "the transfer is due to documented mitigating circumstances that are outside the student-athlete's control and directly impact the health, safety and well-being of the student-athlete."
Is the era of CFB free agency upon us?
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That's the dumbest thing I've ever heard. You could make anything up to fit those retarded parameters.
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Here's a link to an article with quotes from Fields' lawyer that clarify the reasons for the transfer request. Or not!
It sure seems that attorneys can use lots of words and say nothing. I can't find anything in the article that I would say was "clarification". On the other hand, both he and Fields do seem to squash the racial slur conspiracy theory.
Justin Fields' lawyer: NCAA waiver had nothing to do with racism
It sure seems that attorneys can use lots of words and say nothing. I can't find anything in the article that I would say was "clarification". On the other hand, both he and Fields do seem to squash the racial slur conspiracy theory.
Justin Fields' lawyer: NCAA waiver had nothing to do with racism
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Typical lying lawyer. No way they didn't play the race card. None. Otherwise there's no way he gets a waiver. "Hey, I want to transfer because it looks like I won't start next year!"
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