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NCAA denies waivers for Clayton, Ezzard; Sims granted immediate eligibility
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<blockquote data-quote="YJMD" data-source="post: 613103" data-attributes="member: 1929"><p>Let's be honest if you've got a person backed by a lawyer stating that they are transferring because of racism and are significantly mentally affected by it and clear documentation of such racism exists, there is no way anyone is going to deny his waiver. Even more importantly, none of us have any real knowledge of how much it actually affected him despite plenty of outward appearance of this being instrumental.</p><p></p><p>Tate Martell sounds like a different story altogether, but there's still a seriously incomplete public picture. The drive to want him denied is based on his observable character issues not necessarily the facts of his case, although he did establish in public record through his comments a clear motivation to transfer outside of waiver guidelines.</p><p></p><p>For Clayton, I think his case may fall outside of specific published criteria, but that taking into account his whole story would be right to approve him. If the NCAA was going to only follow guidelines strictly, they could and should have denied him forthwith given the distance issue. But if you look at his particular situation, there is no D1 school within the radius, and he's a significant NFL prospect that needs playing time and sufficient platform to help secure that future. If he was forced to go down a division, he'd get less of a look and less quality coaching to develop and also a lower quality education. If he stayed at Florida, he's not going to get the same opportunity given coaching changes beyond his control and further displaced from ailing family. He already burned his redshirt year, and lack of playing has been significantly related to injury. Basically he gets dealt every bad card in the deck, and approving the waiver can significantly positively affect his life for circumstances beyond his control.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="YJMD, post: 613103, member: 1929"] Let's be honest if you've got a person backed by a lawyer stating that they are transferring because of racism and are significantly mentally affected by it and clear documentation of such racism exists, there is no way anyone is going to deny his waiver. Even more importantly, none of us have any real knowledge of how much it actually affected him despite plenty of outward appearance of this being instrumental. Tate Martell sounds like a different story altogether, but there's still a seriously incomplete public picture. The drive to want him denied is based on his observable character issues not necessarily the facts of his case, although he did establish in public record through his comments a clear motivation to transfer outside of waiver guidelines. For Clayton, I think his case may fall outside of specific published criteria, but that taking into account his whole story would be right to approve him. If the NCAA was going to only follow guidelines strictly, they could and should have denied him forthwith given the distance issue. But if you look at his particular situation, there is no D1 school within the radius, and he's a significant NFL prospect that needs playing time and sufficient platform to help secure that future. If he was forced to go down a division, he'd get less of a look and less quality coaching to develop and also a lower quality education. If he stayed at Florida, he's not going to get the same opportunity given coaching changes beyond his control and further displaced from ailing family. He already burned his redshirt year, and lack of playing has been significantly related to injury. Basically he gets dealt every bad card in the deck, and approving the waiver can significantly positively affect his life for circumstances beyond his control. [/QUOTE]
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