ESPN Update on Patterson Appeal
This article suggests that Michigan was allowed to submit supplementary material after Ole Miss filed their response which contested the eligibility of the six transfers. That's very good for Michigan. Mars seems to think that NCAA is acting efficiently and will have a decision soon.
http://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/23019676/attorney-encou…
Nice thing about "soon" is that it's never wrong.
Seriously. It was the NCAA that asked Michigan to provide additional information, not the other way around. So it's not like Michigan asked for permission to add to its submission and the NCAA grudgingly said yes. The NCAA had something specific in mind. Shea's lawyer said they were asking what he considered to be the right questions. And he thought Michigan would be able to respond in a few days. The lawyer said he's encouraged, and if he is, we should be, too.
Yeah, that is an important distinction. That, to me, is the NCAA looking for a reason to rule these kids eligible, or at the very least, give the schools every opportunity to force the NCAA to rule the kids eligible.
Or to create a false public perception that they're fair and working hard to "get it right," before they screw someone over. Judges love to ask questions that make you think they're leaning one way before ruling the other way. I think the NCAA will get a little additional joy from getting M fans' hopes up before they screw us.
of intelligence. Law school, bar exam, sitting judge.... NCAA official not going to approach any legal question with that level of kowledge/nuance.
Yeah head of Legislative Relief Committee is David Flores, commissioner of the Big 12, who is not a legal guy - he's a career Athletic Department guy.
The rest of the committee includes Stephen Aley (PhD in Immunology and Biochemistry), VP of Research at UTEP, Erin Kido (UCLA undergrad, OSU Masters...shit) a career Athletic Department woman at Eastern Michigan, Tim Parker (Lynchburg undergrad, Richmond Masters) a compliance guy in Virginia Tech's AD, Stephen LaPorta (James Madison undergrad and Masters) a compliance guy in James Madison's AD, Kaitlyn McKittrick (Moravian undergrad, East Stroudsburg Masters) who is the Deputy Director of Athletics at Lafayette College, and Jennifer Lawlor (Lafayette undergrad, Neumann College Masters) who is Senior Associate AD at Monmouth.
So, no lawyers here. Interesting that the Eastern Michigan person also has an OSU degree. Even more interesting is the fact that the committee contains TWO people connected to little Lafayette College, which happens to be Chris Partridge's alma mater, including Jennifer Lawlor who was an athlete at Lafayette at the same time as CP. Very interesting - hope CP made good connections.
1. A lot of judges aren't as smart as you seem to think.
2. I could give you a million examples of someone saying something to create a false impression that they care about something, but . . . no politics.
...what Mississippi's response was going to say. Rather than speculate, they made their own case and reserved their response to whatever BS Mississippi issued until this reply.
or its voracity, anyway. Personally, I hunger for some good news on this front.
It's the fucking lizard king
Robin and say Shea has a 70 chance to be eligible by August. The 30 percent is the factor I use that the NCAA may just spite us.
The same questions about the other players. If not, they may be looking for a reason to make all but Patterson eligible.
Not sure because we only have the NCAA and Ole Miss communications that pertain to Michigan. That being said, either all transfers will be eligible or all will be ineligible. It won't be some and not others. If Patterson gets screwed they all do.
Yeah I think there is safety in numbers here. All the players are relying on basically the same set of evidence with little variation from individual to individual, so this should be a "blanket" ruling.
UMbig11's grandad.
How did someone downvote this? lol what's the basis of that??
he was blaming them for being inflexible.
A one letter difference should get hand waived. It's not an egregious error. This seems like NCAA bureaucracy at its finest if the story is accurate
This sounds like a fucking lawsuit to me.
Your reaction seems out of proportion to what I said. Tell me what you would have done differently. The NCAA approved the course. The girl took the course. The NCAA informed us yesterday that the one-letter difference on the transcript meant that they wouldn't count it.
First, does that seem a reasonable response from an organization that is supposed to be all about student athletes? Second, is it reasonable that we would know it was going to happen when we've had the class approved for five years now, it's been appearing on our transcripts the same way that whole time, and we've never had any previous problems?
Most school employees are working in schools because we like kids and want to help them be successful. Since I know this girl and have been working with her for four years, the situation bothers me way more than it could ever bother you-but I don't see what any reasonable person would have done differently.
BTW, story has a happy ending. The girl will be eligible, and will not have to take an extra summer math class. No thanks to the NCAA; our "dilettante" principals figured out a different way to proceed.
You might try politics, but that would be a toss up.
You might try North Korean peace initiatives, but that would be a toss up.
As a high school teacher, this doesn't surprise me.
But now I've spent five minutes trying to figure out the one letter.
NCAA: Oh sorry, we don't recognize Algebra II, it's actually Algibra II.
HS: Who the hell told you it's "Algibra"?
NCAA: North Carolina.
Unreal