No additional protest of Shea Patterson appeal by Ole Miss

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BREAKING: No Additional Protest of Shea Patterson Appeal by Ole Miss - https://t.co/krNfgN3a08 pic.twitter.com/m1WsoQANoX

— Sam Webb (@SamWebb77) April 18, 2018

https://247sports.com/college/michigan/Article/Ole-Miss-latest-response…

 

 

"Sources informed the Michigan Insider this afternoon that Ole Miss filed its latest response with the NCAA yesterday. And while the initial objection was not rescinded, no additional objection was issued.

 

“They said (Patterson’s reply to the questions) didn’t ‘differ materially from the first submission,’ and because of that they had nothing additional to add,” said a source that has reviewed the Ole Miss letter. “They worded it in a way that could be interpreted as them maintaining their prior stance, but it definitely came across as a white flag of sorts. They said, ‘the University would not oppose immediate eligibility for Shea Patterson based on legitimate grounds.’ That they didn’t further argue the illegitimacy of Shea’s grounds by specifically addressing his response should be seen as a concession.”

 

Whether the NCAA sees it that way remains to be seen. There is still no word on a when a decision will be rendered."

 

So it's not official he can play.  But it's a good step towards it being so.

KennyHiggins

April 18th, 2018 at 8:16 PM ^

"It doesn't seem fair to me that the only thing standing in the way of Coach Freeze making $5 million a year at another school was the discovery that he wasn't the trustworthy, straight-laced role model that he claimed to be." -- Shea Patterson

bronxblue

April 18th, 2018 at 8:57 PM ^

I'd like to be optimistic, but this feels like nothing more than Ole Miss sticking to their guns. If anything, I'd have sort of hoped Patterson et al had submitted information that would have forced the Rebels to change their argument.  I still feel like he's likely to be cleared to play, but the NCAA is a terrible institution and I could 100% see them siding with the bad guys for some insanely dumb reason.

BryRich3

April 19th, 2018 at 1:39 AM ^

Isn't politics an immediate ban? This thread is why we can't have nice things. Are we adults or 12 year olds on here? Just chill out and enjoy what is going to be a great era of Michigan athletics.

PapabearBlue

April 19th, 2018 at 9:18 AM ^

How is anybody interpreting this as "good". I mean, it's not bad.

 

But it's basically.

 

Michigan/Shea: Claim A

Ole Miss: Response to claim A

Michigan/Shea: Claim A reworded

Ole Miss: They just reworded claim "A" so since we've already responded to that we have no further response.

 

Nothing about that sounds "positive" to me. Again, not negative, but nothing to get excited over.