Tennessee will only release Arnett to MAC schools
December 29th, 2011 at 4:22 PM ^
Crap.
December 30th, 2011 at 1:39 AM ^
solution transfer to Central Michigan then transfer to Michigan
December 30th, 2011 at 9:38 AM ^
here's a link to a little article about this:
http://dooley.blogs.gatorsports.com/11112/the-hypocrisy-continues/
Nothing more than what is being discussed here, but at least others (neutral observers) are discussing it.
December 29th, 2011 at 4:23 PM ^
Can they do that?
December 30th, 2011 at 1:59 AM ^
Coach Dooley, myself or anybody doesn't know what the future holds for my Father and I feel that I represented the University of Tennessee the best way I can on and Off the field and I feel I have earned the right to be released unconditional to all schools in Michigan. Especially with The University of Tennessee not scheduling any program from the state of Michigan on their current or future schedules. Coach Dooley has singled two programs that I cant get a unconditional release to and that's the University of Michigan and Michigan State University. He told me I can attend any Mac school that I want and if I wanted to attend The University of Michigan and Michigan State University then I would have to pay for school instead of be on the scholarship. I dont know whats next my family cant afford to pay for school and my father health reason isn't good enough excuse for me to attend a BCS school close to home. (According to coach Dooley). Therefore as a student athlete i feel coach Dooley is trying to hinder my success by not allowing me to compete at a bcs level! And he's neglecting the fact that my father is severely ill.
December 29th, 2011 at 4:23 PM ^
what a dick move. does he have anyway to fight it?
December 29th, 2011 at 4:28 PM ^
I thought Lane Kiffin left Tennessee?
December 29th, 2011 at 4:43 PM ^
indentured servitude was illegal
December 29th, 2011 at 4:51 PM ^
...for the soon to be departing Danny O'Brien. Good luck to Derek Dooley recruiting Michigan in the coming years.
December 29th, 2011 at 5:33 PM ^
Not just Michigan, any out of state recruit. It's a negative recruiting advantage for all opposing coaches as long as they didn't do the same thing. Would be pretty effective on parents, I would think.
December 29th, 2011 at 6:18 PM ^
It's never a good idea to think or to expect fair treatment when you are talking about "student-athletes" and the NCAA.
That being said, CMU is as good a place as any for him. Maybe he'll be a star there and be close enough to his dad that he can help out.
December 29th, 2011 at 10:12 PM ^
Nah, I think he wants to play in the shadow of the Water Tower for an up and coming team.
December 30th, 2011 at 1:22 AM ^
Mike Hart? Mike Hart.
December 29th, 2011 at 4:29 PM ^
He could appeal it to a group of non-football University of Tennessee people. http://www.scribd.com/doc/12763105/NCAA-Transfer-Guide (See pg. 11)
December 29th, 2011 at 4:44 PM ^
Who's that? 3 janitors and a math GA?
December 29th, 2011 at 6:40 PM ^
They're a women's basketball school so it shouldn't be difficult to find non-football people.
December 29th, 2011 at 4:49 PM ^
so if I interepret that right, he could still transfer to msu/um and just pay his own way next year then he would be elligable for scholorship?
December 29th, 2011 at 7:55 PM ^
You can go anywhere you want if you pay your own way. I understand not releasing him to rivals like Florida or Bama, but to punish a kid for going home seems juvenile.
December 29th, 2011 at 4:36 PM ^
December 29th, 2011 at 4:45 PM ^
dead hookers?
December 29th, 2011 at 4:58 PM ^
Senator Craig James killed five hookers?
December 29th, 2011 at 5:14 PM ^
CRAIG JAMES KILLED FIVE HOOKERS WHEN HE WAS AT SMU allegedly. It's also possible that he kept a senator's daugher in a well in his basement during his killing spree and said things to the daughter like "It puts the lotion on its body," but there is no way of knowing that.
December 29th, 2011 at 6:09 PM ^
Type Craig James into google. Even google suggests that Craig James killed 5 hookers.
December 30th, 2011 at 11:26 AM ^
Did Derek Dooley help Craig James kill 5 hookers?
December 29th, 2011 at 4:24 PM ^
Wait they can actually do that? I never knew there was a rule that regualtes where a kid can transfer too! That's actually not fair at all, since the kid is transferring for his dad's health reasons. Nice, tennessee would be a bunch of d-bags, ruining a kid's football career as well!
December 29th, 2011 at 4:27 PM ^
It's just the schools right to block a kid to transfer to certain schools, conferences etc. for example Michigan should have a policy that no kid should ever be allowed to transfer to OSU at least and probably the rest of the big ten+ND.
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<br>But it's the schools "rights" to deny signing the papers if they want to. (not saying that this is fair or not)
December 29th, 2011 at 4:47 PM ^
He probably won't do this, but he could also file a lawsuit alleging that the NCAA transfer restrictions violate antitrust law. I'm not an expert on antitrust law but I think they're could be a case to be had there.
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<br>It's probably not the right move for him to go down that path but it would be nice to see someone try it. It's ridiculous that schools have the ability to limit players choices to the extent that they do.
December 30th, 2011 at 7:54 AM ^
He'd be 40 years old before it got done winding its way through court.
December 29th, 2011 at 6:10 PM ^
B1G actually has this rule. For example Boren had to pay his way at OSU.
December 29th, 2011 at 4:38 PM ^
I think his desire for a transfer might have more to do with Charlie Baggett being fired than any family health issues, but I still think it's BS for them to limit him.
Still though, this is just one more reason why every recruit should commit to a school and not a single coach.
December 29th, 2011 at 5:43 PM ^
I can't even imagine how I would feel if my father was struggling to stay alive and someone made that kind of judgement about me. Do you seriously think he is worried about a lost coach at a time like this?
December 29th, 2011 at 5:50 PM ^
I'd have to think that his dad probably had these medical issues 10 months ago when he signed his LOI. Baggett seems to have an uncanny amount of influence on kids from the Flint-Saginaw area, and was likely the sole reason Arnett chose Tennessee over Michigan, MSU and other schools. Now that Baggett is no longer a part of the situation there, it's not surprising that he wants out.
December 29th, 2011 at 8:12 PM ^
Whoa, settle down. Nothing was said out of malice. The only reason aaaMichFan would say anything like this is b/c someone somewhere has abused this "exception" before, and it will be abused again.
December 29th, 2011 at 6:01 PM ^
Since he is from that area?
December 29th, 2011 at 6:11 PM ^
This is just a gut feeling, and not really supported by any concrete evidence, but I don't think the new staff was that high on Danny O'Brien. However, I could definitely see him changing his commitment to somewhere else.
December 30th, 2011 at 1:55 AM ^
I think you are underestimating how much DO loves to hunt. One of the reasons why chose UT was the great hunting available relatively close to the campus.
December 30th, 2011 at 11:42 AM ^
I am not from Michigan, but i remember when I was in school, there were plenty of areas to hunt in Michigan, correct?
December 29th, 2011 at 4:24 PM ^
It's ridiculous when schools don't just release guys.
December 29th, 2011 at 10:13 PM ^
to grant Rob Bolden's request for transfer. It is a common practice more than you think.
December 30th, 2011 at 1:47 AM ^
Also asked for a transfer at one point. Thankfully, after a conversation with Lloyd and his mother, he made the right decision and stayed in Ann Arbor.
December 30th, 2011 at 4:36 AM ^
Same with Tom Brady
December 30th, 2011 at 10:51 AM ^
But that's the player ultimately changing his decision, at least the way you reported it. The Tennessee situation is the school just saying, "No," so the player hasn't a full say in his future.
December 29th, 2011 at 4:25 PM ^
Can he request a transfer to a B1G school through the NCAA? Considering the situation with his father I'm surprised UT is going out of their way to ruin his hopes of playing for a high D1 team closer to home. Terrible.
December 29th, 2011 at 4:25 PM ^
Not releasing players in conference but not to another real conference is a load of shit. Gotta feel bad for the kid
December 29th, 2011 at 4:41 PM ^
schadjoe Joe Schad
December 29th, 2011 at 4:45 PM ^
December 29th, 2011 at 7:49 PM ^
Wonder if they'd let him transfer to Akron. They play Tennessee next September.
December 29th, 2011 at 4:51 PM ^
and I used the word "business" on purpose. SEC schools pretty much laugh at the convetions of sportsmanship and amateurism. They will force a kid out if he is not up to par, but when the shoe is on the other foot, they won't fully release the kid.
You would think that at some point, players would start to understand this and fewer kids would commit to SEC schools, but I doubt that happens so long as SEC schools keep winning championships and SEC boosters keep the money flowing.
December 29th, 2011 at 5:07 PM ^
That's from an email he sent to ESPN.
Good for him.
December 29th, 2011 at 6:35 PM ^
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