http://www.nj.com/rutgersfootball/index.ssf/2008/09/update_witherspoon_wont_be_eli.html
The article is neccesarily vague, but it suggests (at least in my mind) that, like Marques Slocum, and many non-qualifiers Michigan generally decides not to deal with, Witherspoon has some classwork to get done before they let him on the field.
OR (and I'm not sure) - is Witherspoon under transfer rules? It was my understanding that he never got to enroll here.
it's that he didn't qualify
If Witherspoon were to be
If Witherspoon were to be handled like Marques Slocum, we'd wait for him to get to a JuCo and get his grades up, only to find after he hit campus that he meant what he said about not fukin wit books too much.
how are you coming to that conclusion
the article seems pretty confident he'll be playing 2009. I thought this was more of a signed LOI/transfer situation.
A non-qualifier could play in
A non-qualifier could play in 2009 as well, given they qualify. I thought you had to be enrolled in the school in order to "transfer", and I don' think he enrolled. But I'm definitely possibly wrong.
I always thought
that a signed LOI locked you into transfer rules if you wanted out. But maybe it just makes it up to the school to decide if they want to grant you a free release or penalize you for changing your mind.
if he didn't qualify the LOI
if he didn't qualify the LOI is null and void and he could go wherever he wanted without penalty, except for the whole not qualifying thing.
I thought I read on the Rutgers official site that he could practice but not play, so that implies he did qualify. Non-qualifiers can't practice IIRC.
He took an online course...
Witherspoon left Ann Arbor, Mich. after it appeared he wouldn't qualify but took an online course and became eligible. After returning to Michigan, Witherspoon was still not allowed to play for the Wolverines.
FWIW, from ESPN.
E to the S Go Blue, Class of '04
Could be. I have no idea.
Could be. I have no idea. Where's Other Brian and his recruiting-ninja skills when we need him? Or Tim from VB?
Alex Legion signed an LOI
Beilein let him out of it and Legion played immediately for Kentucky. That would seem to indicate that it's a qualifying issue, not a transferring/LOI issue.
Give me piss troughs or give me death.
Spoon
When Rutgers got him in school they expected him to be able to play this year. I didn't know how that was possible, but I guess if you never offically enroll you can play at another school if you get out of your LOI. Somehow Finch is playing for IU this year after just transferring from Florida.
Finch got a waiver for some
I believe he got a waiver
I believe he got a waiver because he spent the entire 2007 season with a broken leg.
he's not eligible because he's a non-qualifier
http://cnbsports.com