OT: Eddie Vanderdoes eligible to play this year at UCLA
Title pretty much say it all. Wonder what effect this might have on others in similar situations. And I hope athletes begin to realize they dont have to sign the NLI to be on scholarship.
are you able to transfer without sitting out a year?
If you never sign a NLI and don't attend classes, I'm not sure you ever "attended" the university, ergo, there isn't even a transfer, by my understand.
I believe that the NCAA permits "nonrecruited students" (their words) who plays for teams and have received no financial aid related to athletics to use the one-time transfer exception and play immediately at another school.
In the case of Vanderdoes, there is a way to appeal the denial of a release from an NLI. A hearing is conducted by a disinterested party essentially and the student-athlete is invited to participate in the hearing by whatever means can be arranged. The results are supposed to be sent in written form within 15 days of the hearing, I believe.
Old news my firend
afaik
welp, looks like we will have to keep recruiting our kids til their senior year in college.. horrible decision by the ncaa
Yeah it's absolutely brutal that they'd let a 17 year old kid still play football when he did something as selfish as wanting to stay home for a sick family memeber. Especially since we know Notre Dame's coach for sure has a 4 year commitment to the school that he absolutely can not back out of at the drop of a hat.
Not mandatory in name but pretty much mandatory in practice. It's like an optional workout, or the binding arbitration contract an ex-employer of mine tried to get everyone to sign while gently reminding us that employment was "at will" and under California law we could be dismissed with no notice for "not working out."
No one's going to save a spot for someone who won't sign an LOI nor should they. Spots precious and refusal to sign one would be totally out of the norm.
It's pretty clear you know more about this than me. So actual non sarcastic question: by what your saying do LOIs mean little enough to coaches that they'd hold a spot for a player who didn't sign one and instead chose to wait and sign grant in-aid papers?
It seems like a bit time program would just move on if the were any question about a person's willingness to commit.
in my mind if you sign a contract that is not mandatory, then you should be bound to the contract even more than if it was mandatory. he CHOSE to sign a paper saying that he is going to notre dame.
whats the point of the LOI if people can still back out without punishment? he should have to sit out a year.
wait until this happens to us, and then we will see what tunes you all are singing
I could be wrong, but I'm pretty sure (and the article makes it sound like this) Vanderdoes was never enrolled at ND. He signed his LOI but never made it to campus before deciding to stay closer to home. So this situation is nothing like having to "keep recruiting our kids til their senior year in college." This kid changed his mind due to changing family circumstances before ever setting foot on campus.
loi is a contract, you should not be able to break the contract without repercussions, otherwise, what is the point of the contract... all i am saying that this may just be the start of february 1 not being the day where we all become comfortable with the incoming class, as they could still leave without facing any punishment (aka having to sit a year)
also, the senior year comment was an exaggeration
So an LOI is not binding for the schools or the players then, huh? So why have them? I wish both the school and the player had to honor the agreement for a year once they sign an LOI. School doesn't want a kid they signed? Tough, you need to give him a year scholarship and let him know he won't get anything after that. Kid wants to change his mind after he signed? Tough, you need to honor your commitment or sit out a year (though I don't think it should use a year of eligibility).
the ESPN article said he had the ever vague "family issues at home", so my guess is that the appeals committee looked at that. Look at the WR at MSU who transferred from Tennessee without having to sit out a year for the same reason.