I had the same thought. Using google maps the closest school P5 school to Carterville is Illinois at 186 miles. Others are Indiana (194), Missouri (231), Vanderbilt (196) and Louisville (213). If you expand it to Division 1 football schools Western KY is 178 miles, Memphis is 217, and that powerhouse, Arkansas State, is 190 miles.
You're excluding a lot of Division I schools that are in the FCS.
If the expectation is that the student athlete is to provide some amount of care (in addition to going to school and playing ball) then that's a problem. The exception should be granted to allow better ease of getting to games and also providing comfort or visiting. Care should not be the bar. Mom with brain tumor should be automatic, seriously what kind of jerks are running that organization.
There was a coaching change..the offensive coordinator of the previous coach. Martell did not leave because of the coaching change. He left because fields transferred in.
. You believe that? Do you think if he was going to be a starting qb at Georgia this year that anyone would have ever heard this. I am also told that Fields sister still attends Georgia.. don't know that for a fact...third hand twitter..
If course racism doesn't exist in Ohio so the move makes sense
If you don't like Clownzo's poaching now, just imagine if there were instant play for all (MS's case aside).
Just to clarify, the providing care would be a big factor, but not a requirement, as would visiting and providing comfort.
We know the real reason, but the attorneys were able to make a case. Isn't that how the justice system often works, too?
Ya I forgot about the coaching change, but I still think the NCAA is playing favorites. I don't believe a coaching change should outweigh a medical hardship.
one reason was Meyer retiring
I'm not into conspiracy theories but this is a joke. If we are Michigan or Ohio state we all know this gets approved. We are just needed to pad their "denied" stats.The rules exist for the NCAA as an excuse to deny equal treatment for the non powerhouse schools and for the benefit of the Ohio States of the world.
I think the more important commonality was Tom Mars representing them.
They didn't try for a family medical hardship waiver. There's not as much wiggle room. Had Brock Hoffman hired Tom Mars, I'm convinced he would have claimed a different hardship and been granted a waiver. I'm not so sure what Luke Ford could have done, but a family medical hardship wasn't there based on the rules.
