re: Jalen Cook's Waiver Denied

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That reads more like "Here is a little more showing you why he had to leave that other place and it is probably in your best interest to agree if you want to keep pretending like you actually care about student-athlete wellness and mental health and not have us share this info to show how callous you are".

I could be wrong about that but that is how it struck me.

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They are taking the Tez Walker approach.

Walker initial waiver request was denied. He appealed. Also denied. Then, he submitted "new information" and his denial was reversed.

Walker's appeal was essentially based upon his mental health welfare. LSU is clearly taking the same approach. I don't know what Walker's "additional information" was, but it opened the crack just enough to get him eligible.

It will be interesting to see what the NCAA does here because this is what ALWAYS happens. They have a rule. They enforce it by the letter of the law. Then they allow an exception....followed by others arguing for the same exception to be applied....which the NCAA allows at an evermore frequent clip....until the rule essentially become meaningless.