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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.

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.

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Posted by thunderbird1100

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Posted on 11/1/23 at 2:56 pm to Alt26

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

I feel like the crux in Walker's case was he went to NCCU, they didnt play the 2020 season, FCS moved their season to spring 2021 which they also decided to not play so he transferred. So he never even played or got started at NCCU because of the canceled season and then another season they canceled as well. So the reality is his "First" school should really be Kent State, and truly his transfer to UNC was his first real transfer because his previous school kept canceling seasons and he never played there. I'm sure other things might have been discussed but ultimately it just makes sense in that situation he should be eligible. It wasnt his fault the 2020 season canceled then the school also canceled the makup spring 2021 season, he wanted out of there and I get that and should be a good clause for his "2nd" transfer to have eligibility.

Cook's case is nothing like that, NCAA has been denying eligibility to a lot of cases like Cook's for a true 2nd transfer.

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