Mac Markway transferring to Nebraska

How much less could you care?

Interesting, thanks

Good luck to him.

What was his reason for leaving lsu anyway?

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What was his reason for leaving lsu anyway?

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Competing against

Pimpton ain't easy

Good luck, young man

He was going to get significant playing time on runnings plays, but likely very few touches.

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From what I've read, the only way Markway can play this season is if he is a walk-on this year.

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Here is the relevant language in the NCAA D1 manual (mostly copied & pasted from a previous post of mine on this topic):

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13.1.1.3 Four-Year College Prospective Student-Athletes. An athletics staff member or other representative of the institution's athletics interests shall not communicate or make contact with the student-athlete of another NCAA Division I institution, or any individual associated with the student-athlete (e.g., family member scholastic or nonscholastic coach, advisor), directly or indirectly, without first obtaining authorization through the notification of transfer process.

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The “notification of transfer process” is the transfer portal. So he can’t have any communication with another D1 staff until the portal opens.

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13.1.1.3.4 Student-Athlete Withdrawn From Four-Year College. An institution may contact a student- athlete who has withdrawn officially from a four-year collegiate institution without obtaining authorization through the notification of transfer process only if at least one academic year has elapsed since the withdrawal. (Revised: 8/8/18 effective 10/15/18)

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Even if he officially withdrew from LSU, he can’t have contact with another staff until either A) a full academic year has passed or B) he enters the portal.

I think LSU might be able to process him in the portal outside of the official windows at LSU’s discretion. The D1 manual doesn’t technically say that the process can’t be initiated outside the windows - it just says the only time a school has to process it is during those windows. So maybe LSU took the high road here but I don’t know why you would set that precedent.

Also, “contact” in this context is the recruiting definition. It’s a long definition, but in essence it’s any face-to-face encounter that amounts to more than a brief greeting, regardless of whether initiated by the staff or the player. It would be impossible to have a player on the team, walk on or otherwise, without making contact with them.

MSB