re: Mitchell robinson leaving WKU

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if WKU/Stansbury doesn't give him a free release the media will make them out to be the bad guys and butthurt. G5 schools have no leverage. They need the P5 to make their budgets.

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Not necessarily true. It depends on how restricted the list is. If WKU says it's just schools they suspected tampered they won't be demonized except by media outlets in Baton Rouge and Lexington. Nationally, people will shrug their shoulders.

If it's a full restriction, it may turn out bad for them but nothing more than some bad press and might hurt recruiting down the road at worst.

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Even if they did give him a free release, wouldn't he still have to sit out a year since he was already enrolled and taking classes?

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Correct unless he petitioned the NCAA which he will. He very likely won't win.

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Wouldn't the free release only allow him to transfer here directly to sit a year instead of having to go juco for a year and then transfer to LSU?

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Yes. If he was given a free transfer and lost his petition to the NCAA he would be eligible to take the court in fall of 2018