Jeremiah Masoli can’t play this year for the Rebels of Ole Miss
Posted on 31. Aug, 2010 at 3:24 pm by Meerkat in Football, NCAA Football, Ole Miss Football
University of Oregon transfer Jeremiah Masoli cannot play for Ole Miss until the 2011 season, the NCAA has ruled.
The NCAA gave two reasons for the denial, according to Ole Miss athletic director Pete Boone.
Masoli:
“When I found out today, I was very shocked and disappointed,”
Ole Miss athletic director Pete Boone:
“First was that Jeremiah would have not been eligible for the 2010 season at his previous institution (Oregon),”
“The second was the time frame discrepancy between the previous institution and Jeremiah regarding when the institution said they dismissed Jeremiah and when he decided to transfer.”
Ole Miss is appealing the ruling.
More from Boone:
“Our appeal is simple,”
“We cannot find, nor has the NCAA staff given us any case precedence, to support these two reasons they gave us. … There is no requirement that says the student athlete has to be in good standing with the athletic team, just the university. … The staff attempted to determine when Jeremiah started thinking about a transfer. I think this is a difficult for anyone, even David Blaine, to try to accomplish.”
Looks like Rebel QB Nathan Stanley will get the start against Jacksonville State this Saturday.
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Nick Saban
31. Aug, 2010
Going undefeated just got a whole lot easier.
Mick
01. Sep, 2010
The best part about this zoo that is Masoli is that the head coach at Ole Miss said “He was dismissed from the team, not the institution.” Dude, had he #1 stuck around after he ROBBED people and #2 been enrolled after he graduated then he would have been thrown out of school…
T.A.S!