I haven't heard. Only have heard from the dad say Penn State has been very helpful during the waiver process. That's why I think the waiver is from abusive coach stuff they don't want aired in the public.
INSIDER: What I know about Rasir Bolton waiver timeline
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If I was an attorney looking for a project to make a name for myself, having discovery privileges over the NCAA sounds like a heck of a good opportunity.
Are we even sure he's committed to ISU? Questions, questions.
IIRC he couldn't submit paperwork until he picked a school. He picked us but if he wants a waiver he's probably stuck with us.
Looks like their second waiver with the lawyer was denied as well.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/spor...ford-ncaa-transfer-appeal-20190607-story.html
Interesting as it was to be closer to his ailing grandfather but he is clearly outside of the 100 mile radius that is the NCAA rule. That's why he got denied both times.
I see Bolton is at ISU. The mbb Instagram account posted a pic of him at the kids camp today
Excited to see how he looks in cap city
Excited to see how he looks in cap city
Looking at MBB's Instagram story I notice the only entry currently is an image of proof of Rasir's presence in Ames. Thanks goodness the MBB team actively tracks this forum to immediately quell concern! Keep up the good work, Athletic Dept Social Media Interns.
The Coastal Carolina kid with the mom with brain cancer was 106 miles away from his mother when transferring to VT. Notable in their case that VT did not want to work with the Tate Martell lawyer and the family did. I would imagine they might have been able to press that issue and got through.
This Illinois kid is 190 miles away from his grandpa. Close to double. 100 miles seems arbitrary but I guess you need to make a cutoff somewhere. I'd imagine the NCAA has some sort of map and can see where all the schools are with 100 mile bubbles. I would imagine the NCAA stance is, if you are moving to be closer to sick relative who lives in Carterville, you could transfer to Southern Illinois and only be 10 minutes away/10 miles away.
Not defending the NCAA but I'd wager that is their thought process.
I support the current 100 mile rule. If you move to be closer to a seriously ill relative, you should be making time to spend with them. Being more than an hour and a half drive from them would require a lot of drive time to and from to see them frequently. Difficult to do during the season. Better the player have the year off to actually be able to spend time with their family if that is the true reason for the transfer.
The issue i have with the NCAA denying Luke Ford is he transferred to the closest possible D1 program to his sick grandfather. He tried to get as close as he could, not his fault that he misses their arbitrary distance rule by 90 miles.
Also, if he takes a year off he loses a year of eligibility since his 5 to play 4 clock has started.
Just a reminder --
CW said "3-4 weeks" exactly two weeks ago.
So we should have 1-2 weeks left in this saga.
CW said "3-4 weeks" exactly two weeks ago.
So we should have 1-2 weeks left in this saga.
Yeah, 100 miles is all fine and good for pretty much anyone near the Missouri river and eastward and eastern Texas east, but what about the kid that is from rural Montana, western Dakotas or northeastern Wyoming? Not a lot of Div 1 schools in a hell of a lot of territory up there.
You would think "good faith as close as I could given the circumstances" might be an excuse there. Or they might tell somebody to go to a Division II school then.
