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Message: [QUOTE="UConnCat, post: 3302076, member: 15"] I suspect the reason it takes months is that in all but the most clear-cut cases the initial decision by the NCAA Staff will be to deny the waiver knowing it will be appealed. The NCAA Staff, like the staffs in all bureaucracies, will typically choose to leave closer, tougher decisions to the next level of decision-making. That makes sense. For example, the petitions by Louisville for the former Georgia Tech players were filed well after Westbrook's petition yet the decisions were made about a month after filing. Why? Those decisions were easy given the allegations at Tech and were probably made at the Staff level. The tougher cases have to first go through the initial Staff review which takes at least a month and probably longer. Then, after the Staff says no waiver, an appeal is prepared and submitted to the Committee for Legislative Relief. As summarized above, this committee consists of [I]"seven voting members made up of Division I athletic department, compliance and conference officials from around the country." [/I]In other words, the next round of review is by people who have other (day) jobs. Each of them has to find time to review the file of each appeal, discuss with other members and then vote. There are many appeals pending for both men's and women's sports. That's why it takes months. [/QUOTE]