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Message: [QUOTE="UConnCat, post: 2672693, member: 15"] A couple of points. There is no such thing as a hardship waiver anymore. The NCAA eliminated that reason for immediately eligibility a few years ago. Remember, the hardship required that the student-athlete transfer closer to home for family/medical reasons. Here's an explanation from a story written about the NCAA's decision which will probably make a few here chuckle: [I]It goes back to the integrity of the transfer. In college basketball plenty of coaches (and plenty have told me this off the record) have bent the spirit of the hardship waiver to its limits, often earning immediate eligibility from a player under [B]embellished personal circumstances[/B]. Now the NCAA is saying that all players seeking transfer under these circumstances should focus on school and the personal matter in their first year before getting back on the court. [/I] This has not stopped coaches and the media from continuing to use the term "hardship" when discussing waiver applications, including Muffet who continually referred to Shepard's situation as a "hardship waiver" (Shepard's application would not have met the criteria under the old hardship rules.) After Azura and Batouly transferred to UConn, Geno was asked whether either would seek to file for immediate eligibility in light of the decisions on Chatrice White and Natalie Romero. Here was Geno's response: [I]I don't have an answer behind those other programs what happened, why some kids are eligible and some kids are not," Auriemma said. "I just know that our two are not. From talking to them, it doesn't seem like there is anything that would make me think 'OK we should go and pursue this.' I don't know happened that those other players were able to do that. [B]If I felt there were something there, I would pursue it but it would be dishonest for me to think there is when there isn't[/B]." [/I] I would have to think that if UConn were to accept transfers in the future and if the current NCAA rules haven't changed, it would be foolish for Geno not to take a different approach and seek immediate eligibility. Every coach should do that. Nothing to lose and potentially a lot to gain. In the meantime, school's compliance officers should sit down with the NCAA and ask them what criteria are applied to waiver applications. [/QUOTE]

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