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Message: [QUOTE="RockyMTblue2, post: 2570372, member: 250"] This one ain't much better: [URL="https://www.postandcourier.com/sports/dawn-staley-explains-ncaa-decision-on-te-a-cooper/article_ddd2f060-0dc5-11e8-bb1f-33dd78ed1973.html"]Dawn Staley explains NCAA decision on Te'a Cooper[/URL] USC women's basketball coach Dawn Staley has read the NCAA’s explanation for not clearing Te’a Cooper to play this year, and it said there was a hiccup that had to be cleared before they could consider it. That hiccup was supplied by the University of Tennessee. “It’s basically, if Te’a’s previous institution would have agreed to allow her to play, it would have helped our cause,” Staley said Friday. “But they didn’t agree.” Staley pointed out that it was no guarantee the NCAA would have accepted the waiver if Tennessee had cleared Cooper. She also said she could see herself doing the same if it was one of her players transferring within the league. “It’s probably because just her transferring,” Staley said. “I probably would have looked at it the same way, especially being in the same conference.” So, when Tenn said she was free to transfer, including within the SEC, that was ... if she sits a year? So, essentially Tenn blackballed the waiver. [/QUOTE]