OT: Parham gets waiver to play now at Georgia Tech

[McLovin]

Parham gets waiver to play now at Georgia Tech

Guard Bubba Parham has received a waiver to play at Georgia Tech right away after transferring from VMI.

www.espn.com

Anyone have the background here? Interesting we couldn't get a waiver for Wilson 2 seasons ago or Cole this season, but this guy heading to an ACC school can play immediately.

I'm fine have Cole be our "Ferrari in the garage" for the start of the BE, but it just seems like every other program gets breaks from the NCAA that UConn isn't given.

 

[BFieldHusky]

Staff didn't even attempt for a waiver for Cole fyi.

 

[UCDaveD]

It really does seem like waivers are granted or denied completely arbitrarily.

 

[CL82]

Staff didn't even attempt for a waiver for Cole fyi.

Why not? I'm mean it's not he'd lose eligibility, if he is denied.

 

[HooperScooper]

Another waiver granted. I don't know what the "unspecified circumstances" were on this one.

Iowa State guard Rasir Bolton will be eligible for the upcoming season, a move that should vastly improve the Cyclones' chances of competing for an NCAA tournament berth in 2019-20.

The Cyclones announced Tuesday that Bolton, who averaged 11.6 points per game last season as a freshman at Penn State, was granted an NCAA waiver for immediate eligibility. Iowa State said the NCAA considered unspecified circumstances surrounding his transfer from the Nittany Lions.

Iowa St. transfer Bolton granted '19-20 eligibility

Transfer guard Rasir Bolton has been granted an NCAA waiver for immediate eligibility at Iowa State.

www.espn.com

Not much on why he got a waiver.

No one has publicly disclosed details of what was included in NCAA correspondence that sought a waiver of what’s basically an undefined rule. He’d not been injured. There wasn’t a change of coaches. There’s no major illness in the family that would cause him to want to transfer, yet he wanted out of Happy Valley to immediately begin his eligibility clock elsewhere.

At least two people with knowledge and close to the situation have said that Penn State also submitted documentation to the NCAA, supporting Bolton’s request for immediate eligibility.

NCAA says Rasir Bolton can play immediately for Iowa State

The NCAA rules in favor of Rasir Bolton and Iowa State. The Penn State transfer is immediately eligible

www.desmoinesregister.com

 

[gtcam]

More NCAA BS
More Emmert BS - to think that jerk spent a good chunk of his early career at UConn
All P5 schools seemed to have been given Teflon suits
If you think anything major will come down on Kansas - you are kidding yourself
Happy for the Bolton kid but concerned about all the ones who were denied

 

[the Q]

The ncaa let two QBs change teams because they weren’t starting, and made a kid with a deathly ill family member sit....

They are complete trash at this.

 

[Scrutineer]

Official NCAA Transfer Application
Name: Rasir Bolton
Explain why a transfer to Iowa State should be approved: I never attended, nor did I ever apply to, nor did I ever think about applying to, nor did I know the University of Connecticut plays basketball.

 

[HooperScooper]

Wouldn't it be better for the NCAA if they were transparent in these circumstances? Instead they have to be secretive about everything which opens them up to questions and ridicule.

Just the NCAA being the NCAA.

 

[ConnZag3]

Supposedly Joey Hauser who transferred from Marquette to Michigan St. is going to be requesting a waiver as well. Can't wait to hear what ridiculous hardship that gets filed under considering he went from playing within 100 miles of his hometown to across Lake Michigan to play. I don't think "volume of Markus Howard shots" is a reasonable excuse, but maybe the NCAA disagrees...

 

[mauconnfan]

Just get Cole on board now!

 

[Fishy]

I honestly do not think UConn wants Cole eligible this year.

We don’t see the applications for waivers, so who knows what the NCAA is going off, but they sure as hell seem pretty random.

 

[Bonk]

I honestly do not think UConn wants Cole eligible this year.

We don’t see the applications for waivers, so who knows what the NCAA is going off, but they sure as hell seem pretty random.

Why wouldnt we want Cole eligible. Our point guard depth is razor thin. If Alterique goes down then Gaffney is our backup and idt people view him as a true point guard.

We all remember the whipping we got vs houston a couple years ago when CV and Purvis were sharing point guard duties lmao

 

[uconnbill]

The NCAA plays by their rules and whatever they decide at the moment.
Now Cole sitting a year is not a bad thing and helps if a certain player leaves after the season

 

[ctchamps]

So Parham gets waiver and GTech gets sanctioned.

 

[Hey Adrien!]

Why wouldnt we want Cole eligible. Our point guard depth is razor thin. If Alterique goes down then Gaffney is our backup and idt people view him as a true point guard.

We all remember the whipping we got vs houston a couple years ago when CV and Purvis were sharing point guard duties lmao

Gilbert, Vital, Cole should all be on the floor for 30+ minutes a game. Unless you are going to have three guys on the court at 6'2 or shorter, there's only 80 minutes to go around for these three guys.

Next year, Vital will be gone, Gilbert might be gone so having him for two years to compliment Gaffney would be huge and more valuable than having Gilbert/Vital/Cole vie for each other's time.

 

[zls44]

So Parham gets waiver and GTech gets sanctioned.

The two are likely related.

 

[HooperScooper]

Not that I want to post every waiver given but here's another one. Anyone know the story here?

DePaul's Charlie Moore given NCAA waiver to be immediately eligible | Zagsblog

Junior guard Charlie Moore has been granted […]

www.zagsblog.com

 

[Dream Jobbed 2.0]

I honestly do not think UConn wants Cole eligible this year.

We don’t see the applications for waivers, so who knows what the NCAA is going off, but they sure as hell seem pretty random.

A coaching change is usually pretty cut and dry. It’s weird they didn’t seek one. I guess banking on AG this year.

 

[McLovin]

Clemson's Moore gets NCAA waiver to play

Clemson says the NCAA granted a waiver to Texas Tech transfer Khavon Moore to be immediately eligible to play this season.

www.espn.com

Top 50 recruit played 1 game at Texas Tech due to injury, transferred to Clemson this summer is NCAA deemed him immediately eligible to play

 

[McLovin]

UK transfer Baker gets OK to play at Arizona

Kentucky transfer Jemarl Baker has received a waiver to play immediately for Arizona this season.

www.espn.com

University of Kentucky red-shirt sophomore from CA transferring to University of Arizona, cleared to play immediately

 

[MDHuskFan]

DH addressed this in one of the podcasts re-Cole that they didn’t apply for the waiver and the expectation/want when getting him was for him to sit the year, get his body right & get accustomed to this level of competition

 

[BuffaloHusky]

It seems like the NCAA can at least say while there is a Notice of Allegations that there will be no waivers in the transfer portal. It basically tells transfers to go someplace "clean" if you want to transfer.