Someone Tell Me About St. Joe's

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1. Since you're incapable of opening a link, I'll post the most relevant piece of information here for you:

"One important fact that seems to have been glossed over in wake of yesterday's revelations by O'Brien is the fact that a five-member committee from the NCAA also denied O'Brien's waiver and while O'Brien stated it was only because Saint Joseph's refused to sign off on it, the reason actually appears to be because the NCAA is following its own rules. Among the conditions for a graduate student waiver from the NCAA is this: "The student-athlete may not have transferred previously from another four-year institution unless he or she transferred previously and received an exception to the transfer residence requirement because his or her institution either discontinued the sport or did not sponsor the sport in which the student-athlete is a participant." O'Brien transferred from Bucknell after one season to play at Saint Joseph's and it had nothing to do with the Patriot League member discontinuing its basketball program as the Bison are still alive and well."

Kromah didn't transfer from another 4 year college to GW, and then ask for another waiver to play at UConn for grad school. Your entire first point is incorrect. Get a clue, you look ignorant.

2. Your facts are still incorrect and it wasn't Martelli who "messed with the kids life," it was the NCAA. In case you have trouble reading and following along, I bolded it above for you.

3. He could have been kicked out of school, much like the other kid. Then what school would have let him in? Not many schools would jump to grab a below average basketball player who just got expelled from his last university.

4. Much like the rest of your post, SJU couldn't do anything. The NCAA would have had to step in and "fix the situation."

Tried being civil and posting relevant information so you could educate yourself. It literally took me 10 minutes to post those articles and information. Don't believe everything you hear...Isn't UCONN in trouble again regarding their APR? I thought I just recently read an AP article that mentioned them specifically...

Point and case.

To the rest of you, best of luck.

From your quoted article, apparently written by a writer (Ryan Home) covering St. Jo's for examiner.com (and therefore totally neutral).

"However, Saint Joseph's has refused to sign off on the waiver. Saint Joseph's will not reveal the reasons why they have refused to sign the waiver, citing privacy rules."

If the problem was solely the NCAA, then why didn't Martelli and St. Joseph's sign the waiver? Why didn't St. Joseph's simply state that O'Brien was ineligible for a waiver. Instead they keep everything cloaked under "privacy rules." If the issue was strictly his having transferred previously, that is a matter of public record, so where does privacy come in?

I remember following this case closely when it happened, strictly as a parent of a kid not much older than O'Brien. Nobody else claimed that this was strictly about NCAA rules, and that includes St. Joseph's and Martelli. O'Brien went on the record with his version of the events, the school and Martelli hid behind "privacy rules." I believe O'Brien went on to attend UAB, but could not play ball, so apparently UAB didn't find his behavior unacceptable.

It sounds like O'Brien led Martelli to believe he would play for him that season and then changed his mind at the last minute, leaving Martelli short handed for the upcoming season. I don't doubt that O'Brien is not a good guy, but I don't care, he's a kid, Martelli's a grown man and simply because he had the ability and power to be vindictive, he was, and the school backed his play. Until I see something a bit more substantial then the conjectures and rules interpretation of Ryan Home, I will keep wishing St. Jo's the worst.