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Stanford's Lili Thompson transfers to ND

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Does she have to wait a year or is she a grad student?
Makes the slowish. ND backcourt a lot quicker...but who sits?

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she has decided to reconcile her decision

Umm...not exactly English as I was taught...
Shouldn't complain..make the same sort of mistake myself... lots.
 
Health issues relating to concussions are not to be slighted. I know this is conjecture but clearly Ms. Thompson wants to play and she feels her condition is under control. Enough for her to play elsewhere. If the doctors say she can go, that's good enough for me. I can with all sincerity wish her only the best from here on in.
 
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Nice pickup for ND after Allen graduates... contribution on day one.
 
JordyG said:
Health issues relating to concussions are not to be slighted. I know this is conjecture but clearly Ms. Thompson wants to play and she feels her condition is under control. Enough for her to play elsewhere. If the doctors say she can go, that's good enough for me. I can with all sincerity wish her only the best from here on in.
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My understanding is Ms. Thompson was not sitting out, her senior year at Stanford, due to any concussion related issues. She was able to play, if she wanted.
 
ND loses graduate transfer Taya Reimer and gains graduate transfer Lli Thompson, the latter the better deal for Muffet's mob, clogging her already talent-rich bench. I would be worried except for a certain team from rural Connecticut.
 
Florida Fan said:
ND loses graduate transfer Taya Reimer and gains graduate transfer Lli Thompson, the latter the better deal for Muffet's mob, clogging her already talent-rich bench. I would be worried except for a certain team from rural Connecticut.
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nice addition for ND, they have plenty of guards, but no proven pure point guard on the 17-18 team.

There is only one team playing for a championship in 17-18. Everyone else is playing for the final four.
 
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Seems like Lili and her father took advantage(used) of Stanford. Remain on an athletic scholarship but not play, retaining another year of playing. Now go to Notre Dame on an athletic scholarship that she wouldn't have if she had full filled her requirement by playing for Stanford this year.
 
Wasn't there another player about 8 years ago who couldn't get cleared to play at Stanford because of concussions who transferred to TX where they would clear her? Can't remember her name.
 
Wbbfan1 said:
Seems like Lili and her father took advantage(used) of Stanford. Remain on an athletic scholarship but not play, retaining another year of playing. Now go to Notre Dame on an athletic scholarship that she wouldn't have if she had full filled her requirement by playing for Stanford this year.
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Good for the father I say. Taya Reimer did the same thing at ND was allowed to complete her degree while not playing to be immediately eligible at MSU.
 
Wbbfan1 said:
Seems like Lili and her father took advantage(used) of Stanford. Remain on an athletic scholarship but not play, retaining another year of playing. Now go to Notre Dame on an athletic scholarship that she wouldn't have if she had full filled her requirement by playing for Stanford this year.
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Yep, yep, yep. :oops:
 
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Kevin G said:
WOW!! this raises a whole new level on transfers.
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Well, smack me on the side of the head. :confused: Emerge from a project and find a nearly three-year starter from Texas who was in California coming to northern Indiana (to sign in the middle of winter, no less.). Wonder how long this was in play? When MM announced Vaughn and Patterson, she said that was the class up that point. Hmmm...

A lot of my fellow "McGraw Benchers" (including me) have been trying to figure what PG Muffet and Niele Ivey would be pursuing in the class of 2018 since Lindsay Allen is graduating and projected "next up" Ali Patberg has been plagued with injuries and illness. In fact, most thought we'd only have Ali next year. That obviously is not the situation now with Thompson and Patberg.

In fact, MM is so particular about her Point Guards (she was one, after all, as was Niele Ivey), I bet they're awfully particular about whom they go after in 2018 to join Patberg. Stay tuned.
 
Wbbfan1 said:
Seems like Lili and her father took advantage(used) of Stanford. Remain on an athletic scholarship but not play, retaining another year of playing. Now go to Notre Dame on an athletic scholarship that she wouldn't have if she had full filled her requirement by playing for Stanford this year.
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I really think that's unfair to say, I mean unless you know the family personally.
 
Wbbfan1 said:
Seems like Lili and her father took advantage(used) of Stanford. Remain on an athletic scholarship but not play, retaining another year of playing. Now go to Notre Dame on an athletic scholarship that she wouldn't have if she had full filled her requirement by playing for Stanford this year.
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I agree wholeheartedly.

Really it just seems unethical to me. Its obviously within the rules but smells dirty to me.
 
Notre Dame gains but Stanford does not lose. With six or more Nykesha Sales cooling their heels on the bench, the Cardinals can dispense with Lili Thompson like the 1996 olympic team without Rebecca Lobo's services. Stanford has no problem losing to Tennessee with or without her.
 
Go/huskies said:
I really think that's unfair to say, I mean unless you know the family personally.
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FASTEDDY said:
I agree wholeheartedly.

Really it just seems unethical to me. Its obviously within the rules but smells dirty to me.
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Hey folks, try to ignore that ND insignia next to this post.;):rolleyes:

Please note that in the skeptical posts, I see a "seems" or a "just" next to it, while the other post asks whether there is any insight into the family (before passing judgement).

I'll add one more aspect to consider: the coaches. I've got to think that one of the first phone calls MM from ND made was to Coach Tara out at Stanford to see if this was kosher/ok/above board/what the situation was. I highly doubt McGraw's going to accept a player for a one-year stint if she thinks it was being done at the expense of a long-term colleague. Just not worth it in the long run.

The intriguing question, of course, is why did Thompson choose to stop playing for the Cardinal. Stay tuned...maybe.
 
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It appears an explanation for why Thompson ceased to play for Stanford hasn't been made public. Without that information it's difficult to determine anything about her transfer to ND.
 
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I can tell you that no coach in the PAC would touch her :cool: There seems to be some mutual respect as far as having each others back in a situation like this.
 
As noted, Stanford would not clear Jamie Carey to play. She sought a transfer when her doctors cleared her but Stanford remained against the risk. In that case. Tara actually called Jody Conradt and helped facilitate the transfer that added the final piece
 
wallman said:
I can tell you that no coach in the PAC would touch her :cool: There seems to be some mutual respect as far as having each others back in a situation like this.
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Interesting. That mutual respect or "unwritten watch our backs" may be true. However, I researched (ok, googled like heck) and found that the Pac-12 regulations could've deep sixed that kind of transfer anyway.
Intra-conference transfer rules vary from conference to conference but the PAC-12's seem as stringent as the ACC...particularly tough to do so within the conference.

http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools...misc_non_event/Pac-12_Intra_Conf_Transfer.pdf

However, I also found a case where a Cal interim AD allowed a grad transfer to go to Stanford for a specific grad program (plus David Shaw was short on D-linemen). So I can't get the grad transfer rule straight there...
in most instances, the P5 transfers are going to venture to schools outside their conferences (the schools they are leaving have to sign off on the transfer request).
 
Nope sorry Dillon, no restrictions on Grad students, they can go anywhere they want.

Oops sorry again, anywhere that a coach is willing to take them.
 
We really do not have any information on what happened at Stanford or Lili's motivations in any of this.

I am pretty sure that MM would do some serious questioning before she accepted a transfer, just as we expect Geno to do with the transfers he accepts.

I would just take this all at face value. In terms of remaining on scholarship at Stanford - that is an internal matter for them. I like that they did continue the scholarship - while they are year to year per NCAA regs, a number of schools treat them as 4 year commitments on the part of the school unless something seriously goes wrong with the athlete from a school policy/academic/behavioral perspective.
 
I'm uncomfortable with this. I realize Lili may be sitting out this year due to injury and/or concussion issues, and I agree that students should be allowed to "red shirt" and still get four years to play if they want to, even if they have already earned their degree. (e.g. Morgan Tuck could have played another year at UConn). But I don't like the idea of "transferring" after graduating, to play somewhere else for that last year. I worry that allowing this to happen encourages players who are really good, and who find their team isn't as good as they had hoped, to sit our their senior year and then become "free agents" looking for a strong team to join and maybe win a title. I don't think this is the case with Lili, but I don't like the precedent it sets. Maybe the rule should be that if you sit our your senior season, you can only play for the school you were attending.
 
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