Earlier today we noted that Ole Miss was hoping to hear in the next day or two from the NCAA regarding Jeremiah Masoli‘s request for a waiver to be eligible to play in 2010.
The school has indeed heard from the NCAA, although it’s far from the answer they were hoping for or even expecting.
According to a notice posted on the school’s website, the NCAA has denied Masoli’s request for a waiver. There was no reason given for the denial, although the school has scheduled a press conference for 5 p.m. ET today.
Ole Miss has already appealed an NCAA decision that would technically preclude Masoli from suiting up for the Rebels until 2011.
Per the website, “the Ole Miss appeal of the NCAA staff’s decision will now be reviewed by an NCAA subcommittee. A response could be expected as early as Friday but no later than one week.” Ole Miss opens the 2010 regular season on Saturday.
After being dismissed from the Oregon football program following his second arrest this offseason and and earning his bachelor’s degree, Masoli enrolled in a graduate program at Ole Miss not offered by UO. Such a scenario usually results in the NCAA rubberstamping the waiver that allows a student-athlete to compete immediately instead of sitting out a transfer year; obviously, something prevented the NCAA from signing off on the waiver and already has some scratching their heads over the decision.
What that something is should be revealed during this evening’s press conference.
Why didn’t Masoli just steal the laptop they used to review his case?!
This kid deserves to sit on the bench for the season. Hard lesson to learn, you don’t get to make mistake after mistake, be told you won’t play this year, and just up and leave. Now the NCAA is completely what Chip Kelly started.
Hopefully, a year on the bench will teach him that 1 year of solid football and amazing athletic demonstration you can’t just do what ever you want to do.
Maurice Clarrett thinks Masoli is a fool. Maurice at least is fixing his life’s problems.
Ooooooo, thats a blow!! Ole Miss has been building this up as the answer to their prayers on the QB situation. Wonder what will be their next step in securing someone (a starter) in this spot??
NEXT!
So… the NCAA fails to provide an explanation to both the student and the institution because they want to make a public statement with it? Doesn’t seem right to me.
Scratch that, I read it wrong!
If any quarterbacks in the country wanted to play for Houston Nutt then this would not be an issue.
How long before the big FBS football schools withdraw from the NCAA?
The NCAA wrote the graduate transfer rule. Now that the NCAA has a player wanting to take advantage of the rule that they don’t like. The hammer comes down.
They(NCAA) have allowed other graduate transfers this season. They have said this is a STUDENT first policy. Masoli did not get kicked out of school at Oregon he was dismissed from the Football program.
They Grad program he enrolled in at Ole’ Miss is not offered at Oregon. Should be pretty simple.
Jeremiah Masoli, the former Oregon quarterback who transferred to Ole Miss this summer, has been denied by the NCAA to play for the Rebels this season.
Pete Boone, Ole Miss athletics director, said the Rebels have appealed the decision, and will know by Friday at the earliest or in a week by the latest the decision of the NCAA subcommittee on appeals.
Boone said the NCAA gave two reasons for denying Masoli.
The first regards his eligibility for the 2010 season at his previous institution (Oregon). The second reason given deals with the time frame discrepancy between Oregon and Masoli regarding when Oregon said they dismissed Masoli and when he decided to transfer.
I am delighted that Masoli has to wait to play. He ripped off his teammates in Oregon. He did not want to wait that year to play, so he violated the rules the team set out for him….no way was he going to pay! Now, hopefully, he still has to pay. After that, good luck Masoli….it just did not feel right that he basically was going to benefit by screwing up in Oregon. ( benefit by getting to play immediately) . Have never said this before…but good job, NCAA.