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catmandoo
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posted 09-21-2020 07:52 PM      Profile for catmandoo   Email catmandoo   Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
Olivier Sarr and Kentucky have another hoop they have to jump through before he can be ruled eligible for this coming season.

According to Adam Zagoria, the SEC has a transfer rule that any undergraduate who transfers into the conference must have two years of remaining eligibility if they aren’t a grad transfer. Sarr obviously doesn’t have that, so Kentucky must get a waiver from the SEC for him to play in addition to the waiver they need from the NCAA.

Zagoria reported earlier that paperwork filing could also be prolonging this process.

So, now Kentucky has to hope it gets a waiver from the NCAA, then get another one from the SEC before Sarr can play this upcoming season.

If you’ve been following the Joey Gatewood waiver process, he too needs a waiver from the NCAA and the SEC, the latter of which appears to be what’s kept him from being ruled eligible yet. But that’s because Gatewood transferred within the conference by leaving Auburn to join Kentucky.

With Sarr, he’s leaving an ACC school in Wake Forest to join an SEC school in Kentucky. I can’t recall there being another instance in a conference where a player wasn’t allowed to play at his new school because he didn’t have two full seasons of eligibility left.


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Bama Cat
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posted 09-22-2020 08:49 AM      Profile for Bama Cat   Email Bama Cat   Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
Oh well? Someone has to always show their authority. Not so sure he gets to play now.
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posted 09-22-2020 11:45 AM      Profile for Tiptree   Email Tiptree   Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
The additional hurdle, irrespective of past results for other players at other schools, is just another opportunity for a UK-hater to throw the kill-switch.

But, honestly, I don't think he will be cleared by the NCAA.

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