NCAA Denies Walker's Latest Appeal
The NCAA denied UNC WR Tez Walker eligibility for this season after he addressed the committee Thursday morning.
NCAA Denies Walker's Latest Appeal
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Any chance he takes this to court? Seems like it's something he could easily win.
NCAA Denies Walker's Latest Appeal
The NCAA denied UNC WR Tez Walker eligibility for this season after he addressed the committee Thursday morning.northcarolina.rivals.com
Does he plan to? At the end of the article you said he is expected to play. Wasn't sure if that was a typo or if there was a lawsuit and restraining order on the way.
I do know he has retained an attorney, I do not yet know what the plan is moving forward. It is now completely out of UNC's hands. Whatever Tez does moving forward, he will do without UNC's assistance.
Just so everyone knows, JT Daniels graduated from Georgia before going to WVU. As a graduate, he can freely move. That's how Cam Kelly and Storm Duck were at UVA & Penn State, respectively, this spring and are both now at Louisville.
It's still ridiculous, though. You can't have a different set of rules saying you can play for 50 teams as long as you graduate, but have to sit out if you don't. The rules are just ridiculous. Need autonomy fast.
NCAA is a complete joke and this solidifies that
There’s depth at that position, although it young, but time for some of those highly regarded and recruited WRs to step up and seize the opportunity.
Any chance he stays and plays next year (if he doesn't win in court) or will go the route of preparing for the NFL draft?
My guess is he may leave to NFL as next year would be his 6th year out of high school. This has huge money implications for him. He needs to sue.
He should. If he had gone to an SEC or BT school, he'd be playing. The NCAA bows before the super rich and then plays things pretty much as they want.
It's most ridiculous because Daniels has now played in games for 4 schools: SC, UGA, WVU, Rice.
All imperial bureaucrcies become very bad jokes in their rule stickling and their illogic. Once the bad jokes are no longer humorous in the least, the masses want to destroy those bureaucracies.
The NCAA is a sham. They've found multiple other student athletes with less cases eligible.
It's bullshit.
£uck the NCAA.
It's bullshit.
£uck the NCAA.
The people that heard the case today was not the NCAA it was people from other schools…1 was from App State…
Also where is this lame duck Jim Phillips
He is sitting back taking that oil money from SMU….Just another reason for UNC to get out of the ACC…I know many don’t like it but I said it before if Tez was a Bball player at UNC and big time he would be playing…
Facts are UNC laid down for the NCAA in 2010 for football…It was only until they came after the Bball program did UNC say nope this ain’t happening…
He is sitting back taking that oil money from SMU….Just another reason for UNC to get out of the ACC…I know many don’t like it but I said it before if Tez was a Bball player at UNC and big time he would be playing…
Facts are UNC laid down for the NCAA in 2010 for football…It was only until they came after the Bball program did UNC say nope this ain’t happening…
Also I believe there a factions that don’t want this player on the field for UNC. If it was another program I believe the outcome would be different.
I strongly believe there is a certain group of athletic administrators who believe Carolina got away with the so called academic scandal and this sham result is just another way for these small time aholes to stick it to Carolina, regardless of the damage they might inflict on the athlete.
That's the biggest reason I hope he sues them. A lawsuit means a discovery process. All communication has to be turned over and depositions happened. There's no way that turns out good for the NCAA.
But the processes of a lawsuit can take a lot of time - perhaps longer than most (or all) of this football season As bad as all this is, if there isn't a good chance Tez could get a favorable suit ruling (or a bench injunction from a judge) and play this season, maybe he should just save money and focus on next year. (But I am not him, and I know how badly he wants to play.) What a crock this is!
He can apply for a TRO so he could play. But it's bigger than him now. The lawsuit would be to expose the NCAA and all of their bullshit. They need to be torn down or at least reminded of their purpose.
ETA: He could also sue for damages related to any NIL opportunities he might have lost this year.
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Your last point is a really good one, because his best bet is a civil suit. It's unlikely he could get the ruling flipped in time to play this season, and perhaps he has the stones to push it lik Ed O'Bannon did, where the civil aspect is intertwined with the rules aspect.
All NCAA logos need to be covered for the rest of the year..I am talking uniforms and the field everything…
I believe he could apply for a TRO within the next couple of weeks, which would let him play this year. That doesn't mean he would actually get it, but I think he should try it. The courts have been pretty anti-NCAA lately and I don't think they really have a good defense for this decision. At this point I'm more interested in the bigger picture. You mentioned in the podcast that they should have to answer for this decision. A lawsuit would force them to do that.
I was thinking the same. Also these Power 5 conferences need to fast track the creation of a new governing body for football and men’s/women’s basketball. The sooner the better.
Committed to ECU. Their coaching staff left so he decommitted. Signed with ETSU but tore his ACL in his senior season of high school and was basically abandoned by ETSU. Sits out a year rehabbing the knee. Goes to NC Central and has his freshman season cancelled. Forms a relationship with the Kent St coaches and transfers there. Plays for the first time since high school and develops into a real talent in his second year. Then the Kent St coaches jump ship effectively abandoning Tez again. Meets ALL the requirments for a two-transfer waiver and signs with UNC. TWO F'N DAYS LATER, the NCAA jerks the rug out from under him and changes their rules. And with a complete understanding of his situation - laid out multiple times - they still denied his waiver. The schools paying the bills need to tell the NCAA to rot in hell.
I'd be supporting this young man no matter where he was trying to play.
I'd be supporting this young man no matter where he was trying to play.
Thanks AJ and Keysersosay. You both articulated exactly what l was thinking.
l hope that Dez does sue the NCAA. Those suits are poor excuses for administrators.
Excellent synopsis here.
Best of luck, Dez.
I am not sure he can play, because that would protect his status, but his status has always been that he's ineligible. If the was eligible and then ruled ineligible yesterday, you'd be on to something. But as it is, he would need a full clearance by the NCAA in order to play.
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