This is one of the reasons I don't particularly like Machen.
On Sat, May 31, 2014 at 3:57 PM, mail.bobparks.com <[email protected]> wrote: > So, the transfer rule gives a player more eligibility. > Do NCAA rules only have to benefit NCAA institutions? Would it be ok to > benefit a student occasionally? > > Oliver Barry, CRS, GRI, SFR > Real Estate Broker > Bob Parks, LLC > 145 Maple Row Blvd > Hendersonville TN 37075 > Mobile: 615-972-4239 > Office: 615-826-4040 > Sent from my iPhone > > Begin forwarded message: > > *From:* Woody Bass <[email protected]> > *Date:* May 31, 2014 at 8:39:24 AM CDT > *To:* WXIA <[email protected]> > *Subject:* *[gatornews] Orlando Sentinel - UF president Bernie Machen > opposes graduate student transfers* > *Reply-To:* [email protected] > > > http://touch.orlandosentinel.com/#section/-1/article/p2p-80360390/ > > UF president Bernie Machen opposes graduate student transfers > > By Edgar Thompson | UF Swamp Things, Orlando Sentinel > > The Florida Gators welcomed high-profile transfers Jake McGee and Jon > Horford with open arms this spring. > > It does not take a rocket scientist to see why. > > McGee should give the Gators the playmaking tight end the team lacked > during a miserable 2013 season > <http://www.orlandosentinel.com/sports/blogs/swamp-things/os-gators-jake-mcgee-announces-transfer-20140509,0,2949805.post>. > Meanwhile, the 6-foot-10 Horford provides an inexperienced inside player > for a squad facing questions under the basket > <http://www.orlandosentinel.com/sports/blogs/swamp-things/os-jon-horford-transfers-michigan-to-gators-20140426,0,2289685.post> > . > > But school president Bernie Machen is not so sure either athlete should be > allowed to be Gators. > > McGee and Horford are fifth-year seniors enrolled as graduate students at > UF after receiving degrees this past spring from two of the nation's top > universities. > > "If they really wanted to transfer somewhere else, they should sit out a > year,” Machen said Friday at the SEC spring meetings. “Why didn't Horford > stay at Michigan another year? Because he had a free pass." > > NCAA rules allow athletes who graduate to transfer and play immediately at > schools that offer an academic program their old school does not. Normal > NCAA rules require transfers to sit out a season. > > Machen is a lone voice in the wilderness. > > On Friday, the SEC eased the restrictions on graduate student transfers > without questionable pasts. > > In 2011, the league voted against allowing athletes to transfer to play > immediately unless they had two seasons of eligibility remaining. Graduate > student transfers would have to endure a stringent waiver process, but the > SEC decided to remove the requirement as long as the athlete did not have > disciplinary or eligibility issues at his previous school. > > "I think if somebody has already graduated college, they've already proven > they're good, quality people, and if you do more background checking, I'd > be supportive of it,” South Carolina president Harris Pastides told > reporters. > > Machen, though, said it does not take a college degree to see what really > is going on. > > "Go to grad school at Michigan," Machen said of Horford. "They have some > pretty good grad schools. It's really just a way for a school to fill a > void at the very last minute or a player going to get more playing time > without having to sit out.” > > *Email Edgar Thompson at [email protected] > <[email protected]>. Read the Swamp Things blog at > www.orlandosentinel.com/swampthings > <http://www.orlandosentinel.com/sports/blogs/swamp-things>. 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