This is all on UK President Eli Capaluto
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Matt is a lawyer and I'm not, but I thought the Presidents voted on the "you can't sign a pro contract and come back" rule, which is not the issue with Mitchell.
When Sleepy Eli nodded off at the SEC presidents' meeting, they thought he was nodding in agreement in support of the rule.
Eli’s vote would have made no difference. There wasn’t another school in the conference that wanted UK to add Mitchell. I like this better than to another conference and play for Kansas or Louisville for example.
This is all about Sankey. Total asshat.
Fifty percent of all lawyers finished in the bottom half of their class.
Why is this on Eli? I don’t like him but if he voted no, it still would have passed. It’s on Pope for relying on a last second player who was ineligible
The transfer rule has been around for a few years now. Mitchell relied upon a TRO based upon the Kentucky Consumer Protection Act.
What do you mean exactly about the transfer rule that has been around for a few years now? I don't mean to give you a hard time but did we not take Aberdeen and Dioubate from SEC schools last year? There seems to be no issue with Dioubate now going to LSU or Garrison to Alabama as far I have heard. Isn't this all about the fifth year issue that just recently came up and insisting they had to have entered the portal in April when there was no reason for them to have known that at the time?
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The league voted on the intra-conference transfer rule years ago. So, the idea that Cap or UK voted against UK is crap. The rule was focused on football and never contemplated what happened this year.
Everything about UK basketball is 100% on Pope.
Good or bad.
The guy is in so far over his head he needs a snorkel to breathe. And there’s no way out. He doesn’t have the coaching ability to claw his way up. He does not develop players so they could lift him up. He doesn’t demand fitness so they will be too tired to lift him. He doesn’t demand effort so they will just quit when it gets hard.
UK basketball will begin to heal as soon as Pope is no longer the coach.
Good or bad.
The guy is in so far over his head he needs a snorkel to breathe. And there’s no way out. He doesn’t have the coaching ability to claw his way up. He does not develop players so they could lift him up. He doesn’t demand fitness so they will be too tired to lift him. He doesn’t demand effort so they will just quit when it gets hard.
UK basketball will begin to heal as soon as Pope is no longer the coach.
You did not clarify this at all. I will repeat this one more time. Did we not take Aberdeen and Dioubate from SEC schools last year? There seems to be no issue with Dioubate now going to LSU or Garrison to Alabama as far I have heard. There are other SEC schools that have recently and are taking intra conference transfers this year as well. If they voted to ban intra-conference transfers years ago and it is still in place how could this be the case?
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You are just a broken record of braindead hyperbolic negative takes.
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He is related to Cal in some way Paul.
They did not ban intra -conference transfers. They put a deadline for such transfers. All the people you mentioned transferred before the deadline.
I at least kind of see your angle now. To say he had to have transferred by a deadline when he had no college eligibility remaining before that deadline is ridiculous and unfair. There is nothing rational or reasonable about blocking his transfer given the situation and making an exception in this case was the only proper thing to do and should have been a given imo.
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The rule existed long before Mitchell ever thought about a 5th year. An organization enforcing its rules is rational. If the rule is applied in all circumstances, it is fairly applied. Nothing arbitrary about consistently enforcing rules. Most players seeking a variance think fairness requires the variance.
All of that said, my point was that Capiluto/UK did not vote on this rule while Mitchell was seeking a 5th year. The rule was a football inspired rule to keep players from moving from one SEC school to another after spring practice.
I was also pointing out that Mitchell’s eligibility, should it last, was not premised upon an anti-trust violation as Jones seemed to suggest but upon a violation of the Kentucky Consumer Protection Act. These two mistakes make me think the OP linked to a fake MJ account.
The deadline passed before Mitchell ever had the opportunity to consider a fifth year.
It seems your main motivation is defending Eli. I was never attacking Eli and I place all of my displeasure with Sankey and the NCAA. There is nothing fair or reasonable about saying he needed to enter the portal at a point in time that he had no eligibility and no reasonable expectation or avenue to gaining eligibility. The NCAA's timing in all of this is the main issue and allowances should have been made accordingly imo as I have stated. The NCAA should have voted on the 5 in 5 (which I was not in favor of anyway) either much earlier or much later and are responsible for this mess.
It passed before he was assured a fifth year. Everyone was considering the 5 for 5 at that point, so he probably had every opportunity to consider it
I just stated facts. The OP conflated the professional player vote with the SEC transfer rule. If I have posted ANYTHING here that is factually incorrect, then correct me
The concept of fair is subjective. It is fair to enforce rules consistently. Again, the complaint the led to the TRO talked about the COVID decision to give players more eligibility. The SEC knows that exceptions will lead to such arguments. The Court evidently refused to enforce its TRO upon the SEC. Mitchell under the order can play at Missouri and any other school not in the SEC. It’s fair to him while remaining fair to every other athlete who must abide by the rule.
Capiluto had nothing to do with that. So, I am not defending him. I could agree with you and he would still have nothing to do with it.
I wanted Mitchell at UK. I understand, however, why the SEC took its firm stance on the rule.
If the NCAA had taken the position that seniors out of eligibility got another year, I would have been fine with that. It did not. Its prerogative.
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