"1. If a student has received an undergraduate degree and then continues on to attempt another degree (either undergraduate or graduate), he is only eligible to play for the school where he received his original undergraduate degree. (This is also an NCAA rule.) "
You know more about this than I do, I'm sure. But, we had a player transfer to our school from UT to pursue his graduate degree and was allowed to play for us last season. I'm not sure what he had to do as far as appeals, but he was allowed to play his last year of eligibility for us.
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by LaxRef on Mon Aug 14, 2006 3:26 pm
mikester_26 wrote:You know more about this than I do, I'm sure. But, we had a player transfer to our school from UT to pursue his graduate degree and was allowed to play for us last season. I'm not sure what he had to do as far as appeals, but he was allowed to play his last year of eligibility for us.
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by John Paul on Mon Aug 14, 2006 4:57 pm
Actually, the rule is:
A student with eligibility remaining can play for an MDIA team if he:
1. is a graduate student taking 12 credit hours at the same school where he received his undergraduate degree.
2. is an undergraduate student taking 12 credit hours (in that case, it does not matter where he got his first undergraduate degree if he already has one).
It is correct to say that this is an NCAA rule, however the NCAA grants a one-time transfer exemption. In other words, the NCAA allows graduate students one move to another school. We do not. It came up again at our meetings this summer, and it was voted down in a very close vote (I continue to push hard to allow graduate students to play at any school if they have eligibility remaining, but I continue to be on the losing side of the vote.).
A student with eligibility remaining can play for an MDIA team if he:
1. is a graduate student taking 12 credit hours at the same school where he received his undergraduate degree.
2. is an undergraduate student taking 12 credit hours (in that case, it does not matter where he got his first undergraduate degree if he already has one).
It is correct to say that this is an NCAA rule, however the NCAA grants a one-time transfer exemption. In other words, the NCAA allows graduate students one move to another school. We do not. It came up again at our meetings this summer, and it was voted down in a very close vote (I continue to push hard to allow graduate students to play at any school if they have eligibility remaining, but I continue to be on the losing side of the vote.).
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