Alabama blocking grad transfer from talking to us

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The article in 247Sports states that he originally signed with Bama in 2015, and redshirted in 2015 and took a medical redshirt in 2017 following an early season ending injury. I believe this means he will have at least TWO seasons of eligibility at his new school.

And an AL.com article states that he is close to completing a Master's degree at Bama. If these articles are correct, that means he'll have a Master's degree in basically three years while playing football. He's either a studious dude, or they are giving away degrees at Bama, or both. My opinion.
 
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This makes no sense. If Saban is worried about him transferring because it would be a competitive advantage, he must be absolutely crazed out of his mind we have his former defensive coordinator that would know more. Let’s not even get into how Saban tosses these guys aside after one year to maintain competitive roster turnover. This hypocrisy is tasty.

No reason he shouldn’t be able to play here.
 
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According to Tony Barnhart, both precedence & the current legal atmosphere dictate that the young man can transfer to Tennessee or anywhere he likes. I'll go with this.
 
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bamawriter said:
I'm in favor of letting the kid go where he wants. But I don't get Sankey's statement. If that's what he believes, why even have a rule that prevents transfers within the conference? That makes absolutely no sense.
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He's distinguishing between undergraduate and graduate.
Kids completed his degree. Helped Bama meet their APR. Why should the school be able to prevent him going where he pleases?
 
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Roustabout said:
He's distinguishing between undergraduate and graduate.
Kids completed his degree. Helped Bama meet their APR. Why should the school be able to prevent him going where he pleases?
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No, there is an SEC rule prohibiting any player from transferring inside the conference, grad or not. It requires a waiver from the original school. That's why Saban is allowed to block Kennedy.
 
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bamawriter said:
No, there is an SEC rule prohibiting any player from transferring inside the conference, grad or not. It requires a waiver from the original school. That's why Saban is allowed to block Kennedy.
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Get the facts about transfers | NCAA.org - The Official Site of the NCAA

This states, at the very least, Alabama has to grant him a hearing.

Prior precedence and common sense would say this is a senseless, time consuming, and outright unfair imposition on the student athlete.

This kid has his ducks in a row, has graduated, and should be allowed to do whatever he wants. It’s his life and he put his time and effort in. It’s like acting like he has military service obligations or something.

Saban is one of the best coaches ever but this just seems petty and ridiculous. I would say the same if any other coach did it, and if Pruitt or Barnes ever do the same crap they should be called on it too.
 
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bamawriter said:
I'm in favor of letting the kid go where he wants. But I don't get Sankey's statement. If that's what he believes, why even have a rule that prevents transfers within the conference? That makes absolutely no sense.
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I think there is and should be a difference between what is allowed for grad transfers and guys who haven't earned their degrees. They need to set some hard guidelines for these situations. Transferring is starting to remind me of professional wrestling. If Mean Gene is looking for a job, he should be the designated guy to announce transfers, and build the hype.
 
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bamawriter said:
I'm in favor of letting the kid go where he wants. But I don't get Sankey's statement. If that's what he believes, why even have a rule that prevents transfers within the conference? That makes absolutely no sense.
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Because Greg Sankey alone does not == the SEC.

Seems to me he advocates more flexibility in application of the SEC-internal transfer rules. Greg seems to be saying, rather than have a "never" or "always" rule, let's be more open to consideration of the totality of circumstances surrounding the student. Case-by-case basis.

Of course, he has to get the 14 member institutions to agree. That hasn't happened yet.

Also, Sankey doesn't say all SEC-internal transfers should automatically be allowed when the young man has already graduated. Doesn't look like he's willing to go quite that far. But it does sound like he'd probably come down in the young man's favor in this particular instance.

We shall see.
 
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TNnative said:
I think there is and should be a difference between what is allowed for grad transfers and guys who haven't earned their degrees. They need to set some hard guidelines for these situations. Transferring is starting to remind me of professional wrestling. If Mean Gene is looking for a job, he should be the designated guy to announce transfers, and build the hype.
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There are two reasons why teams do this; first, to encourage other players not too, second, delay the player from getting to the new school. We know he will be released. This will keep him from his new team, teammates, practice facilities, AND playbook!!!! That's what this is about! This is one of those times where the NCAA has it right and the SEC has it wrong!
 
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bamawriter said:
No, there is an SEC rule prohibiting any player from transferring inside the conference, grad or not. It requires a waiver from the original school. That's why Saban is allowed to block Kennedy.
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True, but the SEC can override Saban...again.

- "This isn’t the first time Alabama has attempted to block a player from transferring within the conference, though. Back in 2016, Alabama attempted to prevent defensive back Maurice Smith from going to Georgia for his final year of eligibility. But despite their efforts to stop him from transferring to Georgia, the SEC intervened and allowed Smith to go to the Bulldogs."
 
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Snakebrown13 said:
True, but the SEC can override Saban...again.

- "This isn’t the first time Alabama has attempted to block a player from transferring within the conference, though. Back in 2016, Alabama attempted to prevent defensive back Maurice Smith from going to Georgia for his final year of eligibility. But despite their efforts to stop him from transferring to Georgia, the SEC intervened and allowed Smith to go to the Bulldogs."
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But Saban had no issues taking Jonathan Taylor after he was kicked off UGA for beating his girlfriend.
 
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Snakebrown13 said:
True, but the SEC can override Saban...again.

- "This isn’t the first time Alabama has attempted to block a player from transferring within the conference, though. Back in 2016, Alabama attempted to prevent defensive back Maurice Smith from going to Georgia for his final year of eligibility. But despite their efforts to stop him from transferring to Georgia, the SEC intervened and allowed Smith to go to the Bulldogs."
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That's incorrect. Saban ultimately relented. The SEC didn't actually do anything.
 
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This dude would be huge pick up for us. If nothing else we should plead the “we had the nations largest number of lost snaps (plays?) due to injury”. Or Pruitt could shame Nicky “hey I did the right thing and coached out thru the championship”. “Gimme the backup Center grad transfer.”
 
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Vol8188 said:
Whys anyone shocked by this? Most coaches try to prevent transfers to teams they play.
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Then why don't they throw such a fit when a coach goes to a rival? I'm pretty sure the coach will bring more knowledge about playbooks and schemes than a backup center.
 
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