re: Kirby Smart sure is treating this Fields transfer with kid gloves. I guess he doesn't want

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It is weird. Not sure why he’s still practicing with the team and supposedly playing in the sugar bowl. Maybe he’s trying to get him to stay or not give credence to the hostile environment thing. Whatever it is, I can’t remember anything like this happening before.

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Because Twitter and message boards aren't official transfer documents? I have no doubt he's looking, but he's still technically on the team, no? And could transfer after the bowl, for that matter.

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Because Twitter and message boards aren't official transfer documents?

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Wikileaks got served a court summons on Twitter not too long ago. shite is legit man.

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What is he supposed to do kick him to the curb? What are the rules on him transferring to another SEC team? Is it still against the rules or did the change them? That is the narrative I am waiting to see. What if he wants to go to UF and can Kirby block that or try to?

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The NCAA doesn't care what the coach wants anymore but I'm not sure if the SEC updated its rules to specifically clarify that coaches can still prohibit certain transfers.

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I thought so too, but every mock draft has him as a first round pick. He may love UGA, but I would assume he’d love first round pick money even more.

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Mocks this far out for big name QBs/big programs are typically way off.

It's almost like they're a popularity contest this far out.

I think the coach/school can still prohibit transfers. A big deal was made about Dabo giving one of his players a free and clear release to transfer to USC this year. That would not have been a big deal if he had no power to prevent it.

Which means Fields will not be playing in the SEC.

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What dumb thing for a student to yell. Especially one on scholarship.

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It was stupid. I sure am glad I was never held accountable for all of the stupid things I said and did when I was in college.

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Sure makes Kirby and UGA seem desperate. Like letting your ex-GF keep living with you after she dumps you.

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Not really. Kirby is an adult dealing with a petulant child who's getting poor advice from other people. Anything besides taking the high road makes Kirby and UGA look bad.
That and we do need a back up quarterback for the Sugar bowl.

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I think the coach/school can still prohibit transfers. A big deal was made about Dabo giving one of his players a free and clear release to transfer to USC this year. That would not have been a big deal if he had no power to prevent it.

Which means Fields will not be playing in the SEC.

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Okay, I was a little fuzzy on exactly how the new rules worked. It's a bit more complicated than I was saying. From a USA Today article:

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Currently, an athlete must ask a coach for permission to contact other schools when choosing to transfer. A school interested in recruiting a transferring player also must ask the current school for permission to recruit. Without permission from the original school, the athlete cannot get financial aid from another school, essentially blocking a transfer.

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Assuming I'm understanding correctly, the coach can't restrict where the recruit goes or who he contacts, not so much because the NCAA took that power away from the coach (though they kinda did) but because the NCAA took the teeth out of that power. Individual conferences, though, might have their own rules about contact if not financial aid, and since schools agree to abide by the conference rules as requisite to being part of the conference, those rules might supersede the NCAA rules.

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It is weird. Not sure why he’s still practicing with the team and supposedly playing in the sugar bowl. Maybe he’s trying to get him to stay or not give credence to the hostile environment thing. Whatever it is, I can’t remember anything like this happening before.

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That's very strange

What would USC know about handling 5 stars?



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