NCAA denies one transfer waiver; waiting on Crawford

[Mr. Neutral]

From Gary Parrish/CBS Sportsline---

Alex Stepheson's waiver for immediate eligibility has been denied, a source close to the Southern California program confirmed to CBSSports.com on Wednesday.

Stepheson transferred from North Carolina to USC this offseason and asked the NCAA to waive the normal one-year penalty for Division I transfers because of an illness in his family that he said caused him to move closer to his Los Angeles-area home. But the NCAA, after a lengthy deliberation, ruled against Stepheson, which means he'll sit out this season before joining the Trojans in 2009-10.

[muskieman]

The NCAA had allowed special hardship for illness before....maybe they are reversing direction or maybe the illness was not the same in Stepheson case.

[Shadow]

I suppose if one said "I'm sick of the NCAA", it wouldn't help.

[muskieman]

Running them out on a rail is probably not the solution either is it Shadow! After properly tar and feathering them, of course!