This raises an interesting legal question of a balancing of interests-- the right of an athlete to change his mind and transfer to another school, and a school's right to stop the kid from transferring. I believe the school should lose. The kid could have gone to any school he chose in the beginning, so why should this right be extinguished subsequent to having made his choice? To require a young man to obtain permission from his school to contact other schools is unfair-- it would prejudice his standing with his present team and school i.e. if you are not happy here, then we are not going to play you.

This of course opens up a can of worms of de facto "free agency," similar to what exists in the professional ranks. But to rule otherwise would be to trample on some basic constitutional rights.

Yeah that is a good question.

The dumbers are refusing to release D.Jones from his scholarship to go to N. Illinois.

Such a class act, ND is, first they lie to the poor guy and make him think he is the starting QB, then kick him to the curb for retard Clausen. And when he wants to leave, they won't allow it.

And ND thinks they will win their case, too.

I think USC should be more worried and taking action about the E. Moody transfer. Did Meyer tamper? Are coaches hanging around USC practices trying to steal guys? That's an issue to discuss with the NCAA.

Holland is just PO'd because he is not starting and is hurt and doesn't want to do the rehab to "sit on the bench" as he sees it, so he is going someplace where he can hurt the USC program. A pretty crappy thing to do? Yep. But not against NCAA rules.

USC is not restricting Jamere Holland from enrolling at Oregon. He just can't be on scholarship for the first year. If he really wants to go to Oregon, he can walk-on. College football scholarships are a privilege not a right. These scholarships are governed by the NCAA and conferences. Players agree to the rules when they sign a letter of intent. There's an independent review process in place to protect the athlete.

Maybe it has been talked about before, but why does he not go to a jc for a year then transfer to Oregon. If he went to a jc he would be able to play this year. It might be too late to enroll in a jc now, but it makes no sense to me. He might have been able to go to Oregon in the spring.

Cheeseburger Charlie won't give former starting Irish QB Demetrius Jones his release either. And Jones just wants to go to Northern Illinois or some such superpower.

Mr. Frontal A$$ is upset that D-Jones missed the team bus for the Penn State game and made early contact with his new school.

Please forgive me for a non related question. This ? is for the lawyer in the house. An email is it considered privileged, private and confidential information?
Thanks

T&T:
Check:
http://www.sportingnews.com/yourturn/viewtopic.php?t=275489
As you'll read the release has been granted.