DeCOURCY: Immediate eligibility would be bad for student-athletes Beverly originally committed to Ohio State and enrolled in summer classes there, but the coach who recruited him, Thad Matta, was let go a month later. Beverly decided to leave OSU and instead attend State, where his high school coach, A.W. Hamilton, was on staff. The NCAA viewed him as a transfer and determined he must sit out the season.
MORE: Big Ten season predictions “Braxton is a young man who has been severely penalized through no fault of own,” Tompsett said. “He should not have to sit out his freshman year for doing nothing more than attending summer school to get a head start on his academics.” Tompsett took the opportunity to remind those interested that NCAA president Mark Emmert recently expressed concern about the American public’s lack of confidence in the organization’s ability to govern college sports. “It is obvious that decisions like the one in this case are a major reason people think the NCAA has lost its sense of justice and fundamental fairness,” Tompsett said.
