Oliver Martin Updates: Dec 27: Will not play (Shoulder injury). Is 5th on Depth Chart.
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Because they haven’t had the waiver in hand for that long.
They can enforce the one-time only rule just as easy as the sit out rule. Like you said, it was sit out then they started giving exceptions. So there’s no difference, enforce it whichever they go with.
This is not accurate. Sainristil was an EE and passed Martin this past spring. This was reported by every single Michigan source before OM even transfered.
With that said, Sainristil is a true freshman and what was being reported was it was going to be something like a 60/40 split in snaps at the slot to start the season....which is why Harbaugh was calling both of them starters....Martin didn't need the 1st guy up to get hurt or tired to see the field. However, it certainly isnt unreasonable if Martin felt like Iowa was a better situation football wiise because the guy in front of him was younger and chances were he would start to get more of the percentage of snaps as he gained experience.
Oh I'm well aware. A decision still hasn't been made on OM which is why I responded to his post with a "?".
Yep.
As of today, we are at 35 days (5 weeks) since I started this thread. The attorney had been hired at that point (35 days ago).
When the petition is filed, doesn't the player normally find out a verdict within 21 days?
That means the lawyer took 2 weeks to cross the t's and dot the i's?
Who's the lawyer and what are they paying him???
Seriously? You are an a$$hole. Plain and simple.
And you, a$$hole, are the joke here. And everyone can see it for themselves.
Get lost & go root for a team that deserves you. Which is no team.
the NCAA sittin on this while Iowa has to prepare for its opener, not knowing if the young man is available... is a problem, imo.
It's not a problem at all if you've read any of the many interviews about the Martin situation.
If they have not received a decision on the waiver, I am sure they will mix Martin and Ragaini or whoever will rotate with Martin in practice. This is NOT a big deal in terms of prep for Miami. I would hope they are going to run for big yards against Miami. Get Martin and whatever else you have in the bag ready for week three so they can put a Haydenesque ass pounding on Clown College.
It is entirely possible that Iowa was waiting on Martin's attorney to finish his/her appeal. I am not sure why you all think Iowa slow played this. I know everyone wants a response but relax, chill and just wait for something that you have no knowledge or input in.
I agree anyone giving LOL response to something means they don’t have the goods to have an argument.
I’m not even saying you are right but I hate that response from anyone.
NCAA better be putting in overtime this weekend. Lots of guys out there looking for answers.
Free Oliver.
Free Oliver.
If the NCAA doesn’t make a decision in the next week, could Iowa just play Oliver until they make a decision?
That’s an interesting question. What is Martin’s current status? If he’s not specifically forbidden by the rules to play, why can’t he until a decision is made? If the threat is taking away games from the team, is that punishment legally in the rules? I’m sure his lawyer has considered this as well.
He is looking for an exception. So right now under the rules he can't play without that exception.
There’s also a give away but no one noticed from the bus tour and that’s the highlighting of Desmond Hutson and the coaches commenting that he’ll be playing. This tells me they already learned that Oliver’s exception has been denied and it’s on appeal which is why we have not heard anything yet at all. The coaches know it’s low percentages now that he will be granted. The talk of Desmond would not be there if Oliver was going to win his exception.
no... Oliver Martin will be granted immediate eligibility... but the NCAA delaying this decision does seem to be out of spite... not sure why that is.
lets be honest here... if this was a blue blood.... do you really think they would delay the decision?
if you say no... then you have to admit the NCAA is delaying the decision to spite Iowa.
and if you are the head coach of a football team... wouldn't you want to know what players are available when you are putting together the Game Plan for the upcoming game?
lets be honest here... if this was a blue blood.... do you really think they would delay the decision?
if you say no... then you have to admit the NCAA is delaying the decision to spite Iowa.
and if you are the head coach of a football team... wouldn't you want to know what players are available when you are putting together the Game Plan for the upcoming game?
I think it’s more or less a perception that the teams that aren’t blue bloods usually get “made example of”. I am not sure if that perception is real but sometimes it certainly seems that way.
It’s an unpopular but accurate fact that the NCAA didn’t screw Ott or Iowa. Cold, heartless and completely lacking empathy was the NCAA approach. Trying to play through the injury was the issue.
I don't think you can discount the Ott situation. The Ott situation is one of the few times KF has ever been vocal about things publicly. Imagine what he was saying behind the scenes. Couple that with the fact that fair or unfair there is view that blue bloods get beyond preferential treatment.
KF approached it with his heart and felt the NCAA should do the ‘right’ thing. The NCAA did the ‘correct’ thing. KF going public probably doesn’t gain any NCAA leniency. And the Ott and Martin cases are very dissimilar.
KF going public with the Ott thing and now how long this has drug on has given ammunition to people that think the NCAA is out to get Iowa. My reply was not if the Ott thing was right or wrong. It was why the perception on here is the NCAA is out to get Iowa.
The NCAA has only had the waiver application a short time. It wasn’t file immediately upon his announcement he was transferring to Iowa.
Oliver will play in the first game under an assumed name, false mustache and glasses. Nobody will ever know.
New recruit Martin Oliver
Someone on Twitter is claiming Oliver will play this year. Not sure how to put tweets in here or I would.
