Stephanie Soares injury waiver is denied
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In the age of COVID 5th years this make zero sense.
I'm pleased that they got this done quickly. Hopefully it is in time so she can enter the WNBA draft.
Can we just get rid of the NCAA.
This was a long shot from the get-go; Bill said that himself. She wanted to take a chance at getting a waiver, and they tried. Everyone involved knew it was an uphill battle and most likely going to be denied since she played in more than 30% of their regular season games.
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Just heard the news on KXNO and one of the guys said that she was as high as 4th in a WNBA mock, so that might not have been a realistic option for us anyway
To all those complaining she clearly played more than what a injury waiver usually allows. I'm not shocked at this result.
If she played at UCONN she would've had a much better chance.
You have no way of knowing that. NCAA rules state if you play in more than 30% of your team's (regular) season games.
Twenty-eight regular season games (Drake canceled) x 30% = 8.4 games
The injury occurred in game 13.
According to the NCAA rules, in order to be granted a medical redshirt, the athlete must: Suffer an injury that is deemed “season-ending” Their injury must occur before the halfway point of the season. Not participate in more than 30% of the season's games.
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She would have had exactly the same chance. Zero.
Not surprising and it's not that NCAA messing with us.
She played part of one year in the NCAA. It would have been one thing if she had played NCAA basketball in other years.
The NCAA is just the worst.
The previous worst was Lucca Staiger having to sit out a year because a teammate on a team got paid $500 and he didn't know about it...in the same era where they said it was fantastic Cam Newton's dad got a quarter million dollars and that was ok because Cam "didn't know".
JBo and Mini Mad McCaffe get to play six seasons because of a minor injury while sand Soares gets to play 13 games sitting out a major injury?
The previous worst was Lucca Staiger having to sit out a year because a teammate on a team got paid $500 and he didn't know about it...in the same era where they said it was fantastic Cam Newton's dad got a quarter million dollars and that was ok because Cam "didn't know".
JBo and Mini Mad McCaffe get to play six seasons because of a minor injury while sand Soares gets to play 13 games sitting out a major injury?
No it wasn't. She played NAIA during COVID so she wasn't eligible for an NCAA COVID year.