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The NCAA has granted immediately eligibility to Taulia Tagovailoa, who is now in line to be the starting quarterback at Maryland (if we have a season) after transferring from Alabama.
Good for him. Iām sure even Nick Saban did not object to the ruling.
Why would he? Saban knows that the only reason Taulia isnāt at Alabama still is because he was behind Mac Jones and soon to be behind freshman phenom Bryce Young.
But thatās not how this is supposed to work. The NCAA is still denying some players a waiver to compete right away instead of having to sit out a year.
How bad must their arguments for a waiver be?
Maybe Tagovailoa said he couldnāt overcome the language barrier after moving to Alabama from Hawaii.
That may sound ridiculous because it is. But itās not more ludicrous than the NCAAās embarrassingly inconsistent rulings.
Tighten Up NCAA and treat every transfer case based on its merit.
For Threaded Fasteners Iām Randy Kennedy with Tighten Up.