Why would Fields be eligible for a waiver from the NCAA?

Because he isn't coming to Notre Dame

That seems to be the only reason waivers get denied anymore, anyway.

A Georgia baseball player directed racial slurs at him.

I believe he is on the baseball team as well. He can therefore state that he wasn’t comfortable at Georgia and they didnt do enough to prevent the discrimination. Thus allowing him to be immediately eligible.

And now the template for immediate eligibility is in place. *

I find this to be callous

You don't think that what happened to him is a big deal?

You mean that was the first time someone yelled something

stupid from the stands? Come on, if Jake fromme had tore his ACL in the Bowl game, he would of been the UGA QB and all would be right with the world.

No one is saying what the kid did or said was right. Its a joke to actually think the kid is actually concerned for his well being. His only concern is to skirt the rule and to be able to play next season.

This is distinguishable from "someone yelled something"

stupid from the stands.

This was a teammate making a racist comment directed at Field.

Has that been proven? *

UGA expelled the player, so apparently yes. *

He admitted it, and claims he apologized to Fields

in person. The irony is that Fields had no idea he had a racial slur yelled at him since the kid was in the stands, but the students around him turned him in and after that Fields found out.

Clearly, UGA should've done more to stop this

I assume that would be applying duct tape to every fan that enters a stadium on the off chance they utter something that offends a potential starting QB for another school.

How is that irony? *

There’s a point that he would not have known he’d been

insulted if others hadn’t called attention to the slur. And if he did not know he’d been insulted, he would not have left the school. Or, if he did leave, he would have had to sit out a year.

An interesting twist, I guess.

Not intended to minimize the wrongness of the slur in the first place, nor the negative consequences the player experienced from the slur.

Somewhat outside of the point here, but I believe players should be permitted to transfer without any period of ineligibility.

"didn't do enough to prevent the discrimination"

I'd love to know what they were supposed to do. Racist comment condom?

Fields' sister enrolled at Georgia

So if he was traumatized or uncomfortable in any way due to the incident--he didn't seem to convey those concerns to his sister. She just enrolled at Georgia to play Softball.

It’s more nuanced than that

He wants to play baseball as well. The player on the baseball team that directed the insult towards him was expelled. It’s entirely reasonable to think that one may be satisfied with the university, the football team, and the softball team while also deciding you wouldn’t want to be on the baseball team with a bunch of guys that were (are) friends with the guy who was expelled “because” of you...

So, he should be safe to play baseball at OSU

I expect to see him out there this spring, putting his football career on hold.

So make him eligible to play baseball right away.

But he gets to sit out for football because Fuck OSU!

Except he isn't going to play baseball. *

Conveniently, baseball will allow him to play football *

Georgia should be punished

They’ve obviously been proven guilty if the hardship was granted. So shouldn’t there be some punishment to the person that directed the slurs along with an investigation of Georgia athletics? If it’s bad enough to grant a hardship then it should also be bad enough to be investigated. Can’t have it both ways. Read this with sarcasm since of course nothing will happen.

The person was identified and was dismissed *

Wow, that was fast

I just posted and it’s already done.

This is such bullshit.

Felt unsafe/uncomfortable, but not enough to stop playing and transfer right away. Had to see if he could pull the starting job away from Fromm first. He didn't, so he transferred. Simple as that. There's 'hardship' outside of him not being able to beat out the incumbent.

The instant the N word is uttered within an earshot of him at OSU, he should be required to transfer immediately.

"What's the big deal with the N-word?"

- a bunch of white dudes. How about you let the kid play where he wants to play and worry about more important things?

He should have transferred immediately *

I love how we decry the current state of college football

while simultaneously disregarding the fact that the young man was in the middle of a semester.

You’re positing a rule in which the victims of racist taunts

...are the ones who should have to interrupt their careers/educations mid-semester or else they have no redress?

Incongruency

He's putting a stake in the ground and saying he can't be there because of the incident. If a similar incident happens elsewhere, why shouldn't that same standard be upheld? Does being a starting QB make it less threatening/intimidating?

If he actually felt intimidated/threatened, why wait 5 months for the transfer? It is so glaringly obvious that this kid is full of it.

This case will set a dangerous precedent where anyone will be able to claim they were a victim of verbal abuse, whether it be racial slurs, bullying, whatever...and then be allowed to transfer with immediate eligibility.

What if he’s not comfortable on the baseball team?

You know, having to play with the buddies of the dude that called him the “N” word.