Trinidad Chambliss has been officially and legally ruled eligible for a sixth season of eligibility, and he will return to Ole Miss for his final season.
The Mississippi Supreme Court denied an NCAA appeal of a lower courrt ruling that said the Chambliss was eligible for a redshirt season in 2022, which he missed entirely following a tonsillectomy an d complications during recovery. However, Ferris State did not file the proper medical redshirt form, which the head coach had promised Chambliss he would pursue. In the lower court's ruling, the court said the NCAA had ignored medical evidence that supported Chambliss' claim that he couldn't play, ruling he should have been given a redshirt season and was therefore eligible for another seaosn of college athletics.
A four-year member at Division II Ferris State, Chambliss transferred to Ole Miss as a backup last season, but injureis forced him into the starting job. Chambliss took advantage of the opportunity, take the Rebels to the National Semifinal, where they lost to Miami in the Fiesta Bowl.
My take: Of all the hills the NCAA could choose to die on, this always seemed a ridiculous choice. Chambliss missed an entire season due to illness. Big deal. I understand the NCAA doesn't want to start adjudicating retroactive medical redshirts, but that was never the case here. The Ferris State coach is on record, under oath, saying he would apply for the medical redshirt for Chambliss. He didn't — not intentionally — due to some bureaucratic and/or administrative snafu.
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Chambliss offically eligible
Trinidad Chambliss has been officially and legally ruled eligible for a sixth season of eligibility, and he will return to Ole Miss for his final season.
The Mississippi Supreme Court denied an NCAA appeal of a lower courrt ruling that said the Chambliss was eligible for a redshirt season in 2022, which he missed entirely following a tonsillectomy an d complications during recovery. However, Ferris State did not file the proper medical redshirt form, which the head coach had promised Chambliss he would pursue. In the lower court's ruling, the court said the NCAA had ignored medical evidence that supported Chambliss' claim that he couldn't play, ruling he should have been given a redshirt season and was therefore eligible for another seaosn of college athletics.
A four-year member at Division II Ferris State, Chambliss transferred to Ole Miss as a backup last season, but injureis forced him into the starting job. Chambliss took advantage of the opportunity, take the Rebels to the National Semifinal, where they lost to Miami in the Fiesta Bowl.
My take: Of all the hills the NCAA could choose to die on, this always seemed a ridiculous choice. Chambliss missed an entire season due to illness. Big deal. I understand the NCAA doesn't want to start adjudicating retroactive medical redshirts, but that was never the case here. The Ferris State coach is on record, under oath, saying he would apply for the medical redshirt for Chambliss. He didn't — not intentionally — due to some bureaucratic and/or administrative snafu.
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