'13 IL RB Ty Isaac (Michigan Transfer)

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I think it would be great if he sat out a year, cam leaves and we have thunder and lightning for 2-3 years.
 
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Summary from a radio interview this morning
1340 WJOL - Ty Isaac Says Next Stop Likely in the Midwest

Is it possible that even if Isaac could transfer to ND on the technicality and be on scholarship, that they could still play hardball with the hardship release as it relates to ND?

Will USC say, transfer to ND and we will fight the hardship and you will have to sit out a year, transfer anywhere else and we will consent to the hardship release?

Ty Isaac Says Next Stop Likely in the Midwest

It was last week that we heard the announcement concerning former Joliet Catholic running back Ty Isaac deciding to transfer out of U-S-C after one season. Monday morning on 1340 WJOL with Scott Slocum, Isaac said that despite his decision to leave, his one year at Southern Cal was a great time.

Isaac also hinted that YES, the rest of his career will very likely be at a midwestern university. He wants to be closer to his family, which was his top reason for leaving the Trojans.

Another issue still in limbo is whether or not Isaac will be able to play this coming fall. Ordinarily, transfers need to sit out an entire year. But Isaac says his family is working with USC officials to see if a decision can be made to allow him a 'special hardship release,' giving him a chance to play in the 2014 season.
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Without having listened to the interview, I don't understand how SC would have the power to do that. SC has the power to (1) grant (or deny) permission to contact a particular school, and (2) release (or decline to release) Ty from his NLI. The general one-year "year-in-residence" requirement, which prevents athletes from playing in their first year at a new school, is an NCAA requirement that only the NCAA, not SC, can waive.

I wonder if "[Isaac's] family is working with USC officials to see if a decision can be made to allow him a 'special hardship release'" means USC is helping Isaac petition the NCAA for a decision granting him immediate eligibility, even though Isaac is leaving? If so, that's awfully classy of them ...
 
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This whole saga sounds like Ty wants to go to ND and USC is purposely obfuscating the situation in order to delay Ty.
 
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Emcee77 said:
Without having listened to the interview, I don't understand how SC would have the power to do that. SC has the power to (1) grant (or deny) permission to contact a particular school, and (2) release (or decline to release) Ty from his NLI. The general one-year "year-in-residence" requirement, which prevents athletes from playing in their first year at a new school, is an NCAA requirement that only the NCAA, not SC, can waive.

I wonder if "[Isaac's] family is working with USC officials to see if a decision can be made to allow him a 'special hardship release'" means USC is helping Isaac petition the NCAA for a decision granting him immediate eligibility, even though Isaac is leaving? If so, that's awfully classy of them ...
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Could it be a: you don't go to ND and we help with your hardship waiver? You go to ND and we don't help?
 
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Cackalacky said:
This whole saga sounds like Ty wants to go to ND and USC is purposely obfuscating the situation in order to delay Ty.
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but, like, USC doesn't do things like that... I remember reading that somewhere in this thread.....
 
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I am thinking MAYBE Ty and his family and Swarbrick and Kelly are slowly and masterfully turning the heat up on SCum - like boiling a lobster. Discreetly, behind the scenes but very powerfully.

Kelly publicly states we are open to more transfers. Interesting.

Ty wants to go to a great university, work hard in the classroom, get a great education and set himself up for the rest of his life - SCum why are you standing in his way?

The longer I hear nothing - the more optimistic I become.
 
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When does the summer school start and when does the summer workout period start? With the new rules cant they have some coach/playe rinteraction on the field now?
 
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Didn't realize the hardship waiver would require you to attend a school within a 100 mile radius to be eligible. The thing that could be interesting is that the NCAA rules doesn't totally clarify the 100 mile radius rule. Is it driving distance or is it "as the crow flies". I don't know exactly where Ty lives, but from the center of Joliet, a 100 mile radius circle would place both Champaign and Notre Dame just inside. Whoever is writing this article states that it's 109 for both of them so it's possible Ty lives a little northwest of Joliet.
https://michigan.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1643729

RB transfer Ty Isaac seeks a waiver to play in 2014

Michael Spath
TheWolverine.com Managing Editor

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Since announcing his decision to transfer from Southern Cal last week, five-star running back Ty Isaac has laid low, but he did talk to local radio station WJOL earlier this week and gave an update on his progress.

In the interview with Program Director Scott Slocum, who hosts "Slocum in the Morning" (you can hear the entire interview here) Isaac reiterated his reason for leaving USC after one season was to tend to family matters back in Shorewood, Ill.


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Isaac left USC after one season.
"Some family stuff," Isaac told Slocum. "I wasn't real comfortable with the situation being that far away. I thought it was best for me and my state to come back closer to home.

"These next few weeks I'll find my next home and we'll get to work."

The nation's No. 4 ranked running back and No. 27 player overall in the 2013 class, Isaac confirmed that he will be looking at schools in the Midwest, particularly within the Big Ten conference.

Though the 6-3, 225-pounder didn't name specific schools, Michigan is expected to receive a long look. However, if he wants to play right away - and he said he does - U-M does not fall within the 100-mile radius of his home to receive an NCAA hardship waiver, which he's seeking.

"We've spoken [to the NCAA], my parents have dealt with that more than I have and we're waiting to hear back," said Isaac in the interview.

However, he added that he will not pick a school based solely on the verdict rendered by the NCAA.

"As far as that's concerned, I don't think they [his decision and the NCAA ruling] have anything to do with each other," he shared with WJOL. "I'm trying to get my decision done -- I don't want it to be drawn out process and go until August.

"Wherever I go, the NCAA will have to make a ruling regardless."

The NCAA did revise the hardship waiver this spring, allowing players that have already redshirted and are transferring due to a hardship four years of eligibility in a six-year window as opposed to the previous four years in a five-year window. That legislation change would not affect Isaac because he played as a true freshman and would still have three seasons of eligibility remaining if he's forced to redshirt this fall.

The 100-mile radius for a hardship waiver allowing a player to compete immediately has not changed, and if playing in 2014 is Isaac's chief priority, Michigan would likely find itself finishing runner-up to Northwestern (57 miles). Illinois and Notre Dame (both 109 miles away) are also outside the radius.

TheWolverine.com will continue to cover the Isaac transfer, and turn in to Inside The Fort Friday for some insider scoop.
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Google Earth gave me 98.3 miles from Joliet Catholic's football field to Notre Dame Stadium.
 
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Is this some new rule or did the EV situation not count because he never came to campus? I thought he qualified for a hardship waiver and he lives over 400 miles from UCLA.
 
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dad4aa said:
Is this some new rule or did the EV situation not count because he never came to campus? I thought he qualified for a hardship waiver and he lives over 400 miles from UCLA.
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He never enrolled at ND so these NCAA transfer rules didn't apply. The issue was just whether he had to serve the one-year penalty for breaching his NLI, not whether he had to serve his NCAA year-in-residence.

But I do think this 100 mile rule is new.
 
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Emcee77 said:
I believe Ty is from Shorewood, just a little west of Joliet.
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Yup, I found several articles that references Shorewood as his home which would push Notre Dame outside of the 100 mile radius. If he wants to play next year and the NCAA will grant him the waiver, it appears Northwestern would be about the only place that fits.
 
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ab2cmiller said:
Yup, I found several articles that references Shorewood as his home which would push Notre Dame outside of the 100 mile radius. If he wants to play next year and the NCAA will grant him the waiver, it appears Northwestern would be about the only place that fits.
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Probably Northern Illinois too, right?
 
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The NCAA has been handing out hardship waivers like candy. I'm skeptical that they'll bar his transfer to ND (assuming that's what he wants) because of 6 measly miles.
 
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Whiskeyjack said:
The NCAA has been handing out hardship waivers like candy. I'm skeptical that they'll bar his transfer to ND (assuming that's what he wants) because of 6 measly miles.
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I thought about that earlier. Surely the NCAA has given itself some discretion on that radius. Making it a hard and fast rule would kinda contradict the philosophy of the waiver.
 
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