TENNESSEE
Jay Bilas rips NCAA for denying Tennessee big man Uros Plavsic's eligibility waiver
The Tennessee Volunteers were hoping transfer big man Uros Plavsic from Arizona State would be able to play this season.
After losing post players like Grant Williams and Kyle Alexander from last year’s squad, Plavsic would have filled a big need.
However, the waiver and appeal from the Vols were denied, and that caused ESPN analyst Jay Bilas to fire off an angry tweet at the NCAA:
Another unjustifiable decision on a transfer. What a joke. https://t.co/v1IbRsBPa8
— Jay Bilas (@JayBilas) November 2, 2019
Bilas isn’t the only unhappy one, as the Vols came out firing in a strong statement following the NCAA ruling.
Sadly, it likely won’t have an impact, as the NCAA ruling is final.
Literally ZERO reason for his waiver to be denied. The NCAA giving so much power to petty adults and denying kids an opportunity to do what they love is an atrocity.
What was the basis of the wavier request?
He played high school ball in Chattanooga while living with his host family. He signed with Arizona St because his old Slovenian coach got signed on as an assistant. During his first year they fired his old coach and sent him back to Slovenia, so Uros wanted to transfer back to be closer to his host family because they’re LITERALLY THE ONLY PEOPLE HE KNOWS IN THIS ENTIRE COUNTRY.
Perhaps he should have said someone offended him like Fields did at Georgia.
No fee fees involved, unfortunately. I bet the doggies wish that baseball player had stayed home that game.
Who cares what Bilas thinks. He’s one of the biggest morons at ESPN.
NCAA felt the need to deny this one since they allowed Aubrey Solomon to play for the football team this year.