Report: NCAA reaches decision on Tennessee OL Cade Mays' eligibility waiver
One of the more high profile lineman in the SEC has reportedly received news about his immediate eligibility waiver. Tennessee lineman Cade Mays’ waiver has been denied, and the university plans to appeal.
That news comes from Wes Rucker of 247Sports, and it’s a blow to the Vols because of Mays’ talent and experience at Georgia, where he played multiple positions along the offensive line. Mays is a Knoxville, Tennessee native, and it was a surprise when the Tennessee legacy chose to start his college career at Georgia.
Mays had been a longtime recruit to join Tennessee’s program under Butch Jones but after being committed to his hometown Volunteers for over two years, the 5-star lineman signed with Georgia as a member of the program’s 2018 recruiting class.
The sequence of events of his transfer began when offensive line coach Sam Pittman left Georgia for Arkansas, and Tennessee signed Cade’s younger brother Cooper Mays as a member of its 2020 recruiting class. Then Mays hired attorney Tom Mars, who has successfully managed to get a number of athletes eligible immediately in recent years, including Justin Fields at Ohio State and Shea Patterson at Michigan.
About the time Mays announced plans to leave Georgia, news leaked about father Kevin Mays lawsuit against Georgia following an incident in Athens during a recruiting visit. Kevin Mays’ allegedly had part of his finger severed and is seeking $3 million in damages from Georgia.
The timing of the next development in this case is unclear since Mays hired Mars about seven months ago.
Does this mean Daddy Mays will drop the lawsuit for sitting on his pinky and not being able to service his wife?
What a disgusting human you are.
I’m disgusting????
Are you aware that Daddy Mays is suing UGA because HE cut off part of his finger with a chair?
And, Momma Mays is joining in the suit against UGA because since Daddy Mays cut his finger she has lost “consortium?”
I’m not the money grubbing ambulance chaser looking for a free pay day.
But I image in your World that’s fine.
I don’t think that word means what you think it means. Yes, I’m aware of the lawsuit. Yes, you are disgusting.
Did you Google “consortium” before attempting to correct me, of course not.
Consortium: the right of association and companionship with one’s husband or wife.
More explicit definitions abound.
You are disgustly stupid.
I hate it for Cade. Loved watching him play and hated seeing him transfer. But I was all for him getting immediate eligibility.
The NCAA is a joke.
I don’t hate it for Mays. He played two full years here and was starting most games before he turned his back and left. No sympathy here.
I don’t equate playing football with faith, family, duty and honor.
College football is big money entertainment and given that landscape adjustments need to be made to protect the best interests of the kids playing the game. These are the times we live in.
Lol, what a joke.
They need to sue the corrupt NCAA! How does a guy go from California to Ga. and gets declared eligible right away, yet a guy moves back to his hometown during a pandemic and is denied? Totally ridiculous?
I’m serious, the NCAA need to be taken to court for their totally random decisions in these wavier cases.
The guy from Cali — I’m guessing you’re referring to Daniels — played half a game last season and then was out due to injury. He would have been eligible for a redshirt under the 4-game rule, so he was widely expected to get a waiver.
How does that make sense. He should still have to sit whether he’d redshirt or not
It doesn’t. This is ridiculous but I’m not surprised honestly.
The NCAA’s inconsistency is at least consistent.
Makes you wonder whether he’ll just declare for the draft. With half the FBS not playing this fall, he certainly wouldn’t be the only one.
You cant transfer within the conference without sitting a year. Its an SEC thing.
Everyone knows that them inbred Tennessee folk aren’t that bright. I bet the the idiot wishes he just stayed now, but oh well.
The the biggest idiot on here would be you HH.
I do believe the Georgia-Tennessee game will be quite interesting this year.
So if your a QB that lost his starting position you get immediate eligibility. If you are a lineman who is suing his school you will sit a year. Now tell me skill position players don’t get extra love from the NCAA.