Tennessee WR DeAnthony Arnett said Thursday he wants to transfer to a school closer to his ailing father in Michigan. Arnett wants to be released to UM or MSU, says UT will release him to MAC schools. Arnett said his father has had two heart attacks, dialysis and a series of surgeries. A Tennessee spokesman said Arnett is not being denied the opportunity to be released and play FBS-level football and that the school has a policy of not releasing players to schools UT plays or recruits against.
This is getting out of hand. The NCAA will have to clean this up some how. A kid should not be denied his release no more than a coach cannot be denied employment.
It's one thing to say we reserve the right to not release to team that's on the following year's schedule but even that is crap since a coach can leave UAB and coach at Memphis without penalty.
(12-29-2011 10:05 PM)Blazer88 Wrote: [ -> ]Tennessee WR DeAnthony Arnett said Thursday he wants to transfer to a school closer to his ailing father in Michigan. Arnett wants to be released to UM or MSU, says UT will release him to MAC schools. Arnett said his father has had two heart attacks, dialysis and a series of surgeries. A Tennessee spokesman said Arnett is not being denied the opportunity to be released and play FBS-level football and that the school has a policy of not releasing players to schools UT plays or recruits against.
On the surface this sounds reasonable except 1)the kid's ailing father(of course we don't know where in Michigan the kid is from) and 2)UT prides itself as a national program, so, essentially they recruit against the ENTIRE COUNTRY. So, it seems they reserve the right to pick and choose.
(12-29-2011 10:48 PM)WesternBlazer Wrote: [ -> ] (12-29-2011 10:05 PM)Blazer88 Wrote: [ -> ]Tennessee WR DeAnthony Arnett said Thursday he wants to transfer to a school closer to his ailing father in Michigan. Arnett wants to be released to UM or MSU, says UT will release him to MAC schools. Arnett said his father has had two heart attacks, dialysis and a series of surgeries. A Tennessee spokesman said Arnett is not being denied the opportunity to be released and play FBS-level football and that the school has a policy of not releasing players to schools UT plays or recruits against.
On the surface this sounds reasonable except 1)the kid's ailing father(of course we don't know where in Michigan the kid is from) and 2)UT prides itself as a national program, so, essentially they recruit against the ENTIRE COUNTRY. So, it seems they reserve the right to pick and choose.
The kids dad has been very sick since the kid was 14...... Why did he not stay close to home originally? did UM or MSU offer?
UT is letting him go and play somehwere else. They are setting limits but are not ending the kids career. Martelli is miles worse. He told Todd he would play nowhere else, and that is what happened. The UT kid has options. He may not like them, but he can go and play football at a high level somewhere else nearer to home.
(12-29-2011 10:48 PM)WesternBlazer Wrote: [ -> ] (12-29-2011 10:05 PM)Blazer88 Wrote: [ -> ]Tennessee WR DeAnthony Arnett said Thursday he wants to transfer to a school closer to his ailing father in Michigan. Arnett wants to be released to UM or MSU, says UT will release him to MAC schools. Arnett said his father has had two heart attacks, dialysis and a series of surgeries. A Tennessee spokesman said Arnett is not being denied the opportunity to be released and play FBS-level football and that the school has a policy of not releasing players to schools UT plays or recruits against.
On the surface this sounds reasonable except 1)the kid's ailing father(of course we don't know where in Michigan the kid is from) and 2)UT prides itself as a national program, so, essentially they recruit against the ENTIRE COUNTRY. So, it seems they reserve the right to pick and choose.
He's from Saginaw, MI which is 80 miles from E. Lansing(Michigan State), 85 from Ann Arbor(Michigan), 55 from Mount Pleasnt(Central Michigan), and 95 from Ypsilanti(Eastern Michigan). Michigan and Michigan State offered out of HS.
Sounds as if both of them are full-fledged a******s!!!!
I have no problem with what Tennessee is doing. They basically said we aren't going to release the kid to any big BCS program. I'm sure if he asked to go to Iowa State or Indiana Tennessee wouldn't care much. If he wanted to go to Michigan or MSU, he could've done that from the start.(especially if his dad has been sick for years-and not to be that guy, but isn't it ironic that both these schools are rising in the national picture the past couple of years?) Some of those MAC schools are pretty decent, and if this is really about his dad, he should be happy he can transfer and still play FBS football.
(12-30-2011 09:34 AM)blazers9911 Wrote: [ -> ]I have no problem with what Tennessee is doing. They basically said we aren't going to release the kid to any big BCS program. I'm sure if he asked to go to Iowa State or Indiana Tennessee wouldn't care much. If he wanted to go to Michigan or MSU, he could've done that from the start.(especially if his dad has been sick for years-and not to be that guy, but isn't it ironic that both these schools are rising in the national picture the past couple of years?) Some of those MAC schools are pretty decent, and if this is really about his dad, he should be happy he can transfer and still play FBS football.
Exactly.
That, and if he has NFL aspirations, if you're good, they'll find you.
Yep, I can name at least 50 players off the top of my head who play in the NFL today that aren't from traditional powers in college. And for those SEC fans out there, I love this:
Pro Bowl Roster College Conferences(all schools placed in this year's conference):
QBs: 2 Big 10, Pac 12, MAC, SEC, ACC
RBs: 2 Big East, Pac 12, SEC, C-USA, ACC
FBs: C-USA, non FBS
WRs: 2 SEC, Big XII, Big East, C-USA, Pac 12(Utah), ACC, MAC
TEs: 2 Pac 12, MAC, ACC
Ts: 2 Big 10, ACC, SEC, MAC, non-FBS
Cs: 2 SEC, Big 10, Pac 12
Gs: WAC, Sun Belt, 2 Big 10, non-FBS, Big XII
DEs: 3 Big East, Pac 12, non-FBS, MAC
DLs: Pac 12, 2 SEC, 2 ACC, Big XII
OLBs: 3 Pac 12, Big XII, Big 10, Sun Belt
ILBs: ACC, Big XII, SEC, MWC
CBs: Big East, 3 SEC, Big Ten, Sun Belt
Ss: 2 ACC, 3 Pac 12, Big XII
Special Teams: Big XII, ACC, MAC, Pac 12, SEC, non-FBS, 2 Big East
Big 10: 7
Pac 12: 14
MAC: 6
SEC: 14
ACC: 11
Big East: 9
C-USA: 3
non-FBS: 4
Sun Belt: 3
Big XII: 7
WAC: 1
MWC: 1
They may produce such great college talent, but it translates to the NFL no better than any other conference. This is all any player needs to look at to realize star NFL players can come from anywhere. And look, the MAC has 6 players on this list!
"The people at Tennessee know he's not coming back. The coaches know, the players know, the administrators know. No matter what happens, Dee can't go back right now, not the way the situation is. They know that. We've been talking back and forth. They understand.”
If this is the case, why does it matter where he plays?(or if it did, wouldn't he want to be at the school closest to home?) They are trying to make this about his sick father in one sentence and then about playing at a big time program in another. It's about one or the other, not both. Notre Dame is over 200 miles away. There is no quick 200 mile trip. This, to me, is an indicator that this is about football. If he wants to play, he can go to a MAC school. As I pointed out before, a ton of MAC players made the Pro Bowl this year. The NFL will find him if he is that good.
I think this situation is different from ours. The UT kid isn't a fifth year senior, is he? At least they are willing to let him play somewhere.
Dooley agrees to release Vols WR DeAnthony Arnett
http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/ne...see-arnett
"Tennessee coach Derek Dooley said Tuesday that he’s willing to allow freshman wide receiver DeAnthony Arnett to transfer to either Michigan State or Michigan to be close to his ailing father."
martelli you're up you maggot.