I know this won't really happen, but something fun to think about.
Since FSU isn't bowl eligible and if we get the big matchup w/ the Gasparilla bowl, is there any loop hole that can get us to bring KZ back for one more game? Even if we lose, it would be a heck of a send off.
Here is my attempt. From the NCAA bylaws on eligibility (https://web3.ncaa.org/lsdbi/reports/getReport/90008).
For a mid-year transfer, it seems like the transfer student can't compete in competition when the competition could used for "NCAA championship qualification." This would not include a post-season bowl game and we could argue is not prohibited since we won't qualify for a NCAA championship from it (see below, bolded text).
14.5.5.3 Competition in Year of Transfer. A transfer student from a four-year institution who has received a waiver of or qualifies for an exception to the transfer residence requirement (per Bylaw 14.5.5.2) shall not be eligible for competition in which the student-athlete's performance could be used for NCAA championship qualification or consideration if the student-athlete participated in competition at the previous four-year institution in the same sport in which the studentathlete's performance could have been used for NCAA championship qualification or consideration. (Adopted: 1/10/95 effective 8/1/95, Revised: 1/14/97 effective 8/1/97, 4/29/04 effective 8/1/04, 5/1/19 effective 8/1/19)
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As for the one-time transfer rule. There are additional exceptions for transfers. Notably, see the exception below for when a transferred student returns to their "original institution."
14.5.5.2 Exceptions for Transfers From Four-Year Colleges. A transfer student (other than one under disciplinary suspension per Bylaw 14.5.1.2) from a four-year collegiate institution is not subject to the residence requirement for intercollegiate competition, provided the student does not have an unfulfilled residence requirement at the institution from which the student is transferring (except for the return to original institution without participation or with minimal participation exception) and any of the following exceptions is satisfied. During the student-athlete's first academic year of full-time collegiate enrollment, such conditions may serve as a basis for an exception to the residence requirement only for transfer students who, at the time of initial collegiate enrollment, met the requirements for qualifiers (set forth in Bylaw 14.3.1) in Division I. (Revised: 1/10/90, 1/10/91 effective 8/1/91, 4/27/00 effective 8/1/01, 3/10/04, 5/19/08, 6/24/09)
I think an argument can be made, that KZ falls under the exception, since he is returning to the original institution and either (b) - he took a course at FSU not offered at UCF (it does not need to be toward the same degree program)? or if not, then (c) which seems to be a catchall, but it's not clear what it means by "in accordance with the program recommended by the appropriate academic officer at the original institution."
I know he graduated from UCF in undergrad - but not sure what he is seeking at FSU and what his completion status is.
Since FSU isn't bowl eligible and if we get the big matchup w/ the Gasparilla bowl, is there any loop hole that can get us to bring KZ back for one more game? Even if we lose, it would be a heck of a send off.
Here is my attempt. From the NCAA bylaws on eligibility (https://web3.ncaa.org/lsdbi/reports/getReport/90008).
For a mid-year transfer, it seems like the transfer student can't compete in competition when the competition could used for "NCAA championship qualification." This would not include a post-season bowl game and we could argue is not prohibited since we won't qualify for a NCAA championship from it (see below, bolded text).
14.5.5.3 Competition in Year of Transfer. A transfer student from a four-year institution who has received a waiver of or qualifies for an exception to the transfer residence requirement (per Bylaw 14.5.5.2) shall not be eligible for competition in which the student-athlete's performance could be used for NCAA championship qualification or consideration if the student-athlete participated in competition at the previous four-year institution in the same sport in which the studentathlete's performance could have been used for NCAA championship qualification or consideration. (Adopted: 1/10/95 effective 8/1/95, Revised: 1/14/97 effective 8/1/97, 4/29/04 effective 8/1/04, 5/1/19 effective 8/1/19)
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As for the one-time transfer rule. There are additional exceptions for transfers. Notably, see the exception below for when a transferred student returns to their "original institution."
14.5.5.2 Exceptions for Transfers From Four-Year Colleges. A transfer student (other than one under disciplinary suspension per Bylaw 14.5.1.2) from a four-year collegiate institution is not subject to the residence requirement for intercollegiate competition, provided the student does not have an unfulfilled residence requirement at the institution from which the student is transferring (except for the return to original institution without participation or with minimal participation exception) and any of the following exceptions is satisfied. During the student-athlete's first academic year of full-time collegiate enrollment, such conditions may serve as a basis for an exception to the residence requirement only for transfer students who, at the time of initial collegiate enrollment, met the requirements for qualifiers (set forth in Bylaw 14.3.1) in Division I. (Revised: 1/10/90, 1/10/91 effective 8/1/91, 4/27/00 effective 8/1/01, 3/10/04, 5/19/08, 6/24/09)
14.5.5.2.1 Educational Exchange Exception. The student returns to the student's original institution under any of the following conditions:
- (a) After participation in a cooperative educational exchange program, provided the student is to receive a baccalaureate degree from the institution from which the student transferred to participate in the exchange program;
- (b) After one semester or quarter of attendance at another institution for purposes of taking academic courses not available at the original institution, regardless of whether they are required in the degree program the student athlete is pursuing at the first institution. In such an instance, the student also may take additional courses that were available at the first institution; or
- (c) After one academic year of attendance at another collegiate institution, in accordance with the program recommended by the appropriate academic officer at the original institution, provided the student was in good academic standing at the time the student left the original institution.
I think an argument can be made, that KZ falls under the exception, since he is returning to the original institution and either (b) - he took a course at FSU not offered at UCF (it does not need to be toward the same degree program)? or if not, then (c) which seems to be a catchall, but it's not clear what it means by "in accordance with the program recommended by the appropriate academic officer at the original institution."
I know he graduated from UCF in undergrad - but not sure what he is seeking at FSU and what his completion status is.
