http://www.sanduskyregister.com/articles/2008/07/26/sports/doc488aa88289378240449658.txt

I have read the NCAA handbook regarding a school trying to get the NCAA to reinstate an athlete. After reading it is obvious to me the NCAA has set up a process that could take forever. And yet the NCAA also says they had no hand in the suspension of Andy. Hopefully the judge will sooner rather than later stop the stalling and at least issue a temporary restraining order against the NCAA.

I am predicting a temporary restraining order that in the words of one of Darren’s articles says “Let Andy Play” while all the supposed adults in this sorry affair face each other in a circle and start shooting at each other till all of them have finally owned up to what they did to a student athlete who they apparently thought right after being drafted as an 18 year old high schooler should have put everything on hold while he got hold of the NCAA Handbook(huge numbers of pages) and became an expert in that Handbook and not trust the advisor who advertised to him the advisor knew everything there was to know regarding the NCAA Handbook and could be trusted to help the athlete with the process and preserve his future eligibility.

I’m betting every player on the 8 teams that recently participated in the College World Series and currently has an advisor and/or had an advisor in high school would have to be declared ineligible if they were singled out the way Andy was for violating NCAA Bylaw 12.3.2.1 Presence of a Lawyer at Negotiations which defines direct contact with a professional organization as beng in person, by telephone or by mail.

I said that I believe that Andy will settle with Barrata bros and Icon Group. I also think that once he gets reinstated, he drops the case against OSU/NCAA…too big of a battle to take on by himself.

Cruz-

Maybin is a client of Barratas…from what I hear, he is very happy with them. Who knows, though.

Sounds like he may have violated NCAA rules (or rather the Barrata bros. violated the rules). Not sure what kind of suspension is warranted where someone negotiates on your behalf?

Perhaps he settles with Barrata and Icon, but sounds like those groups may need to pay dearly for the legal and ethical violations.

In any event, I can’t see a player ever using the Barrata group again.

If my guess is as good as yours, then what IS your guess?

I just can’t see a 20-year old kid dragging out a lawsuit trial against the NCAA and OSU, especially during the school year. I mean, it just seems like a HUGE distraction and I personally don’t see this ending well. If Oliver gets his eligibility back, does he just drop the suit? This one could go MANY ways, yet I have a hard time seeing which way it indeed will go.

Is there ANY way this ends positively for all three sides? Will there be any hard feelings between Andy and OK ST when its all done??

Darren,

Do you see this going to trial? That seems like it could take a LONG time if that ends up being the case…

Looks like Andy got screwed over by people he trusted (Barratas – OSU).