South Dakota is off to a 2-0 start and while Brady Heiman has yet to enter a game, he at least has been eligible to do so.  Brady was Amir Harris's teammate at Nebraska, two of the three ex-Huskers who were dumped by new coach Fred Hoiberg.  (Is karma a bitch?  Nebraska is 0-2 having lost two home games to UC-Riverside and Southern Utah.)

Heiman received NCAA approval on October 8 to become immediately eligible to play, bypassing the normal one year wait period that most transfers face.  Unless something has gone unreported, Amir's circumstance is exactly the same as Heiman's.  And yet, over a month has passed since Brady received his ruling and Amir continues to wait.

This is rapidly rising the charts as the NCAA's most ridiculous and inexcusable scenarios and there have been plenty to choose from over the years.  The fact that all eligibility cases were not resolved before the start of the season is beyond the realm of comprehension.  Now that we're two games in and are still waiting, this is nothing short of unbelievable.

I can only hope that Tanya Vogel and/or the athletic department's compliance staff are contacting the NCAA daily about this.  Can you imagine if this were happening to a player at Duke or Kentucky?  You can't because it would never happen.  Now that eligibility questions have arose regarding Chase Young and James Wiseman, you can't help but get the sense that these cases go to the front of the line while Amir at mid-major GW must wait a while longer.

This is simply unacceptable on every conceivable level.
 

No one giving money to schools should be "loaning" money to high school players. In fact, no one should be loaning money to high school players, period. At least not if they want to look innocent.

Florida Colonial wrote:

Looks like he’s eligible!!

Where do you see this?

Amir not eligible yet per my sources.

this indicates...something: https://twitter.com/JamionChristian/status/1194694234512777216

It's good that Amir Harris got the waiver because Hoiberg forced him out of Nebraska, but it will probably take A.Harris a few games to get adjusted, since his status was in limbo for so long. I'm assuming A.Harris will start at shooting guard or small forward when he's ready to play big minutes. 

From JC's Twitter:
Excited for the news from the NCAA today about Amir Harris. Great things happen 2great people &we are enthusiastic about his ability 2help our program IMMEDIATELY! 👏 2all who worked diligently on this manner from our AMAZING people here 2those doing the right thing at Nebraska.

Amir brings a great energy 2our team with the ❤️ he exhibits 2 play the game. His ability 2 play above the rim & creativity will give us something in the backcourt which is very rare. Known 4 his elite defensive mindset adding 2 an already tough defensive unit. Brick  x  Brick #gogdub
 

Last edited by GW0509 (11/13/2019 3:40 pm)

I am  glad for Amir.
However, SHAME ON THE NCAA! How is his waiver eligibility status different today than it was, say, the day classes started? You would think that with all the billions (with a "b") of dollars that the NCAA gets that it could afford to provide its student-athletes with a smidge of customer service and process these requests in a timely fashion.

Last edited by GW Alum Abroad (11/13/2019 8:35 pm)

Based on what This board has said his stats were last year, I think he replaces Javy in starting line up and gives us another threat besides JNJ at driving to the hoop.

certainly good news for this season.  On the other hand, it may have been better in the long term for him to have sat this year and begin his 3 years of eligibility next season, as a more developed player on a better team.  I think you can make a fairly compelling argument either way

Last edited by Long Suffering Fan (11/14/2019 8:25 am)