By Chris Marler
Decision making is hard.
Don’t believe me. Just ask your significant other what they want for dinner. If they give you an actual concrete answer, I’ll give you $20. However, I’d bet the mortgage that they shoot down several ideas. Double or nothing if the first response is “I don’t care, whatever you want.”
Decision making is hard. In some cases though, people are in the business of doing that very thing. One being the NCAA. So, someone needs to explain to me why it is July 31st, and the NCAA hasn’t ruled on Rahsul Faison’s eligibility yet.
If you’re unfamiliar with the situation, Faison is a transfer portal running back at South Carolina. He transferred from Utah State and was one of the highest ranked players in the portal at his position. He signed with South Carolina under the assumption he’d be eligible thanks to the new Diego Pavia rule for former JUCO players.
That’s where the problem begins.
Faison was a part of the 2019 recruiting cycle, so his eligibility for 2025 looks pretty absurd on paper. This would technically be his seventh year of college. The issue is that he’s only played football for three of those years. He fits every criteria for the Pavia rule and checks every box to be eligible.
But decisions are hard.
That’s the only explanation for why Fall Camp will start tomorrow and South Carolina still won’t know if their projected starting running back that they signed, gave an NIL deal to and planned on being a big part of their 2025 offense, will even be allowed to play. Tomorrow will be 30 days until the season starts. It will be nearly 200 days since the NCAA was asked to approve Faison’s eligibility. You know the NCAA, the volunteer organization whose literal mission statement is to help provide for the betterment and enrichment of college student-athletes. That NCAA.
But alas, decisions are hard.
That’s apparently especially true if you’re the NCAA. It’s even more difficult if that decision is the right one.
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