The lawyer for Oklahoma’s Mike Balogun said Friday morning he has been notified the NCAA amateurism certification staff will make a decision on his client's eligibility today, but he is not optimistic the news will be good.
In fact, just the opposite.
"I am confident they will not certify him," attorney Woody Glass said. "If [the staff] was going to certify him, they would have done it a long, long time ago."
At issue is whether Balogun, 25, competed in amateur football after turning 21, which would cost him a year of eligibility and make him ineligible this season.
Friday's decision will not, however, be final unless Balogun is re-certified.
“The amateurism staff will submit their proposed findings of fact supporting their decision,” Glass explained. “They will request a response from [Oklahoma] and Mike to agree with their proposed findings.
“If we cannot agree, we will submit our proposed findings of fact. The two position statements will then be submitted to a fact finding committee that will resolve the factual issues. Once the factual issues are decided, the case gets submitted to the Amateurism Certification Committee for decision.”
-- Mike Jones
I wonder how late the NCAA is working on a Friday afternoon before a nice, long three day weekend.
Hopefully we hear something today.
Posted by: Erik | September 04, 2009 at 02:47 PM
That is so unfair to make OU football players abide by the same rules as everyone else. Don't they know OU is in the Big 12? The rules don't apply to the Big 12, do they?
Posted by: Harold | September 04, 2009 at 04:35 PM
Harold you are an Idot. The kid has the sworn statements from 1/2 a dozen people he did not play. This isn't right.
Posted by: doug | September 04, 2009 at 06:13 PM
You would think this would be pretty simple. Did he play or not? Weren't there 100 people at this game?
Good luck on Bradford.
Posted by: hokieg - virginia tech football fan | September 07, 2009 at 09:41 PM