Jackson Jambalaya

Can NCAA appeal?

The way Judge Whitwell ran that hearing today was an embarrassment for the State of Mississippi judicial system. He didn’t even try to give the impression that he was impartial. He went out of the way to make sure everyone knew he was in the bag. He traded respect and reputation for popularity. Because even the people who are happy with his ruling will not respect him.

All he had to do to look impartial was keep his mouth shut about in the hearing and then rule for Chambliss. Incredibly, he WANTED everyone to know he wasn’t impartial. Unreal

Hour and a half opinion lol

You know, the Ole Miss crowd crowed all week about how this one was in the bag because of the Ole Miss judge. They were right. What a shame. I don't know how you listen to the testimony about Chambliss's devastating tonsillitis and come away with any other conclusion. Congrats to them I guess. But shame on us.

Be careful how you deceive just because you can, as it may not be long until you learn that Karma communicates with the Boogie man.

Stunner

NCAA should have known they're is
nothing like some good old homecookin Oxford style!

KF - I am a big fan of how you report and deal with the mouth breathing knuckleheads on here but I don't love the last pat of the post. It's fair game to say the judge went to UM Law School but why say anything (anything) about a judge's children? Our judicial system objectivity is the last barrier between us and the world of the left. Why slip that in which can only lead the reader to wonder about his impartiality.

The judge announced his verdict: ARE YOU READY? HELL YEA DAMN STRAIGT! HOTTY TODDY..... and the Honorable Jurist finally concluded.... BY DAMN!

Bound to be an appeal.

@7:06 There was zero objectivity in this one. This decision made a mockery of our judicial system.

Yeah, shame on you Kingfish for sharing enough information to allow readers to conclude for themselves whether or not a conflict of interest may exist.

His kids play for OM...nothing to see. Move along.

7:06: In case you missed it this WAS about his impartiality and everybody maybe excepting you, knows it. We can deny it, but in this world such things do happen. Welcome to the real world.

Judges in Mississippi are politicians. This guy lives in the shadow of Ole Miss and must be a part of that community. He did what he had to do. Tomorrow is another day.

This is the stupidest thing I’ve seen since JA recruiting saga last week. Did the judge really do the landshark gesture during his
90 min opinion 😂

There might be an appeal, but the judge's ruling seemed to focus on the NCAA's own bylaws and inconsistent application of its own rules in waiver decisions. Surely not a good look that the NCAA attorneys left and did not show back up to hear the judge's ruling.

Chambliss is stupid if he does not declare for the draft. He has nothing to gain by coming back and EVERYTHING to lose. He is taking bad advice from the same selfish people who said that the Hugh Freeze probation was totally worth it to go to the Sugar Bowl.

Homer much?

This was a silly, irrelevant case - whether someone can play another year of a sport that increasingly has no rules. If this judge had ruled in favor of a family member in a felony case, I’d understand the outrage. It’s only football, so everyone take a breath.

Woo wee! The leg humpers are hot tonight.

Leg jumpers are humping out of control now! And of course they will have to "clean" themselves properly afterward.

I agree the smart decision would be for Chambliss to enter the NFL draft ... but to equate him with that goofy Hugh Freeze is the most asinine comment I've read in a while.

6:35, How about some specific examples?

I bet you didn't even watch the hearing.

If the judge was so obviously "in the bag" for Ole Miss, then why didn't the NCAA lawyers push for recusal?

They know how to do it, since they did it a couple of weeks ago on the Tuscaloosa judge who allowed a basketball player to play for Alabama, after two years in the NBA.

But hey, maybe in this case the NCAA didn't have the money to hire a competent legal team, and they just stood by with their thumbs up their butts, while this highly-publicized proceeding "made a mockery of our judicial system."

Or maybe, there were no grounds for recusal, despite the cynical assumptions of Internet trolls, whose first reaction to not getting their way is to claim the whole system is rigged against them. The victim culture seems to grow stronger every day.

Can’t believe you mentioned his kid went to Ole Miss and lives in Oxford close to the Honorable Judge and that his grandkids are also at Ole Miss. This should be not be discussed.

Chambliss wins that case if it were tried in Alaska. I have no allegiance to UM. I never could figure out why the NCAA pushed it. The NCAA’s lawyers actions seems to indicate their legal channels of recourse have all but closed and they are going all in with the legislative branch. NCAA should’ve realized that employee status was inevitable and worked out a cba and benefits packages. Bet the NCAA is out of football in less than 3 years.

"Judge Whitwell's son played on the Ole Miss tennis team and his grandson is currently on the tennis roster."

KF, I think you know that, of itself, does not constitute grounds for recusal. The NCAA legal team knows it, since they didn't move for recusal.

8:28 Nothing to gain? He is about to get paid. Big time. I mean in the millions and he can still go pro and make more. Not so stupid.

My goodness I didn’t know that many State fans had access to the internet.