The NCAA Division I Board of Directors says it is “troubled” by North Carolina’s public criticism of the decision made by a committee to deny an eligibility waiver to Tar Heels transfer receiver Tez Walker, adding some committee members have received violent threats.
The NCAA said the national office in Indianapolis is coordinating with law enforcement to deal with possibly criminal threats against committee members. NCAA regulatory committees are comprised of administrators from the association’s more than 1,100 member schools.
NCAA rules allow players to transfer without sitting out a year once while they are undergraduates. Because Walker has transferred twice, he needed a waiver to play this season. Brown has said Walker had struggled emotionally both amid the uncertainty of his status in recent weeks and now after the final denial. On Monday, Brown attended an emergency meeting of the school’s board of trustees and he said would discuss options for how the school could support Walker.
Walker enrolled at North Carolina Central before ending up at Kent State. The Eagles didn’t play football because of the COVID-19 pandemic during Walker’s time at North Carolina Central, so he has played two seasons at Kent State. Walker enrolled at UNC in January days before a rule change that restricted free movement by two-time transfers while applying a case-by-case evaluation.
Still, the NCAA’s stance has drawn criticism, including during the ABC national broadcast of UNC’s opener and even
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