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I get the argument and understand why his appeal was rejected but I disagree that it's an appeal to emotion. If the same exact injury happened a year later he would have played the exact same amount of basketball as now but would likely be eligible next year. A huge chunk of players eligible in that '20-'21 season received five years of eligibility. He only gets four.
My main issue wasn't that you were applying the ruling incorrectly, but that you said "he didn't miss out on anything." He did compared to almost every other kid in his class. My take on the situation is that I get why he pushed for another year and wish he could get it, but he's unlucky because he happened to get hurt during a year where everyone got a free year, whether they got injured or not. It's bad luck, not him looking to steal an extra year.
He didn't miss out on anything, because he played 5 years of basketball just like everyone else. You're arguing like he got a medical redshirt. He didn't. He played.
If the same injury happened a year later, he would still be ineligible because he still wouldn't have gotten a medical redshirt. He was never eligible for one because it wasn't a season-ending injury. That's how the NCAA has worked for as long as I can remember.
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