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[QUOTE="RF2044, post: 1355283, member: 40"]
Thanks for posting the actual section of the findings report.  Reading it, I don't see anything that would preclude us from bringing in an additional player at this time.
 
What the text indicates is that we can defer until 2016-2017 if we are already obligated to provide too many scholarships for 2015-2016 academic year that would preclude us from getting under 10 NEXT YEAR.  And as evidence that we can't get under the limit, we need to provide LOI documentation from the class of 2015 to validate that we can't get under 10.
 
So, we have 7 returning players [counting McCullough].  We are bringing in 4 [not counting Bryant], which puts us at 11.  We can provide the required / requested documentation demonstrating that the LOIs were executed, and we can't get under 10 in 2015-2016.  Problem solved--the penalty defers. 
 
That has zero to do with Bryant or his eligibility to come here. Once it's deferred, we have two open slots.  We can use them--the NCAA can't prevent us from doing so without imposing some new, interpretive penalties at this point. 
 
I should rephrase: we can use them, provided that we get the roster to the required 10 limit by 2016-2017.  How those two are used once the penalty is deferred until 2016-2017 isn't within the NCAAs power to dictate / control.
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