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[QUOTE="xc84, post: 1650716, member: 1526"]
"Examples like Matt Mullennix, who played for Washington State and got his sixth year granted after missing all of 2006 with an injury, and had previously played four games before getting injured in 2004. I know what you’re thinking, too: Mullennix played in fewer games than Hunt, therefore he’s a different case, right?

Not necessarily. Yes, Hunt played in more than 30% of the team’s games, but so did Mullennix, since WSU played 11 games that season – meaning he participated in 36% of his team’s games (compared to 41% for Hunt last season). The NCAA rules are ever changing of course, so you may be wondering if perhaps, in 2008 when Mullennix was granted his waiver, the maximum was a higher percentage, right? Well, it wasn’t. In 2008, as in 2015, that maximum was still 30% of all games played by a student-athletes team. So why was Mullennix granted his sixth year, but Hunt was not?

I’m not picking on Matt Mullennix, either, by the way. I think he was deserving of his sixth year, just as I think Hunt is deserving of a sixth year as well. It was in the best interest of the student-athlete for Mullennix to receive an extra year of eligibility, and the NCAA apparently agreed in 2008. So what’s changed, and why is it so difficult for the NCAA to be consistent for once?"
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