Three 2011 St. John's signees ruled ineligible

[MUMac]

Not at all - read again, d.s.

I have read it and I understand it.  Apparently, though, you do not.  Your actions demonstrate as such.  I stand by my statement that you were incorrect.  For you to ever agree, though is unlikely.  A character trait, I guess.

[MUMac]

I think the fact he talked about them possibly being eligible the second semester would indicate that they are appealing the decision. What I found curious about that statement is to me it indicates they will not go to St. John's the first semester. Seems like they rather miss a semester than pay their own way.

That is an assumption with no basis in fact from the article.  If they were appealing, why would they need to wait for the 2nd Semester to have the outcome?  The comment you made about Dieng shows that Louisville appealed and the decision was rendered prior to the season starting.  

In this article, I read it that they have work to do before getting through the Clearinghouse.

[MattyWarrior]

+1 That's the way I read it.

[NCAARules]

I'm thinking the language in the blog is pretty imprecise.

Reasonable doubt on both sides as to what is going on - perhaps intentional by St. John's to shift blame? As in, "The NCAA declared our students ineligible" is easier to sell to admin, boosters, fans, etc. than "We need to make sure these students actually did the work that will make them eligible".

If the second-semester/Clearinghouse information is correct, my guess is that the students had some summer work that was not on a pre-approved list with the NCAA, perhaps even with an unapproved school. It would take some time to get the school and/or the classes reviewed and approved.

Again, that is totally speculation, and a pretty wild guess on my part.

PS - Ineligible may not be the same thing as not-yet eligible. But hard to tell which is more accurate in this case.