After announcing his intention to transfer to North Carolina, Cameron Johnson, a former basketball player at the University of Pittsburgh, released a statement on Tuesday in which he argues why he should be immediately eligible to compete at UNC.
Johnson, who has two years of remaining eligibility after he graduated in three years from Pitt, wrote that UNC is “the one school that fits my academic and athletic interests the most.” Pitt, though, is restricting Johnson’s transfer and attempting to force him to sit out next season at UNC.
Unlike undergraduate college athletes, who are forced to sit out for one season after they transfer, those who transfer after graduating are eligible to compete immediately under NCAA rules.