COMMENTARY
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Quarterback Austin Kendall has fulfilled his obligation to the University of Oklahoma, earning a diploma in December. Despite that fact, Kendall is not able to play college football anywhere he wants next season.
Even whilst welcoming in Alabama graduate transfer Jalen Hurts on Wednesday, Oklahoma is preventing Kendall from immediate eligibility at West Virginia, and the Sooners are able to do so thanks to a failure to specifically address the graduate transfer phenomenon in the Big 12 rule book.
According to section 6.3.1 of the Big 12 bylaws, a student-athlete transferring between member institutions must sit out a year of competition unless they receive a written waiver from the athletic director of their original school.