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Cooper 'disappointed' but moving on from NCAA's denial of eligibility

“He’s the only player in the country where a coach got fired (or) left that wasn’t granted eligibility,” Stansbury said earlier this week. “Here’s the common thread to all those kids that got eligible … they left from schools that supported the waiver. Lipscomb didn’t support his waiver. Kenny wouldn’t have left if the coach hadn’t have left. But, that’s their decision. Their administration made a decision. They’re not going to support him leaving, for whatever reason, even though the coach left.”

“This is certainly not the first time that a student athlete has transferred from Lipscomb University to another institution.