So you’re suggesting that in connection with SEVERAL eligibility waiver requests made on TW’s behalf (all of which were denied) no-one had ever put forth that a COVID yr was one of the factors that should be considered? That just isn’t plausible with all the experienced & intelligent people (including members of UNC’s athletic dept) that would have absolutely scoured each of his waiver requests to make sure every last detail was correct.
Btw, I agree with you that we got fair treatment from the refs during the UNC game (and it did feel like they were trying to “make up” a little for the prior week’s egregious error which was surprising). It’s possible that whatever Rad & Mario said to the ACC after the GT game had an effect. You’d also have to agree that over the yrs, Miami has gotten the short end of the stick in the ACC when it comes to rulings by ACC officials. Exhibit A was the Chaney “fumble” against GT. In the ACC BB tournament last yr, Duke’s center absolutely trucked one of our players (an obvious call) and yet no foul was called. There are countless other examples but I don’t have time to list them. This has been going on for yrs. In summary, the UNC game was an aberration (albeit a well-received one) and we only got a lot of those calls because of the prior week’s events (and Miami’s response to them).
Yes, clearly the right decision at the end of the GT game was to kneel. That “fumble” would never have happened if we had kneeled. However, the GT player’s stripping motion was delayed, was not a continuous motion (it stopped & then started again) & started after Chaney’s elbow was down. Call that what you want but that GT player knows it wasn’t a fumble…and nevertheless he appealed for a fumble.
The center of power in the ACC is unequivocally in North Carolina as the HQ is in NC and Duke & UNC were founding members of the ACC about 70 yrs ago (1953). We joined in 2004 (about 50 yrs later).