Everyone is entitled to their opinions.
But what is sad is that the board is filled with so many uninformed opinions.
Lots of articles out there. Read them.
A recent one basically said...the NCAA couldn't OUTRIGHT allow immediate eligibility...so they are addressing the issue by being SUPER lenient on the waiver requests. They already approved more than 50% of football requests last year.
Also, people are heavily misinformed on the "Martell vs. Fields" grounds. I have pointed this out before, but let's try again. The assistant coach that Ohio Taint fired was ALSO abusive in practice towards the players. He lied. He committed crimes. His actions led to Urban being suspended, then facing uncertainty, and ultimately "retiring". New coach comes in and CLEARLY doesn't want to coach Tate, literally brings Fields into a hoops game and sits him courtside while Tate is in the rafters.
Finally, one of the criteria (not the only one, and not necessarily the determining one) involves coaching changes. It's not exactly "your coach leaves, you get to transfer". But when the coach leaves under a cloud of wrongdoing, it is going to be SUPER-EASY for the NCAA to just grant you the waiver. Look at what happened recently at Mizzou, where the NCAA sanctions allowed the NCAA to say that upperclassmen could transfer and be eligible immediately.
The tide has turned, and the NCAA is granting a much wider latitude when players want to leave for valid reasons related to wrongdoing.
Tate should be able to get his waiver. If his lawyer builds a strong argument, I'd put the chances at 80-90% in this new NCAA environment.