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Transfer issue goes much deeper than UM’s Shea Patterson case

Bob Wojnowski, Matt Charboneau and Angelique S. Chengelis talk spring football for Michigan and Michigan State. Detroit News

Shea Patterson transferred to Michigan from Ole Miss, currently under NCAA probation that includes a two-year bowl ban, in December. It is now late April and while a decision from the NCAA regarding his appeal for immediate eligibility appears imminent, this lengthy saga has drawn attention to the much broader issue of NCAA transfers in football.

Transfers, unless they are graduate transfers, typically must sit a year.

Patterson, along with several teammates who also transferred, believes he was lied to by former Ole Miss head coach Hugh Freeze, members of the football staff and athletic department personnel.