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Nevada coach Jay Norvell: New transfer rules send 'bad message'

Wolf Pack football coach Jay Norvell discusses Nevada's loss in the Fremont Cannon game. Duke Ritenhouse, dritenhouse@rgj.com

Thanks to two significant rules changes, it’s a brave new world in terms of college athletes’ eligibility and ability to transfer.

And that’s not always going to be a good thing, according to Nevada head football coach Jay Norvell.

Norvell, like anyone else with any sort of stake in the Wolf Pack’s success, had to deal with the late-Sunday night news that one of his star players, sophomore receiver McLane Mannix, had decided to leave the team and the school.