If I decided to move to Athens, Georgia, tomorrow to be with family, I could enroll at the University of Georgia.
As soon as I’m enrolled I probably could become a member of their student newspaper immediately.
The same applies to most college students in their given profession. Go anywhere in the nation as an aspiring cheerleader, professor or nurse, and you can probably get to work as soon as you want.
This is not true in football apparently; not according to the NCAA.
Offensive lineman Brock Hoffman had his waiver request for immediate eligibility at his new school denied, as the Coastal Carolina player is transferring to Virginia Tech to be closer to his family after his mother had a brain tumor removed, according to a Tuesday Roanoke Times report.