Most Duke fans probably noticed that former Blue Devil Mark Mitchell won a temporary restraining order and shortly thereafter announced he would transfer from Missouri to Kentucky.
As it turns out, there's a catch.
CBS's Matt Norlander says this: "…as it turns out, his transfer from Missouri to Kentucky violates the SEC's prohibited intra-conference transfer rule because Mitchell did not enter the portal during the April window."
And it looks like the SEC will enforce the rules about the intra-conference transfer and apply the new penalties that it adopted this week for professional players who seek to return to NCAA competition. And, as noted previously, those are severe.
Coach Mark Pope could be suspended for half the season, Kentucky could be fined an amount equal to half of its basketball operating budget for 2026-27 (estimated to be about $10M), and UK would lose voting rights within the SEC for a year.
#missouri #turns
As it turns out, there's a catch.
CBS's Matt Norlander says this: "…as it turns out, his transfer from Missouri to Kentucky violates the SEC's prohibited intra-conference transfer rule because Mitchell did not enter the portal during the April window."
And it looks like the SEC will enforce the rules about the intra-conference transfer and apply the new penalties that it adopted this week for professional players who seek to return to NCAA competition. And, as noted previously, those are severe.
Coach Mark Pope could be suspended for half the season, Kentucky could be fined an amount equal to half of its basketball operating budget for 2026-27 (estimated to be about $10M), and UK would lose voting rights within the SEC for a year.
#missouri #turns
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