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Georgia quarterback Justin Fields is reportedly exploring the possibility of transferring after the season, but he would need to sit out the 2019 season before becoming eligible to play again unless he can get a hardship waiver. It is not out of the question that the freshman may be able to obtain one. As Andy Staples of Sports Illustrated pointed out on Tuesday, the NCAA’s new rules for Division I undergraduate transfers state that a player should not be forced to sit out a year if his situation meets a number of conditions, the first of which reads as follows: “The transfer is due to documented mitigating circumstances that are outside the student-athlete’s control and directly impact the health, safety and well-being of the student-athlete.” If you remember, Michigan quarterback Shea Patterson and several other former Ole Miss players successfully argued that they should not have to sit out a year because of the school’s bowl ban, which the players themselves had nothing to do with. The NCAA granted them
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