Agree it’s pretty crazy. But I can also see a young man who had 5 straight years of season ending injuries cut his dream short at USC. Isn’t it kind of cool he gets his shot to play some football? I can see both sides.
Exactly. It isn't like this is his ninth year on the field actively playing football, otherwise he wouldn't have gotten a waiver.
Ninth year, but has only played one full year so far.
Just unfortunately not a fan of the precedent this sets. Well, it's sad he had his dream cut short at USC. He now has 2 college football careers and an extra year. I understand a lot of you are going to defend it regardless just because he is a part of our program; but, I would ask you to just think about it a little more.Entering ninth year of college football, Solomon Tuliaupupu grateful to be with Griz
Tuliaupupu logged 43 tackles for the Montana football team in 2025.406mtsports.com
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Been thinking about cus hes not the first to get a 9th year so a precedence has already been set. Injuries are an unfortunate unforeseeable variable to a college career. The rule is you get to play four years. It's super rare for players to miss two years due to an injury. It's not like this is going to become an every year thing. It's an odd situation with the light cast on it due to its extreme rarity. Let the not so young man play.
What’s wrong with it? Not saying I disagree with you.
This “rule” seems to be that you get 4 years, after subtracting injury years and covid year.
He’ll be the first NFL prospect who was deemed too old to qualify for the NFL. He would be vested for retirement benefits in his first year.
I think a true Fr RS year might not count against it either. That's usually a coaches decision and i think the NCAA takes that into consideration.
I just don’t think this is what college sports were designed for. To me, it takes away a roster spot from a kid who has worked a long time for a real opportunity. I’m not saying he hasn’t worked too, but realistically, what is he still playing for? The odds are he probably is not getting drafted. At that point, it starts to feel like he is getting nine years of school paid for when almost nobody else, even athletes whose careers were wrecked by injury, gets that same privilege. Yes, life is unfair, but there are systems in place, like the NCAA eligibility clock, and in this case it feels like that system has been completely abused. It sucks that he went through so much injury, and I do feel for that, but it also sucks that he is taking a roster spot from a younger kid. That is why I think there has to be a line somewhere. Injury is a tough subject because it involves having something taken away from you, but what about the guys who never even got a chance beyond the bench, and now never will because that opportunity is going to someone entering a ninth season of college football? You only get four years, and now your chance gets cut short because someone else got exception after exception.
So then the rule should be changed to "four to play except when its not fair to the younger kids"?
I agree with you, but don’t blame anything on Solo. He didn’t create or abuse the system. Thx.
Oh definitely don’t blame it on him, hope he has a great season. It’s on the ncaa for picking and choosing who they allow to use it.
