For what it's worth...

Mark Fox has signed a transfer -- no, no, no you conspiracy theorists among us need not start hyperventilating -- it isn't Malik Cooke.

Ex-TSU basketball star decides Georgia is better fit
Maurice Patton
THE TENNESSEAN
May 16, 2009

Gerald Robinson Jr., who led Tennessee State in scoring as a sophomore in 2008-09, is set to transfer to Georgia for his final two seasons of eligibility.

"I sat down and evaluated everything, put together a checklist, and Georgia offered all the things I was looking for," Robinson said...

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We will catch hell from some for this coda but here's our final two cents on the Cooke and Bjornstad situations regardless of what has been said, not said, rumored, hinted, et al: 1) allow Cooke to transfer to a new college and be able to redshirt under scholarship & 2) ditto for Bjornstad.

Nevada 'wins' nothing by playing hardball -- not the court of public opinion (which with some validity shouldn't matter), not in down-the-line recruiting (don't fool yourself for a minute that some of the other WAC coaches and those outside the WAC won't be 'using' these instances in negative recruiting), nor any attempt at maintaining integrity.

AD Carey Groth does issue such releases and did so with Mark McLaughlin. Yes, with Cooke and Bjornstad some of the details are quite different than McLaughlin's situation but the "I don't issue such releases' or some such line isn't really accurate.

Nevada basketball is best served by moving on.