You need to look up Aday Mara. His situation is far worse than Z's but legal action was filed and he was almost immediately made eligible.I really don’t think this his has anything to do with money. I think it could be amateur status. Imagine if Lebron went to the NBA out of high school and played for the Cavaliers and they paid him a couple hundred a week. Then the next year Lebron decides he missed out on college and wanted to come back to college. Apparently Z played in a pro league and if they let him come back to school and be an amateur then the NCAA is afraid it will open a precedent. Just my guess.
Cal, as well, has said "they" need to become aggressive to help Z.
Please explain those 2 things.
Anytime Mara is eligible and Z is not, I'm first looking at our AD. He's the problem here and was most likely the problem on Z's absurd delay on getting in to UK.
I'll wait to see how you respond to all that. Maybe you weren't aware but maybe you'd defend Barney no matter what he did or didn't do.