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Clark stop it!

As far as I know Hudson was the only M player in transfer portal sighting Depression/Emotional issues - strange parallel.The kid had a hard time talking about it so why bring it up and draw analogies?It's clear who the object of discussion was

I didn't say Harbaugh brought him up by mistake. He did it on purpose. I just said that Harbaugh never claimed James lied. This is the structure of Harbaugh's argument:

(1) The NCAA transfer eligibility system is inconsistent and broken
(2) Let's just give every incoming freshman one free transfer with immediate eligibility, if that's what he wants
(3) Otherwise, we'll keep having situations where some kids, like Paterson and Fields, get immediate eligibility and others don't
(4) And that incentivizes kids to lie and game the system
(5) For example, remember James Hudson. He transfered with clinical depression.
(6) In an inconsistent system, that's something that might affect someone's eligibility
(7) We can imagine a person lying about that or something else, hoping it will impact the NCAA's immediate eligibility decision

It's not that it's an incorrect perspective. It's just not a point worth saying out loud because it has to be done artfully to avoid people from thinking you've just made an accusation against Hudson. And Harbaugh didn't pick his words well enough to avoid that quagmire. That's what makes it clumsy.

Here's the quote:

[Harbaugh] “The youngster that says ‘Okay. This is a mental health issue. I’m suffering from depression.’ Or that’s a reason that they’re getting eligible. And once that’s known that you’re [getting eligible], ‘Hey, just say this. Or say that.’ And then to get eligible, the problem I see in that is that you’re going to have guys that are ‘Okay, Yeah I’m depressed.'”

[Host] “They’re going to say what they gotta say.”

[Harbaugh] “They’re going to say what they gotta say. But then, down the road, I don’t see that helping them if it’s not a legitimate thing. And nobody would know. But what are you going to say like 10 years down, ‘Oh, I just said what I had to say.’ And I think you’re putting them in a position that’s unfair, not right, and as you said it John, “You’re saying it just to say it.” And that’s not truthful. That’s not necessarily truthful. And that’s not something we should be promoting at the college level. Telling the truth matters. Probably the number one thing that you need to do, especially at a college, is you can’t have experiments that aren’t truthful. You can’t lie about experiments. You can’t lie about equations. You shouldn’t be lying in football and that’s a message we should be teaching.”