Unfortunate stories like this almost aren't news anymore.
Middle Tennessee State president Sidney McPhee is confident that the NCAA will reverse its ruling declaring Marine Corps veteran Steven Rhodes ineligible to play football this fall.
Rhodes' case became something of a national cause Sunday, when The Daily News Journal of Murfreesboro, Tenn., reported on his plight. The married father of two from Antioch served five years in the Marines, and after being discharged this summer he walked on the Middle Tennessee football team. But Rhodes' participation last year in a military-only recreational league ran afoul of NCAA rules, and the Eligibility Center's initial ruling was that he had to sit out this season.
MTSU's president clearly has no idea with whom he is dealing.
"I'm very confident common sense will prevail here," McPhee told Yahoo! Sports Monday morning.