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TSU's Adams Center and is familiar with the circumstances of the dispute. TSU'S MERRITT said there was a proper release of Adams from the letter-of-intent. "You can take my word for it," the Tennessee State said last night, "he was given his release. I wouldn't lie to you about it. There's no point in that. "I don't know if he'll start on Saturday because I'm not sure what Coach Coleman (Alvin Coleman, offensive coordinator) has in mind. But there's no reason for us to withhold him. He's been playing all year anyway." JACKSON STATE had previously not made an issue of Adams' eligibility, although he was a member of the Tennessee State squad that defeated Jackson State 17-7 on Sept. 10. While Adams did not participate in the game, he was a member of the traveling squad and was listed on the roster. Adams was not used by Merritt until the next week, and then only, in the late stages of a victory over Alabama A&M. He became the starting quarterback three weeks ago and played the entire game against Central State University and Grambling. (From First Sports Page) situation, presumably through Florida A&M officials, myself that he would take whatever action was needed to get our player released from that letter. He told us that Adams was released." Reed said no such release, verbal or otherwise, was ever made. "No, sir," Reed said by telephone yesterday. "I don't want to argue with Coach Whitmon because I personally like him. But that's just not true. I would not release the player from the letter unless my football coach (W.C. Gorden) told me to. And my coach never notified me to release him.' BUT EVEN IF the release was made verbally, it is invalid, in the opinion of Fred Jacoby, vice president of Collegiate Commissioners Association. The Collegiate Commissioners Association is in charge of overseeing the national letter-of-intent. "In order for the release from the letter to be legal, it must be made in writing and filed with the conferences involved," Jacoby said by telephone yesterday from Columbus, Ohio. "The reasoning behind that is simple. You need a document in situations like this. With a written document there is no argument as to whether or not a player was released." Jacoby added that he already was aware of the

Article from 21 Oct 1977The Tennessean(Nashville, TN)

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