they announced their decision and where that date falls within the fiscal year. If they started the transition last year and made themselves ineligible to compete for the NCAA DI Playoffs, then it is possible this season could count as the second year of transition. I know JMU tried to go that route, but I think they made the announcement after the deadline which made it easy for the NCAA Committee to reject their request for a waiver. I know there was at least 1 school since 2000 who only needed the 1 year to complete the transition and it received the waiver in the second year because it satisfied all the requirements, but I am drawing a blank on the name at the moment. I do think you are probably right that the NCAA Committee is ignoring its own rules here for business reasons. However, I did think of another plausible scenario that is slightly different than the one I included in my previous post.