As the week begins and I put the final touches on a few new NCAA eligibility lawsuits, it strikes me how backward the waiver process is altogether. The NCAA has a process that allows exceptions to its rules that are intended to benefit athletes, but those athletes can’t even seek the relief on their own. It has to be a compliance office that files the waiver request. Why is a compliance officer the gatekeeper to an individual athlete’s relief? The whole system is ridiculous.