The North Carolina Tar Heels received the news that they didn’t want to hear on Thursday afternoon as the NCAA denied wide receiver Devontez Walker’s appeal to become eligible. Instead of missing just one or two games, Walker will now miss the entire season after transferring to North Carolina in December.
The loss of Walker is a tough one for North Carolina as he was supposed to be Drake Maye’s top target in this offense. Now, Walker has to sit out the year and will make the decision whether or not to return next season or head to the NFL.
In terms of the decision, it was slammed by multiple people including Mack Brown and the North Carolina program. And rightfully so.
But they weren’t the only ones to slam the decision and it didn’t take long for the national media to have input on this. Most of it was in favor of North Carolina, as they slammed the NCAA for the decision to not let Walker play.
Here is some of the national reaction to the decision via social media: