scholarship when the player is reasonably contributing without any huge performance or behavioral issues, and then the player has to sit out a whole season if he wants to transfer. Nielson was not a high-level recruit so I am not sure he even under-performed compared to reasonable expectations for him at the Y.

Maybe nowadays 3 years in the future with a good lawyer any player could get immediate eligibility at a new school if his scholarship is pulled at the first school.

I hope life worked out in general for Nielson and that he still had a good overall college experience down the road at UVU.