finish the degree after he is done playing. They are acting like it's some thing they have to deal with all the time, when the reality is that they have only had to deal with it a few times over the last several years. And some of those grad transfers did finish their degrees, like Jordan Leslie. There is a significant amount of ego and arrogance involved here on the part of admissions.
It has nothing to do with Williams, or the NCAA. BYU's coaches are pissed, and rightfully so.
The solution is simple, admissions needs to pull their head out of their butt's and let him in. It won't hurt any grad program if he doesn't finish his degree, so they need to lose the elitist attitude and just let him in.
Part of this is that there are people that work at BYU that hate and resent the Athletic Department and sports in general, unfortunately some of these people have influence over decisions like this.