Jerrell Powe Cleared to Participate in Ole Miss Intramurals

After weeks of intense lobbying and rampant speculation, Jerrell Powe and his legal team finally received the news they had been anxiously anticipating- Jerrell Powe will be allowed to play in Ole Miss Intramurals.
"This is very exciting," exclaimed Powe, a freshman from Waynesboro, MS. "We had been expecting this for a while now. To finally get confirmation is music to my ears."
The 20-year-old had twice tried to gain admittance into the recreational sports program offered by the university, but failed on both occasions.
On the first occasion, August 20, 2007, Powe arrived at the Ole Miss Intramural office in hopes of signing up to play. Unfortunately, Powe arrived without his school-issued I.D. In the Ole Miss Intramural Handbook, Rule 12-4a states that if an individual seeking to participate in an Ole Miss Intramural designated event is unable to present an Ole Miss I.D. upon registration, the individual is disallowed from participating. So, while The BlockaBoys played in a flag-football game against Guess Hall, Powe had to watch his team from the sidelines.
"It hurt man. It hurt real bad," Powe recounted. "It just seems like they were trying to find a reason not to let me play."
Powe again attempted to participate in an Ole Miss Intramural event on September 18, and again, he failed. Though Powe was able to present his Ole Miss I.D., the name printed on the card read "Jarrell Powe", instead of "Jerrell Powe". After minutes of deliberation, intramural officials deemed the I.D. fake, therefore prohibiting Powe from joining his teammates in a rousing game of wallyball.
"This was the last straw as far as I was concerned," said Powe's attorney Don Jackson. "This poor kid just wanted to play and we knew we had to help him." So Jackson, along with several other regional attorneys, began a tumultuous process to get Powe into the program. After weeks of compiling files and documents to submit to the intramural office, the "dream team" was able to complete their mission.
Within the past few years, Jackson and a host of lawyers had tried to make Powe eligible to play football for Ole Miss. Unfortunately, the multiple attempts had proven unsuccessful.
"Once we learned he couldn't play D-1, we thought surely he could play in intramurals, but Jerrell seems to never catch a break," said Jackson.
And despite the constant hardships in this ongoing saga, Powe has remained optimistic.
"You know, somebody once told me I'd never step on the field at Ole Miss. Well, here I am. True, I'm kicking a soccer ball around, and it's on a poorly groomed intramural field, but here I am."