Yes, which is why he'd be pursuing the waiver. I have no idea what grounds he has for a hardship waiver, though, like bpv said unless sucking counts.
I may be repeating what alumvol said, but it appears the waiver was granted: Renaldo Woolridge gets hardship waiver, will transfer ยป GoVolsXtra
Kind of a vague situation. One would think CM wanted to go in a different direction even if he was granted another year. I assume he could have played another year here by being granted a hardship. Or maybe it was a mutual feeling between the 2. Good luck to him, We needed to add a contributor. Hopefully we will.