Possible Change in Transfer Rules
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I am in favor of giving more power to the athletes. Just don't know if I would tie it to GPA.
I didn't read the entire article so I don't know what JuCo reference there is. But most kids go to a JuCo because they were a non-qualifier so my guess would be no, they won't be obsolete.
They just won't be where a student-athlete parks himself for a season so he can continue playing before transferring to another 4 year school.
It kills a team like ours. Schools like Rutgers would be raided by the big boys to fill areas of need every year.
Would Rice, Britt, McCourty have stayed at Rutgers? The Alabama's and Ohio State's would have surely made runs at them before their time was up at Rutgers.
Would Rice, Britt, McCourty have stayed at Rutgers? The Alabama's and Ohio State's would have surely made runs at them before their time was up at Rutgers.
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Agreed.... you might have a lot of behind the scenes re-recruiting by the big boys.....
a totally horrible idea.
I don't know the makeup of the committee who would vote on such a proposal, but I would hope it would be a fair representation of small programs and larger programs..... there are many have-not programs, I would think more than there are big boys.....
the little guys would all vote no, for sure, and I would hope that carries the day...
interesting but would need some details:
- is the GPA 3.0 or something different
- what about if transferring multiple times (ie. freshman year at Rutgers, 2nd year at Syracuse, 3rd year at Villanova).
- what about transferring within a conference
- are the rules different if a program goes on probation or if a coach leaves
- if not sitting out a whole year maybe require the player to sit out the 1st 15% of the games for the new team (2 for football, 5 for basketball, etc...). This way a kentucky can't get 3 AA 1st year players and then 2 AA college transfers and run the table.
- is the GPA 3.0 or something different
- what about if transferring multiple times (ie. freshman year at Rutgers, 2nd year at Syracuse, 3rd year at Villanova).
- what about transferring within a conference
- are the rules different if a program goes on probation or if a coach leaves
- if not sitting out a whole year maybe require the player to sit out the 1st 15% of the games for the new team (2 for football, 5 for basketball, etc...). This way a kentucky can't get 3 AA 1st year players and then 2 AA college transfers and run the table.
This would probably put $ and other things more in the mix, which obviously is a bad thing.
Great for athlete and elite programs but very bad for Rutgers and other programs fighting for relevance.There would be a revolving door of players coming and going and coaching staffs would have a hard time maintaining team morale.
Maybe rules would limit teams to one incoming transfer per year (no free agent transfer who becomes a walkon or bumps a scholarship player to walkon status) and the free agent transfer can only take the roster spot of a free agent transfer that left the program, or a scholarship player who graduated.
If the team was building something that was worth it, the athletes would stay. Sure, transfer numbers would go up. We already know the BIG makes tons of money of of these students. Why not give the students more leverage and make the process easier?
Rutgers fate will not be decided by these rules. If our coaching level is high, the program will succeed regardless. Not to mention, Rutgers also gets to use these rules.
Good question. I'm going to go with a big time head coach suddenly stepping down. I mean, the potential change in the transfer rules is mind blowing enough so a head coach stepping down wouldn't shock me now.
Coaches do it all the time. It's about time that players were allowed to do the same.
From the article- "The restrictions would be that student athletes would be asked to meet a certain academic standard — possibly including a minimum GPA — in order to transfer immediately, and any additional transfer would require the student-athletes to sit out a full year."
I don't know about the other stuff, but it sounds like immediate eligibility is only for the first time they transfer. Any additional transfers, they still sit a year.
