Is This A New Recruiting Angle?

[Tugg Speedman]

Watching the UNC/Kentucky game they have pointed out that Justin Knox played for Alabama last year.  He graduated but had a year of eligibility left he is allowed to transfer without sitting out.

Here is a story about it

http://espn.go.com/blog/collegebasketballnation/post/_/id/11310/alabamas-knox-inspires-transfer-fracas

This got me thinking ... could this be another recruiting avenue for schools?  For instance (speaking hypothetically), if Outle has a big year next year, a red-shirt junior in  his fourth academic year, and he had enough credits to graduate, could other schools go after him for a 1-year no sit-out transfer?

Can anyone add any color to this?

[SaveOD238]

Yep.  I think that is what happened to the Oregon turned Mississippi QB...cant remember his name for the life of me.  Then again, he also got kicked off the team for some sort of violation of team rules or the law or something

[brewcity77]

I can't see this becoming commonplace, but this is a pretty sound argument for not bringing guys in to redshirt them. I don't see Buzz doing that anyway, but you don't want to spend 4 years grooming a guy just so someone else can reap the benefits.

[bilsu]

They can only go to another school without sitting out, if that school offers a graduate course that their current university does not.

[Tugg Speedman]

How restrictive is this practically?  I could go through the course selection book of any university and find a course my current school does not offer.

[martyconlonontherun]

How restrictive is this practically?  I could go through the course selection book of any university and find a course my current school does not offer.

I was thinking the same thing. MU, for example, would have a huge edge with some random religious course.

[copious1218]

Yep.  I think that is what happened to the Oregon turned Mississippi QB...cant remember his name for the life of me.  Then again, he also got kicked off the team for some sort of violation of team rules or the law or something

Jeremiah Masoli?

[theodoc]

It's not whether they don't have the course, but whether they have the same graduate program. Kruger's son did this at UNLV a couple of years ago. 

[MUfan12]

There's a kid that played ball with Junior that could be eligible for something like this. Forget his name, but a post from LA Tech.

[jtrash37]

I think Greg Pawlus did this?  Played QB for the 'Cuse (or at least tried) due to a graduate program...I may be mistaken.

[MUMac]

Lon Krueger's kid, Kevin, did this to play with him at UNLV.  I believe that was the year they beat UW, who was a 2 seed, in the tourney.

I thought I heard this rule might be modified or terminated next year?

[VegasWarrior77]

Lon Krueger's kid, Kevin, did this to play with him at UNLV.  I believe that was the year they beat UW, who was a 2 seed, in the tourney.

I thought I heard this rule might be modified or terminated next year?

+1
Here in Las Vegas they call it the "Kruger Rule".

[Norm]

It's used a lot more in football than is it in basketball, as many more football players are redshirted their freshman year and have already graduated before they reach their final year of eligibility.

[SaveOD238]

Jeremiah Masoli?

Thats the one.