Transfer rule changes

[ChitownSpaceForRent]

Sounds like this could actually happen. Hope it does for the sake of the athletes.

http://247sports.com/Article/Sources-Major-Potential-Shift-In-NCAA-Transfer-Rules-107001121

[Jay Bee]

Better not. This would be awful for all.

[We R Final Four]

Better not. This would be awful for all.

+1.

[GGGG]

Love it!  Now they just have to get rid of the GPA requirement.

[ChitownSpaceForRent]

Better not. This would be awful for all.

Fine, then make coaches sit out a year for leaving for a better opportunity. Especially since they leave later than athletes do.

[Nukem2]

Love it!  Now they just have to get rid of the GPA requirement.

well, they do need to be eligible.

[GGGG]

well, they do need to be eligible.

Yep.  As long as they are eligible, they should be able to play. 

[real chili 83]

Fine, then make coaches sit out a year for leaving for a better opportunity. Especially since they leave later than athletes do.

Why?  Two completely different roles.

[Jay Bee]

Fine, then make coaches sit out a year for leaving for a better opportunity. Especially since they leave later than athletes do.

No, that's stupid. Coaches & SA's are not the same.

[ChitownSpaceForRent]

No, that's stupid. Coaches & SA's are not the same.

Okay, then if all student athletes are the same, how is it fair that Volleyball, soccer, track and field, and athletes from pretty much every other sport is allowed to transfer without restrictions but basketball and football players are not?

Why punish a few select group of athletes?

[muwarrior69]

I could see some schools not releasing the player from their LOI.

[muwarrior69]

Okay, then if all student athletes are the same, how is it fair that Volleyball, soccer, track and field, and athletes from pretty much every other sport is allowed to transfer without restrictions but basketball and football players are not?

Why punish a few select group of athletes?

Do those other sports offer full ride scholarships?

[Lennys Tap]

So if his team doesn't make the tournament (or gets a crappy seed), can Ben Simmons transfer to Kentucky right before the tournament and be immediately eligible?

[🏀]

Awful rule, every kid is a free agent after the championship game.

[GGGG]

Awful rule, every kid is a free agent after the championship game.

Unless they have transferred already.

[ChitownSpaceForRent]

So if his team doesn't make the tournament (or gets a crappy seed), can Ben Simmons transfer to Kentucky right before the tournament and be immediately eligible?

Don't be ridiculous, you know what they mean.

[GooooMarquette]

Typical of today's attitudes - instant gratification for all!!!

Heck, why not just let them transfer between games?

[Benny B]

Highly unlikely in any form.

[WarriorFan]

This is good.  Everyone's a one year rental.  Coaches will first recruit other programs, then high schools and AAU.


NOT.

[Marcus92]

I don't see the problem.

Under the current rule, 40% of men's basketball players who enter Division I directly out of high school leave their initial school by the end of their sophomore year. So it's not as though sitting out two semesters is much of a deterrent now.

Beyond that, why go to such lengths to discourage transfers in the first place? Luke Fischer transferred to MU because he said Indiana wasn't the right fit. Happens all the time. It was his choice. And he earned his degree.

http://www.ncaa.org/about/resources/research/tracking-transfer-division-i-men-s-basketball

[ChitownSpaceForRent]

This is good.  Everyone's a one year rental.  Coaches will first recruit other programs, then high schools and AAU.


NOT.

There would still be restrictions/violations on recruiting players who are already on scholarships at other schools. That will never change.

[Nukem2]

There would still be restrictions/violations on recruiting players who are already on scholarships at other schools. That will never change.

Good luck with that.  The back channels will be wide open.

[We R Final Four]

There would still be restrictions/violations on recruiting players who are already on scholarships at other schools. That will never change.

In theory only.

[forgetful]

Seems like a terrible rule change.  Here are some that would be ok though and alleviate many of the oddities that upset people. 

If you transfer before the start of the season, you can be immediately eligible at the school you transfer to, provided you can still enroll in classes that semester.  Otherwise eligible at first semester you can enroll as a full time student.

If you transfer mid-season.  You are eligible immediately at the start of the following season. 

[GGGG]

I don't see the problem.

Under the current rule, 40% of men's basketball players who enter Division I directly out of high school leave their initial school by the end of their sophomore year. So it's not as though sitting out two semesters is much of a deterrent now.

Beyond that, why go to such lengths to discourage transfers in the first place? Luke Fischer transferred to MU because he said Indiana wasn't the right fit. Happens all the time. It was his choice. And he earned his degree.

http://www.ncaa.org/about/resources/research/tracking-transfer-division-i-men-s-basketball

Yeah everyone is chicken litteling this thing. IMO it will cause an increase in transfers. But that's not necessarily bad. And it won't be a big increase.