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    I think players should have to sit out one semester. Can you imagine a basketball player transferring in December and playing in January? The article does not address in-conference transfers.

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    Quote Originally Posted by UtahsMrSports View Post
    Sounds like this is getting more and more likely.


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    Quote Originally Posted by sancho View Post
    Not a fan.

    I imagine this would help Utah steal the better players from G5 programs, and it would help USC steal the better players fro Utah. Any title contender that has a particular position need will go recruiting.
    I also think it would let Utah grab players at places like USC and UCLA that aren't getting playing time and/or recruited over. BUT, I think there would be enough chaos that would be a disaster. Just look how many transfers are happening in college basketball WITH a penalty.

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    Whoa. This sucks for the coaches. And in some ways, sucks for the kids.

    I wonder how many kids at Utah who have left with degrees (Hughes) would have left earlier and then ran out of eligibility with no degrees.

    I know it’s a business and money and coaches salaries, etc, but there are a lot of men who leave with degrees who otherwise would not (Stevie Tui’kolovatu).

    As much as some athletes are screwed monetarily, most come out waaaaay ahead.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Utah View Post
    Whoa. This sucks for the coaches. And in some ways, sucks for the kids.

    I wonder how many kids at Utah who have left with degrees (Hughes) would have left earlier and then ran out of eligibility with no degrees.

    I know it’s a business and money and coaches salaries, etc, but there are a lot of men who leave with degrees who otherwise would not (Stevie Tui’kolovatu).

    As much as some athletes are screwed monetarily, most come out waaaaay ahead.
    The graduate transfer rule does not suck at all for the kids. You can two degrees out of playing ball.

    And this just means that the abusive coaches are going to lose players more easily. It doesn't suck for the kids.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Two Utes View Post
    The graduate transfer rule does not suck at all for the kids. You can two degrees out of playing ball.

    And this just means that the abusive coaches are going to lose players more easily. It doesn't suck for the kids.
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    I agree completely. Coaches have way too much power. They can take a job at another University and they don't have to sit out. Why should a player be limited? They are the ones actually playing. If a normal college student can transfer to another university without sitting out it shouldnt be any different for an athlete.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Two Utes View Post
    The graduate transfer rule does not suck at all for the kids. You can two degrees out of playing ball.

    And this just means that the abusive coaches are going to lose players more easily. It doesn't suck for the kids.
    Agreed, it's great for kids. It sucks for coaches and college football. It really should be limited in some way to kids who aren't getting playing time. Otherwise every team other than the top 10 or so blue bloods is going to essentially become a farm team for the schools higher up on the pecking order.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Two Utes View Post
    The graduate transfer rule does not suck at all for the kids. You can two degrees out of playing ball.

    And this just means that the abusive coaches are going to lose players more easily. It doesn't suck for the kids.
    No one is talking about the grad transfer rule. I’m 100% for it. The kid got his degree. He should be able to leave.

    Abusive coaches? Sure. But that isn’t the issue. What happens when Huntley has the year he did, Chip Kelly calls him up and tells him he’s going to UCLA and he wants Huntley to be the QB?

    What happens when kid A goes to a program, doesn’t play for two years, is in line to graduate and leaves to another program, doesn’t play there and school #2 doesn’t care about his grades?

    Tui’kolovatu is a perfect example of this. He graduate s early because Utah held his hand the whole way. What if he leaves after two years, goes to another school where they won’t hold his hand and then fails out after a year?

    Is the system perfect? No way. Some kids are screwed out of money. But most aren’t.

    For players like Tui’kolovatu, staying at a school like Utah changes his life forever.

    Are we going to sacrifice all the good so someone like Cam Newton doesn’t have to play JC ball?

    That’s a steep price to pay.

    Now, if a coach leaves...I’d be open to a 10 day window kids can leave.

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    Does anyone else think this opens the door to more shady dealings? For example, back-door contacts through intermediaries with good or promising players?

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    Quote Originally Posted by LA Ute View Post
    Does anyone else think this opens the door to more shady dealings? For example, back-door contacts through intermediaries with good or promising players?
    Absolutely. Bag men galore. More shady people making deals in alleys.

    You think college basketball is shady? Football will become just like it if not worse.

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    Two new NCAA rules have been announced that will have some impact on recruiting moving forward. The first, which has received the most attention, is not allowing coaches to block the ability of a transferring player to receive financial aid if that player transfers to a blocked school. This is being talked about like it is a huge change. IMO, it is not such a big change because players were always free to transfer wherever they wanted. The original school could only prevent them from receiving a scholarship the first year. This is what USU did to David Collette. The second, allows a football player to play in as many as 4 games and still redshirt. This is a significant rule change that will benefit both players and schools. I like both changes.

    Conferences will be allowed to have stricter rules for in-conference transfers and it will be interesting to see how this plays out in PAC 12 and elsewhere.

    There has been no decision on allowing players to become immediately eligible upon transferring. I think they should, but that there should be some limitations. Players would not be immediately eligible unless the transfer was initiated during certain time-periods. For football/basketball, the intent to transfer must be announced prior to May 15. I picked May 15 because at least up until a couple of years ago, players and schools signed financial aid agreements for the following school year before the end of spring semester. May 15 is, I believe a fair day for that to happen.

    I would also like the NCAA to set forth a firm penalty for schools that initiate contact with players before they inform their current school of the intent to transfer. IMO, the penalty should be to eliminate 5 scholarships from football/ 1 from basketball for a period of 2 years. I would also be in favor of limiting the number of transfers a school can take in any given year. Two in football and one in basketball.

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    Quote Originally Posted by UTEopia View Post
    Two new NCAA rules have been announced that will have some impact on recruiting moving forward. The first, which has received the most attention, is not allowing coaches to block the ability of a transferring player to receive financial aid if that player transfers to a blocked school. This is being talked about like it is a huge change. IMO, it is not such a big change because players were always free to transfer wherever they wanted. The original school could only prevent them from receiving a scholarship the first year. This is what USU did to David Collette. The second, allows a football player to play in as many as 4 games and still redshirt. This is a significant rule change that will benefit both players and schools. I like both changes.

    Conferences will be allowed to have stricter rules for in-conference transfers and it will be interesting to see how this plays out in PAC 12 and elsewhere.

    There has been no decision on allowing players to become immediately eligible upon transferring. I think they should, but that there should be some limitations. Players would not be immediately eligible unless the transfer was initiated during certain time-periods. For football/basketball, the intent to transfer must be announced prior to May 15. I picked May 15 because at least up until a couple of years ago, players and schools signed financial aid agreements for the following school year before the end of spring semester. May 15 is, I believe a fair day for that to happen.

    I would also like the NCAA to set forth a firm penalty for schools that initiate contact with players before they inform their current school of the intent to transfer. IMO, the penalty should be to eliminate 5 scholarships from football/ 1 from basketball for a period of 2 years. I would also be in favor of limiting the number of transfers a school can take in any given year. Two in football and one in basketball.
    Football has 85 kids on scholarship, basketball just 13. That's a 6.5-1 ratio. So a 2-1 ratio for accepting transfers from other schools just isn't going to cut it. Make it 5-1 and then we can talk. And quite frankly, I don't see hoops pigeonholing itself into allowing only one such transfer per year. So the numbers and ratio are gonna have to be a lot higher. I like your idea, but 2-1 is totally inadequate.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mormon Red Death View Post
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    I agree completely. Coaches have way too much power. They can take a job at another University and they don't have to sit out. Why should a player be limited? They are the ones actually playing. If a normal college student can transfer to another university without sitting out it shouldnt be any different for an athlete.
    I'm all for being immediately eligible if you transfer out of the league, but transferring within the conference should carry the same penalty as always. Many jurisdictions still honor non-compete clauses in contracts; just put that in writing when they sign their LOI.

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