Is Free Agency Coming to College Sports?

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Are the NCAA powers that be really and truly considering an avenue that would allow student athletes in good academic standing to transfer and play immediately

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DuffMan said:
That would be devestating to a program like Iowa.
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Well, I'd say it would say I doubt it would be as helpful to them as it would be for other programs. For elite programs, it would make their recruiting advantages even more pronounced.

And what if you have a rash of kids want to leave due to a coaching change? Do you give schools recruiting exemptions to fill all of those scholarship spots (ie oversigning)?

I just can't see this happening.
 


JonDMiller said:
Well, I'd say it would say I doubt it would be as helpful to them as it would be for other programs. For elite programs, it would make their recruiting advantages even more pronounced.

And what if you have a rash of kids want to leave due to a coaching change? Do you give schools recruiting exemptions to fill all of those scholarship spots (ie oversigning)?

I just can't see this happening.
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If it does happen, nobody will ever remember what over signing was, it would become something else altogether.
 


Wow. It does seem unfair to allow coaches to hop around at will and not players. But how control it without it destroying some schools............I have no idea.
 


I think a college student should be able to go anywhere he wants. If they went this route I would hope they put in rules in place to keep coaches from recruiting another teams players. If a player wants to go to another school he/she would have to be the one to initiate the contact.
 


So the smaller schools and conferences as well as the major conference bottom feeders assume the position of being the farm system for elite schools. Say hello to the "Big 2 and Little 8" again.
 


1hawkeye1 said:
Wow. It does seem unfair to allow coaches to hop around at will and not players. But how control it without it destroying some schools............I have no idea.
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This is my same thought. There is a huge imbalance right now, but I don't think this is the way go.

More restrictions/penalties on coaches would seem to be a better way of fixing this.
 


There isn't a good way to do it. mid-low major conferences would just be feeding grounds for major conferences. Anybody good would be getting more contact from big schools than they could handle.
 








ameshawkeye said:
No, but they can leave anytime with the school left holding the bag in regards to NCAA violations, etc. They generally have no repercussions for leaving, unlike players.
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NCAA violations should follow coaches, it would keep them out of a job, or at one place. Yes, I mean the penalties to the new University, if it is from their direct actions.

If you don't have restrictions on players it becomes a competitiveness issue.

The fifth-year graduate that can transfer and play immediately is something that needs to go as we'll, make them sit, or they just graduate.
 




sportstalent said:
NCAA violations should follow coaches, it would keep them out of a job, or at one place. Yes, I mean the penalties to the new University, if it is from their direct actions.

If you don't have restrictions on players it becomes a competitiveness issue.

The fifth-year graduate that can transfer and play immediately is something that needs to go as we'll, make them sit, or they just graduate.
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The graduate rule is a good one, and it won't go away. It only applies if your area of study/degree/whatever isn't offered at your current university. That's something completely out of your control.
 


tm3308 said:
The graduate rule is a good one, and it won't go away. It only applies if your area of study/degree/whatever isn't offered at your current university. That's something completely out of your control.
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And yet 90% of the kids who transfer under that rule have absolutely no interest in whatever obscure major they pick to comply with the rule.
 


I think getting rid of the lost year of eligibility is a great change, but also waiving the year to sit out? I really think that needs to stay. There's no reason to penalize a player for transferring(by taking a year away), but they should not be able to move freely year to year.
 


tm3308 said:
The graduate rule is a good one, and it won't go away. It only applies if your area of study/degree/whatever isn't offered at your current university. That's something completely out of your control.
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In theory it is a good rule, but we live in reality.

The intent of the rule is good, but prove to me it isn't a way to play rent-a-player for a year.

How many guys that have utilized the rule and played sports have completed the program after playing?
 


sportstalent said:
In theory it is a good rule, but we live in reality.

The intent of the rule is good, but prove to me it isn't a way to play rent-a-player for a year.

How many guys that have utilized the rule and played sports have completed the program after playing?
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You obviously haven't followed Jeremiah Masoli's career post Ole Miss. If there's one rising star in the Parks & Recreation Management field, it's him. What other reason would he have to leave Oregon and attend Ole Miss if not to pursue his true passion?
 


hawkfan33 said:
You obviously haven't followed Jeremiah Masoli's career post Ole Miss. If there's one rising star in the Parks & Recreation Management field, it's him. What other reason would he have to leave Oregon and attend Ole Miss if not to pursue his true passion?
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That's funny
 


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