NCAA gets it all wrong with new transfer waiver guidelines - cbssports.com

[HawkeyeHypnosis]

NCAA gets it all wrong with new transfer waiver guidelines - CBSSports.com

Sorry if this has already been posted somewhere. From article:

The school presents medical documentation of a debilitating injury or illness to a student-athlete's immediate family member that is debilitating and requires ongoing medical care.
The previous standard had been “life-threatening.â€￾

The student-athlete demonstrates he or she will be responsible for regular, ongoing caregiving responsibilities. The previous standard required the student-athlete to be the primary, day-to-day caregiver.

The school is within a 100-mile radius of the immediate family member's home, which demonstrates the ability for the student-athlete to provide regular, ongoing care. Previously, no distance limitation was in place.

The school to which the student-athlete is transferring must submit a statement from the athletics director and faculty athletics representative confirming that the student-athlete will be relieved of responsibilities to the team in order to care for the injured or ill family member, and that the coaching staff will support such a departure.

 

[tksirius]

Coaches can come & go, why not student athletes?

 

[1hawkeye1]

We got some pub, we got some pub!!

"There's virtually no players within 100 miles of Spokane, Wash., while LMU is located in the city limits of Los Angeles. Same can be said for Iowa compared to Michigan or Michigan State. The Wolverines and Spartans have Detroit within an hour while there's minimal talent in the 100-mile vicinity of Fran McCaffery's Hawkeyes program."

 

[1hawkeye1]

Gotta agree with this point of view:

"What they should have done was eliminate the transfer waiver altogether. The bottom line is this: If you've got a sick family member and need to go back closer to home, that's fine. If it's that serious, then take the year off from basketball and do whatever you can to take care of them. Don't worry about basketball; worry about your mother, father, brother or sister."

 

[atomicblue224]

WHAT BO , I can't hear you?

 

[redhawk55]

this will stop alot of the transfers and should make recruits think harder before picking a school where they may have to ride the bench for 4 years,
the whole idea is to stop needless transfers, just because they were not getting playing time or useless excuses, I like it.

 

[Robowe]

Coaches can come & go, why not student athletes?