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RE: Proposal to let athletes transfer instantly after a coaching change picks up steam
(01-31-2018 07:43 PM)Wedge Wrote: (01-31-2018 02:23 PM)arkstfan Wrote: What I think is interesting is the potential for abuse by the new coach. Hey I'm not going to renew your scholarship at Enormous State University but the coach at Northeastsouthwest Tech has said if you transfer there you have a scholarship waiting on you. Makes it easier for the new coach to clean house and recruit his own people.
This happens all the time anyway. It's most prominent in basketball, where some newly-hired coaches make it a condition of accepting the job that the school agrees the new coach can non-renew any or all players who are on the roster when he is hired.
But it is very rare in football because of the 25 newcomer limit and 76.5 minimum scholarship requirements.
When Blake Anderson was hired as the 5th coach in five year at AState he couldn't run anyone off and was actively trying to keep some marginal guys with bad attitudes from quitting to avoid falling under the minimum scholarship limits.
The only deterrent in basketball is APR. When Central Arkansas hired their coach they were already in APR trouble so the new coach flushed the team and started over.
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