(01-18-2018 10:13 PM)NuMexAg Wrote:  At first I thought this was just a rule designed to help the P5 schools gain more dominance over the lower levels by allowing some of the sleepers who got away to be re-recruited. After thinking about which way the transfers might go (to the P-5 or away from the P-5), I decided it would probably be about the same both ways. A number of late bloomers deciding they want to make it at a higher level, but then a number of players who want more playing time willing to transfer to a lower level to get off the bench.

It certainly will increase the motivation for coaches to cheat, like you said.

And I agree that it is overall good for the players, so they have a fair chance to get out of a situation that for whatever reason turned out to be bad for them.

Completely agree. Basketball for many players is a vocation, so being allowed to develop their employment by transferring, either "down" to get more playing time, or "up" to play better competition/high level is a good thing.

I think many posters tend to think of this as a zero sum game and the players as "property" of their schools, rather than as young men looking to to improve themselves and find success.