(02-21-2020 05:25 AM)17Huskies Wrote: I get the concern, but I'm all for it at this point.
I used to oppose any movement towards this. But with the seemingly significant uptick in coach movement and the continued money making by everyone but the athletes that put their well-being at the risk, I'm all for it as it gives more power to the student athletes (SA).
The big money makers in college athletics love to speak about 'this all about the education' for the student athletes, then it shouldn't matter if they want to play somewhere else.
The only significant concerns in my mind is preventing MASS movement where close to an entire recruiting class would try to follow a coach right when he moves. I bet there's some easy ways to regulate that.
No, you don't get the point. This is just yet another move allowing the rich to get richer.
What uptick in coach movement? The only thing that has changed on the coaching front is that big money schools pull the trigger sooner when the results are not up to what they want. They have the money/alums to do buy-outs that have created more turnover. Take another sip of Evian which is naive spelled backwards.
Did you read the caveats? It starts with a transfer release from their previous school, how is that empowering the SA? How is "maintain their academic progress at new school" defined? For one semester/quarter? For two, so if they don't, do they get sent back to their original school or simply be ineligible at new school?
The idea that big money schools say "it's all about the SA" is a fallacy itself so don't use education as a case to replace recruiting. As Alabama, Ohio State, LSU, Florida, Texas, etc. have players leave early for the NFL the replacement process is lure a gem or rising star from a lesser DI program instead of developing and underclassmen gained by good recruiting.
Your only concern is MASS movement but you "bet there's some easy way to regulate that"l Are you serious? Do you have any idea how thick the NCAA Regulations Manual has already become?
The P5s are all becoming the New York Yankees of college sports. If you have deeper pockets, i.e., more revenue, more mega-donors, more TV contracts, you have greater facilities, benefits to offer, so on and so on, you're that much more in position to win a pennant / conference or the world series / championship.