Maybe. Maybe not. Point is a coach being able to take much or most of his team to a new school WITH HIM is a much worse problem for the school left behind. If the Coach goes, the player can go to any other school without sitting out, but if he chooses to go to the same school as the coach, a one year sit seems reasonable to me. Can you imagine if Coach Campbell moved to USC and took 10 ISU starters with him like the new IU coach did last year? That is a much worse problem IMO.
It's only a problem if you view it through the lens of college athletics. In the rest of the business world, that's just the way things work. You have to divorce yourself from the mindset that college athletics are special. They aren't. That's exactly what the court system has been saying with every decision that goes against the NCAA.
CloneJD probably has different reason. But IMO allowing 5 years gets rid of silly redshirt rule. It's less of an issue in hoops, but in football why artificially limit a player to 4 games.
Pretty much this. Just cleaner and it’s rumored that’s what they are going to soon. This of course assumes the courts allow any eligibility limit at all. I imagine that will be litigated soon.
A school can certainly "offer" a contract. And if the athlete agrees to the terms, that's great. But other schools are free to offer contracts with different terms if they want. So if Iowa State is offering a Point Guard a contract that requires they stay for 2 years, that's fine, but Duke might offer the same player the same deal but not include a two year requirement. The point is that all schools can't agree to only offer contracts with 2 year commitments. That would be collusion. It would be illegal, and it's a big part of the reason why the landscape looks like it does, today. They'd need a CBA or a federal antitrust exemption to offer uniform contracts like that.
IMO the NCAA has a better chance of withstanding court challenges if the rule is clear. Like 5 years to play 5 or setting an age limit.
If the number of transfer acceptance becomes restricted you’ll reduce the overall numbers of willy nilly portal jumping. Less chance of leaving a school high and dry if the coach leaves.
Which isn't fair to players, their scholarships are already on a year to year basis. I get people being frustrated with guys playing at 3 or 4 schools but that happens in the real world and is the definition of a free market.
I’d agree if everyone in the portal finds a new home. Plenty of examples of 18 year old non-star kids not knowing what really is best for them.
Any D1 guy in the portal can find a home even if it means dropping to D2. Arguing ignorance due to youth doesn't change my view. It's a 1 year contract when they sign the NLI
What percentage of the kids in the portal actually think it’s best for them if they end up in D2?
Make Nick Saban or someone like that College Sports Czar:
Not the point, its still free education and a chance to show out and move back up to D1. These are young men and women but at the end of the day they're adults. I feel like a grandpa saying that and I'm only 32.
