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Insane!
A school invests huge $s in recruiting a player for a couple years and then developing him for a couple more years, and he should be free to just up and leave to go play elsewhere?
I am generally for students staying where they are but the money a school spends on them is BS. most schools "waste" a TON of money on all of the players they don't get. same thing here. what if the kid drops out or gets kicked off the team, money spent shouldn't be an issue there either.
What if scenario: In 2 years, Helton gets a HC gig at Mizzou or Kemtucky and a bunch of UTs rising offensive talent (QB, WRs, TE, OL, RB) transfer there and play right away. Everybody cool with that?
Insane!
A school invests huge $s in recruiting a player for a couple years and then developing him for a couple more years, and he should be free to just up and leave to go play elsewhere?
This is long overdue. People are not possessions. We supposedly like the idea of a free society, but simultaneously support suppressing the freedom of movement of college players we refuse to pay. Makes absolutely no sense and this BS doesn't fly in any other walk of life.
Im for whatever is in the best interest of the student
This is long overdue. People are not possessions. We supposedly like the idea of a free society, but simultaneously support suppressing the freedom of movement of college players we refuse to pay. Makes absolutely no sense and this BS doesn't fly in any other walk of life.
Yeah it's a success driven business, I'm not going to allow Trey Smith to wake up Wednesday morning and transfer to Georgia or Florida or Bama because his girlfriend broke up with him and he has boys on another team. You can go to any power 5 school you want but not in the SEC, how horrible?
Or we could let the student athlete decide what's in his own best interest. And whether someone makes the NFL or not, playing football afforded them the opportunity to earn a degree without being saddled with student loan debt for years to come. If a kid wants to go to a different school, whether it's for football reasons, education, or personal reasons it should be his choice to make.If you cared on bit you would never support college football.
best interest would have you (collective society) not paying to watch them beat themselves against brick walls. not have them get concussions, or other brain damage even if not a full blown concussion. then you also have all the other injuries, and any "performance enhancers" that shred their organs. all to get a degree that society has devalued, and an education at a standard they probably could have gotten in high school if they applied themself.
also "best interest" is a relative term, which makes it impossible to provide one rule for everyone. How can we say with any degree of certainty that a transfer would actually help? You have like the 2% population who gets into the NFL, thats a fixed number every year. Even if one guy transfers and then makes the NFL, that means someone else isn't getting in. What about his best interest? Is it someone's "best interest" just to transfer for playing time even if there is no hope for NFL? what do they objectively gain? If someone follows a coach is it in their best interest to jump blind into a new school? Likely not knowing their team mates, the school, or their playing time as they do? There is very likely going to be new position coaches, S&C, support staff, facilities etc etc.
Or we could let the student athlete decide what's in his own best interest. And whether someone makes the NFL or not, playing football afforded them the opportunity to earn a degree without being saddled with student loan debt for years to come. If a kid wants to go to a different school, whether it's for football reasons, education, or personal reasons it should be his choice to make.
Or we could let the student athlete decide what's in his own best interest. And whether someone makes the NFL or not, playing football afforded them the opportunity to earn a degree without being saddled with student loan debt for years to come. If a kid wants to go to a different school, whether it's for football reasons, education, or personal reasons it should be his choice to make.