What is the rationale for Fields being instantly eligible at OSU? Does the undergraduate transfer rule not apply to the Big 10?
Given all the changes that can go on at a school, from new coaches, to new offenses, to the next class of recruits, I have always thought the notion that a 18 year-old should be bound (and I avoid the word slavery) to a school and suffer a "penalty" should circumstances change for him (or her as the case may be), to be hugely hypocritical.
Why should coaches have free reign of movement and the players be locked up? At a minimum, every kid ought to be granted one unrestricted move and not have to justify it. Coaches don't, why should the players?
I don't disagree with your point, but I think we all agree that there should be 1 set of rules...ND seems to always get screwed in similar scenarios. See Alohi Gilman, Jamoris Slaughter, Eddie Vanderdoes, etc.
Athletes should be free to transfer without sitting a year. If some of them are able to use legal counsel or whatever resources they have to avoid not sitting a year following a transfer than why not? Who is that athlete hurting? Uga has Fromm which is a factor for the transfer, so what’s the issue? Osu will possibly have Fields starting, so who is Tate Martell hurting by transferring? Absolutely nobody!
If Fields has to recall and actual event to his advantage, then so what! If people choose to ignore these times where black men have been murdered for no reason then they should also choose to ignore Fields turning a negative into a positive!
1) that it still stings a little that Gilman had to sit a year while guys like Patterson didn't. Gilman had as good a claim as any I've heard, and Patterson basically just wanted to jump schools. So I get that from an ND fan point-of-view; 2) there is a legitimate concern that unfettered transfers basically turn every player into a free agent, and it isn't hard to see all kinds of problems flowing from that. One program isn't going to poach multiple HCs from a another program in a year, but could take a lot of players. I think there are real worries about program stability. Imagine the NFL if every single player was a free agent every single year. Maybe it would work out, but it could be a circus too. I agree with your sentiment. I think it should be loosened up to be more fair to players. But there are real practical concerns to take into account.
While I get would agree that some of the points you make are worth discussing, I think it paints a worst case scenario. The big reason for transfers (other than legitimate personal ones) is to enhance one's chances at a pro career. The huge hunk (75%) of college players either have no interest in a pro career or realize they aren't going to have one by the time they got through their 2nd full season, therefore have little motivation to transfer beyond personal ones. There are truly few positions outside of qb, where a kid can get stuck behind a better player, coach favorite or get recruited behind that dooms them to a 'permanent' seat on the bench.
The notion that coaches (and it goes beyond Head coaches since most players spend far more time with their position coach than they head coach) can change at will while a kid is 'owned' by a school because of a document they kid signed when he was 18 during a process that is frequently pollute with lies and deception is bullshit.
At a minimum, the reasons for transfer without penalty out to be expanded beyond the narrow range used now to include coaching changes, both at ahead coach level as well as position coach. And they certainly shouldn't be the silly one-sided limitations that schools can now put on a kid.
But not one I consider so far fetched. If immediate and all-inclusive free agency becomes the norm, I don't think it is too difficult to envision real problems for lots of programs and the game itself. Kids want to transfer for all kinds of reasons, not just a shot at the pros. Look at how opening up transfers just the past few years has led to a real increase in transfers. If it becomes the status quo, I think you'd see a lot of unintended consequences that would not be good.
They are about to allow recruit 2019 five-star quarterback McCoy to transfer to Texas from Southern Cal.
to play without sitting out a year.
Apparently saying your former school was racist is an avenue or perceived avenue for a waiver.
Not sure the NCAA knows what they have wrought here. We'll see.
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heart during the anthem last Sunday. Always thought he was one of the best running backs and knew the Rams made a great move in drafting him. Now I will root for the guy even more. By the way does Georgia turn out great running backs or what?
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You need to do your homework.
Not necessary when it's so blatant hun.
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Todd Gurley who graduated from Georgia first on his ability as a running back, then to his apparent patriotism and then to the great running backs Georgia gets year after year. So more football was mentioned, along with a recognition of another team. Not being a "homer" now.
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Statements like that are pretty damning and seem at odds with his sister staying there to play softball. Was there any notable impact in this year's recruiting from these incendiary claims?
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I liked the kid but once again a transfer who should be sitting out a year. He left UGA for one reason only and that was because he did not think he would get to play much. This was not the spirit of rules granting a hardship exception and letting a kid not have to sit out. Basically in a way a free draft for college players but less controlled then any NFL draft.