re: How do you fellas feel about the new transfer rule ?

You misunderstand the point cause you were not a part of our grad transfer thread. When I said it was a rehash of the grad transfer thread I meant many people believed that the Grad transfer rule change, to allow players to freely transfer in conference after graduating, would have a terrible impact leading to a huge number of in conference transfers and excessive poaching and tampering. I argued due to the numbers of scholarships spaces, the small number of graduate transfers in general, the idea that many players transfer seeking competition at a different level and the fact most students prefer not to transfer if they can, meant the number would be negligible at best, which at least for year one was true.

This is the similar as I believe the increase in numbers of undergrad transfers, if the rule passes, will be negligible and will benefit the teams mostly although it will help some players. I believe that the requirement to get a scholly release and the disciplinary/suspension guidelines will allow programs to greatly control the transfers. As I stated this will allow programs and players who want to part amicably to do so without a problem and the kid can play. A coach is not going to release a player from his scholarship who is disgruntled with his playing time unless it benefits the team. Any player who attempts to force their way out will likely have been or be disciplined/suspended which means they could not get the immediate transfer. Everyone else still has to either sit a year or have their new school file a waiver request with the NCAA as far as I can tell.

If you are a coach who doesn’t sign a full class so that you can risk a tampering charge in hopes of the unlikely chance of poaching a kid who might be a waiver transfer you are a bad coach and will likely get fired due to your poor judgement at some point. You are better off using that spot to sign a Juco, grad transfer, give it to a non scholly kid already on your team for a year or waiting until next year to sign a freshman.

There is a common theme when transfer rules change that the coaches can’t be trusted so the players shouldn’t be allowed to transfer which I find so odd. Don’t limit the players, enforce your tampering rules.

How much time do coaches have anyway? Not only are they recruiting, preparing for games, mingling with boosters, watching film, building relationships with their own players but now they are going to maintain a roster of players on other teams who they might possibly want to stay in contact with and risk being called out for tampering in case they can force a release to play for them next year? Sounds unlikely.

As it is proposed I don’t see much change coming.