re: Brandon Kennedy transferring

I don't see how that is silly, I could be wrong in the end but there is nothing silly or off base about what I am saying.

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Maybe a big reason most grads are making those choices is because of transfer release restrictions against transfering within their conference and scheduled opponents.

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That could be the case but I would wager it is more on the fact that they return because they are playing at their current school like SDH and Tony Brown were last year or they are not cutting it at D1/Power 5 level of competition. This is a little different but look at the 7 players who left Ole Miss recently to play immediately cause of the Hugh Freeze situation, only one went in conference.

ETA: Looking at the grad transfer tracker site football is up to about 180 total committed grad transfers so far. Just eyeballing the 110 who have destinations but about half are moving up or down from their previous level of competition. Currently there are 16 expected SEC grad transfers this year.

Definitely with AP courses and redshirts more students are graduating early but again how significant is that number? How many more than the 117 from 2016 along with the other graduates who stayed was prevented on going where they actually wanted to go due that rule. You believe it is likely significant I would wager against it.

You would have to had graduated early, not be happy with your situation at your current institution, and have a rival school in conference that has that specific need and wants to bring you in and use a scholarship on you likely for one year of eligibility. It just doesn't seem like that would be frequent that is why I don't see this being a huge problem.

The reality is this stipulation is going to end in the near future. Most conferences seem fine with granting the waiver.