re: Kirby an Mullen speak out against free agency. Fear is that open transfers

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Generally against. They seem pretty beneficial to one side.

And like I said I am against the free transfer rule for sake of competition except in specifics circumstances, but I think the “student athlete” argument isn’t a good

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I hate the early signing period because it was sold as a protection for the student athlete when it does exactly the opposite. I don't like those types of lies.

The reality is that the LOI is a binding contract and the student exchanges freedoms for scholarships. The scholarship begins as an under-grad.

I can agree to disagree regarding the different treatment to a graduate because that is the carrot touted by the universities to compensate the athletes. "You can get your degree for free". Once that carrot has been reached, the student athlete should be free to pursue a graduate degree not offered by the current university. With that carrot from the LOI no longer relevant, the contractual limitations should also no longer be relevant.

In the end, I see anything that encourages the diploma and rewards academic achievement (do you not think the diploma is a student achievement?) as a great thing for those young men.

That is how you keep the "student" in student athlete. Reward good students with the rights that they lost with their LOI as they began their undergrad degree.