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Apparently we have free agency in college football starting 10/15/18
Posted on 6/13/18 at 12:55 pm
Posted on 6/13/18 at 12:55 pm
Players can leave without permission and or restrictions on schools. So the recruiting process will be never ending and coaches will only be able to coach 'em up @ their own risk. And or discipline them. Signing day won't be as big a deal. Tmpering is being raised to a level 2 violation but that means nothing since no school I am aware of has been charged with that. Likely has but it's not known by me.
Expect all schools to get inventive in how they target guys off other rosters. Also the schools I suppose can now grant scholarships on a year by year basis. Otherwise signing a grant is meaningless if they are free to go @ anytime. Since the restrictions before were based on a mutual commitment. And now player development will probably take a back seat. Which has been the basic difference in CFB and CBB. A coach's actual game strategy will be more important in his success than developing the players. Details will be telling. Should be some drama and fun. Might even make the game "whiter" and favor schools like Wisky and Iowa of the big Ten and even the academic institutions. Where guys go to be actual students and stick to their academic route. Under stand I know little of the actual details and this is an NCAA action. Don't get me wrong, many black kids are solid as well. And the actual rules may not be as fluid.
Expect all schools to get inventive in how they target guys off other rosters. Also the schools I suppose can now grant scholarships on a year by year basis. Otherwise signing a grant is meaningless if they are free to go @ anytime. Since the restrictions before were based on a mutual commitment. And now player development will probably take a back seat. Which has been the basic difference in CFB and CBB. A coach's actual game strategy will be more important in his success than developing the players. Details will be telling. Should be some drama and fun. Might even make the game "whiter" and favor schools like Wisky and Iowa of the big Ten and even the academic institutions. Where guys go to be actual students and stick to their academic route. Under stand I know little of the actual details and this is an NCAA action. Don't get me wrong, many black kids are solid as well. And the actual rules may not be as fluid.
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Posted on 6/13/18 at 12:58 pm to jimdog
This guy is right for a change.
But watch this to be a one year thing. Major modifications to come next year when this gets royally abused.
But watch this to be a one year thing. Major modifications to come next year when this gets royally abused.
Posted on 6/13/18 at 12:59 pm to jimdog
Not free agency with having to sit out still, still a big incentive to graduate as those can transfer without having to sit. I like it like that
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Posted on 6/13/18 at 1:00 pm to Paul B Ammer
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But watch this to be a one year thing. Major modifications to come next year when this gets royally abused.
Yeah, I don't see this working out either. First time a player gets poached from one P5 school to another coaches are going to throw a shite storm.
Posted on 6/13/18 at 1:10 pm to thunderbird1100
If they put a sit out caveat then that "somewhat" changes the deck shuffling but still many if not most of today's signees come on board expecting to be the man or at least quickly become one of the men. On an average SEC squad probably 2-3 freshmen start I would guess. Some more, some less. A school is going to have to be 100% sure about 3 or 4 big time players then recruit some solid guys who are equal student-athlete. I don't have a problem with that.
Posted on 6/13/18 at 1:11 pm to jimdog
While I don't find this new rule necessarily egregious, when I think about the direction of college football with the coming free-agency and payment of players (not issues that I necessarily have moral qualms with!), I wonder if it would almost be better to just start minor league football right out of high school before the idea of collegiate athletics and the concept of the "student-athlete" becomes such a joke that people and universities won't want to be a part of it.
Posted on 6/13/18 at 1:12 pm to BowlJackson
this could get ugly immediately.
Posted on 6/13/18 at 1:13 pm to jimdog
Will lead to further corruption and destroy the game
Posted on 6/13/18 at 1:15 pm to jimdog
Who should Auburn go after Hurts or Fromm?
Posted on 6/13/18 at 1:16 pm to jimdog
Well it isn't like the players get paid what they are worth. So I have no problem with giving them more freedom to change teams, especially if it helps them with their academic pursuits. If it creates too much chaos and effs things up, they will change it back.
Posted on 6/13/18 at 1:17 pm to BowlJackson
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First time a player gets poached from one P5 school to another coaches are going to throw a shite storm.
Sounds like Saban.
Teams like Bama with 5 star players sitting on the bench have most to lose.
Posted on 6/13/18 at 1:22 pm to thunderbird1100
quote:This.
Not free agency with having to sit out still, still a big incentive to graduate as those can transfer without having to sit.
Currently, an athlete must receive permission from his current school to transfer to another. The rule change states that an athlete need only to inform his current school of his intentions. Sitting out a year still applies for non-graduates.
Posted on 6/13/18 at 1:26 pm to AU24
By the same token who should Florida and UT focus on Gatewood or Nix. Plus UGA has about 5 SEC ready defensive ends/OLB in their freshman class. So several of those should be on the market in Oct.
Posted on 6/13/18 at 1:36 pm to TeddyWestside
CBB is where it is headed. Fan interest cut back in the reg season then pick up for the playoffs. Problem is there is not 64 team field which is saving CBB. So yes the game and fan interest could be cut way back...unless. Unless the game becomes more real student driven. The teams/schools in the south right now are kinda edgy. No one really looks at the players when Miami plays FSU as students. Can you imagine a typical student at the University of Texas carrying on much of a conversation with a football player. Or for that matter a typical student at Auburn talking to one of Pearl's players? LOL!
Posted on 6/13/18 at 1:54 pm to thunderbird1100
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still a big incentive to graduate as those can transfer without having to sit.
With summer sessions included, really no reason why a kid who redshirts shouldn't graduate before their senior season. I guess in a way the players who play as freshman get shafted as they are less likely to graduate prior to the end of their junior year?
Posted on 6/13/18 at 2:04 pm to el gato
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Currently, an athlete must receive permission from his current school to transfer to another. The rule change states that an athlete need only to inform his current school of his intentions. Sitting out a year still applies for non-graduates.
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This appears to be correct. the only thing that changes is the student informs the school his intent to transfer, then his name is put into a database. Other schools can then contact the student and if he chooses can transfer to any school he wishes, but must sit a year, just like now. The only visible change is that the student cannot be restricted to which school he transfers. Not a huge change, at all.
Posted on 6/13/18 at 2:16 pm to DawgsLife
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The only visible change is that the student cannot be restricted to which school he transfers. Not a huge change, at all.
Seems like it has the potential to be. If I'm at Bama and can't break the starting lineup I could transfer 80 miles away to State without restriction, where it would have been prohibited previously. Seems like that would be a much easier decision to make than whether to transfer to a different part of the country.
Posted on 6/13/18 at 2:30 pm to Rohan Gravy
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Team like Bama with 5 stars sitting on the bench have the most to lose
Actually, shitbrick programs that have inept head coaches and lengthy losing streaks to their rivals have the most to lose. What's the old adage? "If you can't beat them ..."
Players will get tired of being on the end of double digit losing streaks and will transfer. LSU look to your DBs! They will be in different uniforms next year.
Posted on 6/13/18 at 2:37 pm to jimdog
Wait until a coach loses his job because a pampered superstar player gets mad and leaves the program. Discipline will be the first casualty of this rule.
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