[DC 86]

Ffs people, these kids are not property and are not getting paid to play football.  There is no union and no collective bargaining agreement.  Restricting what students can do is the wrong way to go about this.

As long as a player is making academic progress, they should be free to transfer any place that will take them and that will accommodate them.  Could it lead to good players on bad teams trying to transfer to a better one?  Maybe.  So what?  The current graduate transfer system has not been a disaster, and largely hasn't benefitted the best teams (I don't recall any highly talented graduate transfers into Alabama, for example).

If you want competitive balance, don't penalize the kids to get it.

BC

I could not agree with you more, but one correction: Jake Coker, who was Alabama's starting QB in 2015 and won a national championship, was a graduate transfer from FSU.

[DC 86]

Ffs people, these kids are not property and are not getting paid to play football.  There is no union and no collective bargaining agreement.  Restricting what students can do is the wrong way to go about this.

As long as a player is making academic progress, they should be free to transfer any place that will take them and that will accommodate them.  Could it lead to good players on bad teams trying to transfer to a better one?  Maybe.  So what?  The current graduate transfer system has not been a disaster, and largely hasn't benefitted the best teams (I don't recall any highly talented graduate transfers into Alabama, for example).

If you want competitive balance, don't penalize the kids to get it.

BC

I could not agree with you more, but one correction: Jake Coker, who was Alabama's starting QB in 2015 and won a national championship, was a graduate transfer from FSU.