Step by step, the charm of the game is facing away. I get attached to the players for four years and especially since I got my education from the same institution that the players are getting their education from. If that turns into a transfer-derby then I might as well watch professional sports, which I don't and won't.
I already detest the armies of mercenaries assembled by some of our rivals, but now it will become commonplace--even expected--to build teams based on transfers.
Stanford will be at a disadvantage since transfers to Stanford are so rare and so difficult. We will have to recruit with much greater foresight than those schools who grab players off the transfer market. And sometimes we won't.
Bad development for the game. And it will encourage more transfers, which (and no one discusses this) are almost always bad for the academic continuity of the student. I bet a good statistical analysis would show that athletes who transfer as undergraduates graduate at a much lower rate than those who do not.
I already detest the armies of mercenaries assembled by some of our rivals, but now it will become commonplace--even expected--to build teams based on transfers.
Stanford will be at a disadvantage since transfers to Stanford are so rare and so difficult. We will have to recruit with much greater foresight than those schools who grab players off the transfer market. And sometimes we won't.
Bad development for the game. And it will encourage more transfers, which (and no one discusses this) are almost always bad for the academic continuity of the student. I bet a good statistical analysis would show that athletes who transfer as undergraduates graduate at a much lower rate than those who do not.