NEW TRANSFER RULE ON THE WAY?
The Orlando Sentinel in a story published yesterday, reported that the PAC 12 has sent a letter to the rest of the P5 schools suggesting that transfer rules be softened. The letter stated that , " a more liberal transfer policy, removing penalties that force athletes to sit out a year when they jump to new schools." The rule change would essentially allow transfer players to begin playing for their new school immediately Currently transfer players must sit out a year before they are allowed to join their new team. The Sentinel story( link above) comes in conjunction with their coverage of the AAC spring meetings taking place in Florida this week.
The Sentinel interviewed UCF head coach George O'Leary, to gage his reaction to the possible rule change. O'Leary, said the following about the possible change, "All the sudden, you've got a kid playing real well, [and Power 5 schools say] we missed that kid [in recruiting]. ... His coach yells at him and then he doesn't want to be there anymore and [a power 5 school says], 'Hey, 'come with us, [there's] no penalty,"... "I think that rule without a penalty leads to tampering problems."
A new more liberal transfer policy would almost certainly make life more difficult for the G5. The G5 are already struggling under the weight of new financial burdens soon to become reality in the NCAA. If the P5 decide to make a change to the existing transfer rule, college football may soon resemble the free market, free agent world of the NFL. Stay tuned.
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