Transfers

This is not Georgia related, necessarily, but Jon Rothstein hits on one of my biggest pet peeves:

5. Will the NCAA officially change the transfer rules prior to the start of fall practice?

I've repeated over the past few years that all transfers need to sit a year if they change schools and don't be surprised if you see that partially come to fruition in some form prior to next season. Multiple sources told CBSSports.com that there was a strong chance that the NCAA was going to pass a rule prior to the start of practice next year that would no longer allow transfers to apply for waivers so they could become immediately eligible without sitting out a full season.

However, it doesn't benefit college basketball to constantly have players changing programs and looking for waivers to be immediately eligible. Let's hope the NCAA gets it right and forces any player who transfers to sit out a year. Sources also told CBSSports.com that the only way a player would likely be immediately eligible was if he graduated and had a fifth year of eligibility. It will be interesting to see how this shakes out.

I could not disagree with Rothstein more.  There are very legitimate reasons a player may want or need to transfer schools, and there are plenty of things that "don't benefit college basketball" a lot more than the transfer rules.

How about we leave it up to the coach and the institution from which the player is transferring?  If the coach will sign off on the transfer, and the school will release the player from his scholarship, let him go.  Would some people try to abuse the system?  Of course.  But that is life.

As an alternative, maybe we make coaches sit out a year if they take another job before completing the terms of their contract?

I kid, of course, but more and more, the NCAA is being exposed as an institution that does not have the players' best interest in mind.

Am I way off base here?

h/t Jon Rothstein