That’s what they tried to do when the Justin Fields TYPE lawsuits started, and they were implementing the portal. They gave everyone one free transfer, and kept the sit out rules in place after that unless you’d graduated. That was the first big change they made. This change was made around the time Justin Fields TYPE (not real hardships) lawsuits started popping up everywhere, and was also around the time of the portal being implemented. People still wanted to move multiple times before graduating, continued to sue, and continued to win. During one of the basketball lawsuits, where the guy was trying to transfer during the season, they pretty much lifted all restrictions and said everyone who moved outside of the windows may be punished if the NCAA wins the lawsuit. Then they removed the one freebie restriction pending the end of the lawsuit, which they inevitably lost. Once that door was opened, they were never able to rein it back it.
Meh, I hope they never recover and their basketball program shutters its doors forever. That’s pretty unlikely though. They’ll fill the roster back up and they’ll probably have a good team next year.
Seems well adjusted and committed and loyal to where he’s playing. Your normal path of….. From Dominican Republic. High school in Ohio. Then high school in New Jersey. Then college at NW Florida St. Then Duquense. Then San Diego St. Then Auburn Then…..portal. Stay FAR AWAY from this dude
Do you ever post something you don’t know why you did? I just did! I honestly don’t give a crap about any other college team but UF. Do I hate other schools worse than others, yes (FSU, Miami, Tennessee, Duke, etc) My only excuse is I’m lying here in bed recovering from a total knee replacement on Monday and taking a few pain meds. Thanks Paid for showing me the error of my ways!
Baylor has some decent talent coming in though: 45. Michael Rataj, 6-9, PF, Jr., Oregon State Committed to Baylor A native of Germany, Rataj earned first-team All-WCC honors after averaging 16.9 points and 7.2 rebounds, while shooting 35% from 3-point range. He had five separate games with 25+ points, highlighted by a 29-point performance against Gonzaga in January. 48. Obi Agbim, 6-3, PG, Sr., Wyoming Committed to Baylor Agbim earned third-team All-Mountain West honors after averaging 17.6 points and 3.4 assists this past season, shooting nearly 44% from 3. He came up big against top competition, scoring 20-plus points against BYU, Colorado State, New Mexico and San Diego State. No. 9 Tounde Yessoufou Previous ranking: 15 | 6-5 | small forward | Saint Joseph (CA) | Committed to Baylor Yessoufou moves up following a dominant finish to his high school career. He opened the eyes of NBA personnel at the McDonald's All American Game and Nike Hoop Summit with his constant energy, explosiveness and power at the rim -- not to mention his infectious personality and improved shooting.
Girls and boys, are we having fun yet? Or are we getting REALLY tired of this silliness? How does this help any player to get to a better place in their careers? Well, except for Lee. HE transferred to better himself.
I don't know any fans who love this, but there ain't much we can do about it. Nothing big is going to change until the colleges step up and make the athletes employees so they can sign real contracts. I don't see any way they'll be able to limit movement until they have that in place. They're also going to avoid that as long as they possibly can.
We HAVE TO go back to the days when transfer players sit out a year. Even in the pros with free agency they have CONTRACTS. This is much, much worse.
They don't have any way to enforce it. Courts are not allowing them to restrict movement. Pros have employment contracts, we don't. The colleges still don't want to make the players employees, which is the first step towards any useful regulation.
Don’t the kids technically have to go through admissions? You know… the student part of student-athletes. It’s absolutely mad that all of that has been seemingly bypassed. Yeah, I know that at the highest level of college football and basketball a lot of kids have pro intentions and nowadays maybe don’t set foot in a class, and that they aren’t “applying” to attend like every other normal student. But are they even looking at academic eligibility anymore??? What has been done to college sports the last 10 or so years seems crazy on every level. At least the pro’s have things like contract terms and salary caps. If the pro’s have those “controls”, I don’t understand why the NCAA can’t be allowed to enforce some transfer rules or that schools go through their normal admission process. I like the idea of the 1 “free” transfer but after that you sit. That seems like a compromise to let players find a better situation either for playing time, or lets them seek that NIL payday. But it at least rolls back the farce of players doing 4 or 5 schools.
