I guess I'm in the minority. I see this as horrible news. Every single team in the country is going to be sitting on pins and needles after each and every season waiting to see which players are coming back. It's awesome news for the Kentuckys and Dukes of the world though. They are already doing the one and dones but now they can do it with other teams' players.
I agree. I don't think it's exaggerating to say that this would be the end of Div I mid major basketball as we know it. It would be utter chaos on rosters every year. It would be comparable to the juco world, except for the GPA requirement. But even that would be a joke as players anticipating potential future transferring would load up on easy courses to meet the GPA needed.
I'd love to hear why someone from South Dakota St thinks this is a good idea. It would be open season poaching of mid major players by high majors.
I can see why players might want this, but I can't understand why at least 80% of coaches would think this is a good plan. Even for players, there will be plenty who will likely be effectively forced out by transfers who are deemed better. I'm hoping this is merely something being discussed rather than reality. Considering that other sources haven't reported this that I'm aware of, that may well be the case.
Gary Parrish of CBS has an opinion on it. It won't be popular here:
https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/potenti... /
He's vastly underestimating the negative impacts. If you further poison the sport, you could kill the goose which lays the golden egg. Unstable programs made that way through transferitis....I'm not seeing that as being in the best interest of the student athlete.
Recruiting would become an absolute nightmare. Assistants would spend the entire year combing the rosters of other teams for poaching targets. Dishonest programs would have a field day, while the Sauls of the world would not be able to build programs the right way.
I totally agree Jeff. I'm not a fan of Gary's writing because he impresses me as a total homer to the schools CBS broadcasts. And, like Bilas, he increasingly doesn't want to see all sides of the story.
And without going too far into it, he and others following his line of thinking act like having to sit a year when a player chooses, on their own, to transfer is some kind of massive hardship. I simply don't agree. For starters, it allows for a greater likelihood that a player finishes their years of eligibility with a completed degree.
I could get behind the idea of a rule allowing for no sit-out year if your coach leaves, or your program is put on some kind of sanction/suspension, but that's about it.