what school is he on now?

Nm wrong thread

So Ryan Taylor is pulling a Jaaron. Evansville rescues him from what we can surmise was an awful experience at OU only to elevate him and watch him probably go to Iowa or a Big 10 team. Way to go Taylor. Glad you left.

Well Evansville did just fire Ryan Taylor's head coach... So, this seems a litte different. But, damn, this really hurts the mid-majors who find and grow talent....

I can't blame these kids when their coach was fired. Let me put it this way, if your boss who recruited for a job decided to leave 4-5 months later or got fired what would you do? Would you stick it out if you knew the place was going into the dumps? Just curious what your guys' thoughts are on this.

I favor an alternative to Catfan's approach. But keep in mind it is highly unlikely the current system will change, because as Cat points out, it favors the big schools and that's usually all the NCAA cares about. The next time the NCAA does anything in big time sports to help the minor leagues like the MAC, let me know.

That said, the kids who help make all the money for the NCAA deserve some freedom. Therefore, I propose that every D-1 football or basketball player is allowed to transfer once, for any reason or no reason at all, with immediate eligibility at his next stop and an athletic scholarship. But that's it. If a kid wants to transfer again, he would be ineligible for an athletic scholarship and thus ineligible for any of the bennies of such, like training table at his new destination. In essence he would be a walkon. This would pretty much eliminate grad transfers, and also end rules that allow kids like Simmons to game the system and transfer twice. Hardship cases would be allowed, but they would be REAL hardships, not the phony stuff the NCAA now allows.

Under this system, Simmons and others like him would be immediately eligible to play, benefiting both him and the school. There'd be no redshirt year where he advances academically while saving a year of athletic eligibility for another potential transfer.

It's simple, effective, and it benefits all parties, so of course the NCAA would reject it out of hand.

I doubt it because there just aren't that many scholarships available (unless we're talking about Pittsburgh LOL). There's about 350 D-1 teams, maybe 80 or so are top tier. I don't think the top 2 players from each of the remaining 270 teams are all gonna leave for those schools--that's 6 players for each top tier team. Flipside, of course, is if transfers DO take a disproportionate number of scholies at big time schools, then some pretty good high school players who otherwise would have gone there might end up at the minor league schools instead.

Anyway, like I said, it ain't gonna happen.

If Evan Bradds truly loved the Bobcats, he would have been a Bobcat.

Looking at this kid is interesting Played for King James and Union City HS. Not sure I have ever seen him before. https://www.verbalcommits.com/players/parker-stewart

Sounds like Coach gave him an honest evaluation and a choice. Not sure why you would give someone a B- in a tweet but ok..... assuming he is neither a communication nor an English major. I think the clearing of negativity in the locker room is an important part of culture change that happens when you sweep the dust out the door

so we have ruled out math and english as possible majors... sounds like a pick up for Can't

https://twitter.com/goodmanespn/status/975161409691701248

I'm adding the MAC transfers to the original post.