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Canesfan1899 said:
Satan is going to be crying about this now saying this is ruining the game because some of his five stars may start leaving for PT elsewhere. That and he can't block where they go.
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HE may complain but we know he will probably benefit from it as much as he is hurt by it.
He is probably forming some sort of recruitment committee right now as I type this.
 
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Colombie said:
HE may complain but we know he will probably benefit from it as much as he is hurt by it.
He is probably forming some sort of recruitment committee right now as I type this.
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He'll have four former HC's "unpaid" that will head it up too.
 
Canesfan1899 said:
Satan is going to be crying about this now saying this is ruining the game because some of his five stars may start leaving for PT elsewhere. That and he can't block where they go.
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They will just pay more incentives per annum to keep kids
 
hotshot said:
"The NCAA has approved a massive change to transfer rules as student-athletes will no longer be required to gain permission to contact schools once they decide to leave their current institution, essentially ending the practice of blocking transfers by schools. The policy will go into effect Oct. 15."

So ... next week, schools can start contacting/recruiting players at other universities and vice versa??
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No part of the passage you posted suggests that schools can contact kids at another School. But a student may reach out to whoever they like, after "they decide to leave".

This is for kids who have declared a transfer already and are no longer actively on the team (e.g. Bryant). All this has changed is one school blocking another. The kid now gets all of his options available instead of future opponents, in conference blocks etc.
 
skyman said:
Heard players can put name in a database to be contacted or something like that
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Yup -- I don't believe schools can just reach out to whoever they want trying to recruit players. If a player communicates his intention to transfer and puts his name in a database, then schools can contact the player without needing any permission from the school the player is currently enrolled at
 
westcoastcanes said:
No part of the passage you posted suggests that schools can contact kids at another School. But a student may reach out to whoever they like, after "they decide to leave".

This is for kids who have declared a transfer already and are no longer actively on the team (e.g. Bryant). All this has changed is one school blocking another.
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The article I read Explained it as a player on a current team can choose to request to transfer and thereby putting his name in the database and once it is in the system other schools can contact them. Even up to the point of going on official visits with another school while still being on your current team
 
I could see Saban at his post game pressers saying things like "Man, I liked that DB and that kicker that played against us today from directional state academy. they are so good they would probably start for us !" "They are way better than the guys we have right now!."
-Angrily blames the media and says they hype up his team too much.. Then goes on to say they should be writing about those players in their headlines and news paper articles.



Then they magically show up mid- season on a transfer recruiting trip.
 
brock said:
The article I read Explained it as a player on a current team can choose to request to transfer and thereby putting his name in the database and once it is in the system other schools can contact them. Even up to the point of going on official visits with another school while still being on your current team
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This is exactly right. Was talking to the FIU mens soccer coach Friday night while I was in Miami and he told me this. Once they request the release they are inputted in the database and then it's a free for all.
 
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brock said:
The article I read Explained it as a player on a current team can choose to request to transfer and thereby putting his name in the database and once it is in the system other schools can contact them. Even up to the point of going on official visits with another school while still being on your current team
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That article is speculation filled without the actual wording, but interesting none the less. Hard for me to believe a kid doesn't essentially get cut off as soon as he adds his name to that list, buried and his scholarship pulled at the end of the term like they say. Which means December is going to be a big move in/out month since that is when the term ends. Will make signing day a lot more clear as it relates to scholarship numbers if a lot of people end up transferring in this manner.

Colombie said:
I could see Saban at his post game pressers saying things like "Man, I liked that DB and that kicker that played against us today from directional state academy. they are so good they would probably start for us !" "They are way better than the guys we have right now!."
-Angrily blames the media and says they hype up his team too much.. Then goes on to say they should be writing about those players in their headlines and news paper articles.



Then they magically show up mid- season on a transfer recruiting trip.
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I could also see a lot of kids from the teams like Bama and Georgia that have recruited very deep rosters looking around when promises aren't fulfilled, or they think they are entitled to a better opportunity. The thing is, this is not going to give kids a chance to play that year, or even the next as they would have to sit out the transfer year. Two year out transfer recruiting is only going to be so effective. But I could see a bunch of kids that are sophomores with a 5* coming in behind him and one committed in the following class seeing the writing on the wall when it is realistically still very early.
 
Do they sit out the rest of this year & play next year or do they have to sit next year too?
 
This is good for the game. Will help distribute 4 and 5 star guys that for some reason are not getting playing time and want to leave but dont want to be restricted in which school they go to.
 
So can a sophomore decide to leave a team during the 3rd game of the season, use the rest of that season as a redshirt (under new rule, <4 games = can still shirt), and just play for another team the following Fall?
 
LuCane said:
So can a sophomore decide to leave a team during the 3rd game of the season, use the rest of that season as a redshirt (under new rule, <4 games = can still shirt), and just play for another team the following Fall?
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Yes. Provided he hasn't used a red shirt yet.

The only teams this rule will bother are the ones hoarding all the 5 star recruits. Saban and Kirby will no longer be able to keep guys chained to their program.
 
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brock said:
Going to get ugly, they got to sever this before it starts... then again it’s going to be a lot more parity in college football and a lot of teams with less depth. No one is going to want to sit several years to be a backup if they can just transfer
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Just means they're gonna have to keep the bags flowing to keep them. Already not a problem at Baga and clem$on. And by the time a kid is thinking about transferring, the coaches already know if they're gonna ever play there or not. The rich get richer. I'm not sure how this will actually increase parity. Decrease stability and make coaches work harder, yes, but not increase parity.

But the focus should be from the student-athletes perspective. I've never really agreed with the idea that once they sign on the dotted line, the school controls them in such a broad manner. As a student-athlete in a past life myself, that kind of thing ****ed me off to no end. I ended up not wanting to transfer and stuck it out and won big and am glad I did, but if I'm thinking about transferring and someone's gonna try to tell me where I can or can't go, or that I have to give up a period of my life from doing what I want to do if I do transfer? Nuh uh, FVCK. that. ****. What kind of hypocrite would I have to be to now oppose this? Better for the student-athlete is what matters here.
 
DTP said:
Yes. Provided he hasn't used a red shirt yet.

The only teams this rule will bother are the ones hoarding all the 5 star recruits. Saban and Kirby will no longer be able to keep guys chained to their program.
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But in a couple of years, it will level off. New kids coming in will be receiving a RS more frequently now with the 4 game rule. So kids moving forward will be less likely to have a RS year to burn.
 
DTP said:
Yes. Provided he hasn't used a red shirt yet.

The only teams this rule will bother are the ones hoarding all the 5 star recruits. Saban and Kirby will no longer be able to keep guys chained to their program.
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That makes sense, though I can see scenarios where it'd affect us as well. This tells me "PLAY MARK POPE IMMEDIATELY," as an example. I'm not sure if he's played in 4 games yet, but if he hasn't and the rule is as you described, he could just up and ride right now - available to play for the Gators (as an example) against us to start next year. I like the rule change. Just gonna have to manage the roster optimally now.

Hope we can get some OL and DL.
 
If anything, this forces coaches to be more up front with recruits. If you promise playing time as a freshman and don't deliver, the player is free to redshirt and transfer for the next season.
 
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