I saw this discussion on a board I sometimes visit like a week ago and I think the topic is interesting, so I´d just like to hear what people on here think. The main point on there was that coaches can change schools over night, but yet the student athletes are the only people in College FB who are expected to keep their word or who are penalized (by losing a year of their eligbility if they transfer) for not doing so.
This post by Colinski in the Recruiting forum made me want to start this thread
Do they commit to the school or rather the coaching staff? I am aware that this would probably open the floodgates, but do you think it´s a fair that a player can´t transfer without penalty if there is a coaching change and the new coach has no use for the guy in his system?
Don´t really have an opinion myself, just want to see what people on here think.
This post by Colinski in the Recruiting forum made me want to start this thread
It's one thing to lie to a recruit, like Stoops did with Katoa, but it's quite another thing when the athlete himself is initiating the contact. The situation they committed to no longer exists. I'm sympathetic to the plight of a school that undergoes a coaching change, but it's like an unintended bait-and-switch for the athlete. It's not "which school" one plays for but "whom."
Do they commit to the school or rather the coaching staff? I am aware that this would probably open the floodgates, but do you think it´s a fair that a player can´t transfer without penalty if there is a coaching change and the new coach has no use for the guy in his system?
Don´t really have an opinion myself, just want to see what people on here think.