Unintended Consequences

[IdaGriz01]

A decade ago (roughly) the NCAA adopted the "graduate transfer" process. Don't recall what instigated the rule change, but I'll bet no one at the time guessed what it would eventually turn into. Well, here's what you've got: http://www.espn.com/college-footbal...transfers-become-college-football-free-agents

Excerpts:

How grad transfers have become college football's free agents
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This offseason alone, Pagano and Cochran are just two of dozens of grad transfers, who in search of better paths to the next level, have shaken up conference championship outlooks and buttressed the playoff hopes of their new teams.
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"I felt like, that's the school that's going to me the exposure I need," he [Kentucky's Jeff Badet] said. "A place I can make plays and help my draft stock."
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While it may seem strange to us old-timers, it all makes a lot of sense, when you think about. And it's always amusing to see how "unintended consequences" can play out.

 

[Gaeilge1]

Could not agree more!

 

[IdaGriz01]

One of the great result of this rule is that it gives student-athletes more motivation to aggressively pursue their degrees. Get it done while you still have athletic eligibility, and you actually have choices -- something they mostly do not have otherwise.