Originally Posted by
JasonEvans
It is important to note that some transfer restrictions are probably necessary. If not, then a coach could leave a school and take all his players with him. For example, when Cal left Memphis for Kentucky, imagine if he could have taken all his best recruits and players with him with no penalty and no recourse for Memphis. It would have utterly decimated the Memphis program.
If that kind of thing was allowed, it would turn coaches into commodities with too much power. At any given moment, a coach could get a higher offer from another school and take his entire roster with him to the new school. It would be a problem.
--Jason "transfer rules must be changed to be more balanced, but giving all the power to the players is not the right solution either" Evans
You mean like John Wall and Demarcus Cousins?
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