Why is it seem like everyone is transfering

[cravnravn]

from the Basketball team?

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Those "transfers" are more like cuts. I bet their scholarships were not renewed. But basically they didn't pan out and they have a bunch of new kids who they hope will be bettre.

[Geronimo]

Those "transfers" are more like cuts. I bet their scholarships were not renewed. But basically they didn't pan out and they have a bunch of new kids who they hope will be bettre.

Exactly, room had to be made for the incoming class which is highly rated, i believe it's a top 15 class. So some guys were "advised" to transfer. Faust leaving was a surprise he wasn't "advised" to leave but the other two were.

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I think it is reprehensible. A player should not be able to be cut because a coach picked the wrong guy. I wonder how many credits Faust can transfer to a new school going into his Sr yr.

[dc.]

Most of your first two years can transfer and many athletes are on five year plans taking minimum credits per semester so he may not be much past that. Plus I bet many schools will be lenient on credits for an athlete.

 

That said I agree with the general sentiment that schools are far too able to mess with players and their scholarships... Hence why northwesterns football team is about to become an officially recognized union by the NLRB.

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http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/25/sports/a-fight-to-keep-college-athletes-from-the-pain-of-injury-costs.html

This was in yesterday NYT.

 

 

Hardrick, a 6-foot-8 forward, committed to Oklahoma when he was 14. He arrived on campus in 2009, but at a practice that fall, a teammate, the nearly 300-pound Keith Gallon, fell on his right leg and injured his knee. Hardrick was told by team doctors that the injury was not serious, that with physical therapy he would be fine. He did not play in a game that year, and the pain continued the next season.

In January 2011, Hardrick’s mother, Valerie, received the results of a magnetic resonance imaging test on her son’s knee. The test showed a torn meniscus. Oklahoma disputed the findings and would not authorize surgery, even though, Valerie Hardrick said, the university had arranged for the exam. Hardrick had the operation using his family’s insurance. Then, with his health in question, his scholarship was not renewed.

Whitehead, a former safety at Ohio University, injured his neck when a teammate slammed him to the ground during a workout after the 2000 season. He and his teammate Jon Clark, who had sustained a knee injury, were deemed medically disqualified, meaning they would continue on scholarship but not count against the university’s athletic limit. After the following school year, they were informed that their scholarships would not be renewed.

“They said it was a budget issue,” Whitehead said.

After public pressure and a news conference, Ohio agreed to reinstate the tuition portion of the aid.

[thundercleetz]

Those "transfers" are more like cuts. I bet their scholarships were not renewed. But basically they didn't pan out and they have a bunch of new kids who they hope will be bettre.

Not necessarily. Seth Allen was the Terps leading scorer. Roddy Peters was a top recruit last year, as was Shaq two years ago. Faust was a top recruit three years ago. However, Faust graduated early, so he doesn't have to sit out a year. He wanted to go to a program where he could display his talents best for professional teams (whether it be the NBA or Europe). All programs are seeing this type of movement. College coaches are no longer given years to find success. Much like college football, if you cannot cut it in three to four years, you're done. As a result, college basketball coaches recruit the best players they can, even if you recruited a top recruit at that same position a year ago (see Peters leaving because of Melo Trimble). And who knows what last year's prospect is promised by the coach to get him to sign.

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I didn't know Faust was done. I just do not like how players get the shot end on the "free rides". If the school is given freedoms then the players should be too.