Sitting out a year was the right way to handle transfers.

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I hope they find a way to fix this.

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Just to add some color to this: over 3,700 D1 players entered the portal yesterday.

1 free transfer, 1 extra if your coach leaves

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Not necessarily but unlimited transfers definitely ain't the way

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For years schools had it both ways. Guys got a one year scholarship, but they couldn’t leave and play right away. They had to sit out.

If you are going to limit guys to one year scholarships then they should be able to leave and play elsewhere right away.

My solution is to give out two, three or even longer scholarships. No transferring unless the coach leaves, or both sides agree to the transfer and the guy is immediately eligible.

Maybe so. Needs to have some kind of penalty for leaving a team.

Almost every other level does.

Coaches that take a job elsewhere don't sit out a year.. going to be hard to enforce it on players.

My 2 cents is Let a player have 1 portal transfer that's penalty free, but any others after that must sit out 1 year each time.

I say to meet in the middle. First transfer immediate, second transfer sit a year. Third transfer must be a grad student. Otherwise every player is a one year deal.

I would even say - 1 "no harm, no foul" transfer for the player's 4+1 year eligibility period. Doesn't have to give a reason. Doesn't have to sit out. Nada. Then, another transfer if a change of head coach (HEAD COACH ONLY). Finally, if a player graduates with eligibility, a potential 3rd transfer.

I mean, if things work out, that still allows UP TO 3 transfers over a 5-year eligibility cycle, with no consequences. There is nothing there that should be "unfair", but the courts have decided that a competitive organization cannot regulate itself with competitive rules that go against the whims of teenagers.

The only alternative is a "transfer and sit" rule, in my humble opinion.

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This is where my thoughts initially go to as well. Get a free one on the house, and the next can only be done with a HC change.

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Will need a collectively bargained NIL structure to make this work. Courts will side with players maximizing their salaries every time, regardless of limits on free passes.

Need to go back to transfer equals sitting out one year. It would help this a lot. This is dumb. LSU can geographically out recruit 99% of schools. We (as LSU fans) shouldn’t want the current system.

One “free” transfer until you graduate. On the second, it’s sit a year.