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Interesting article by Kevin Trahan on graduate transfers: http://bit.ly/27JeXJy These college graduates are hardly "ruining the game."
One of the biggest claims by the anti-graduate-transfer crowd is that the rule is simply way for talented athletes from mid-major schools to jump to bigger programs. Here's Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski suggesting just that:
"The one-and-done with the fifth-year graduate player is what is the main story for college basketball," he said. "There are many, many more of those. And that's hurt a lot of our mid-major programs when these kids leave and go. Many, many more."
As mentioned above, there's absolutely nothing wrong with someone wanting a better opportunity. That's what America is supposedly all about—life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. You should be able to pursue a life, in college and in your basketball career, that makes you happiest. Nobody complained when Krzyzewski for left Army for Duke, and he was arguably hurting the competitive chances of the United States military. Sad!
Even if graduate transfers moving from mid-majors to power schools was some sort of immoral act, the truth is that it doesn't happen a whole lot. Of the 89 graduate transfers in 2015, only 27 percent of them actually took a jump up. Most went to equal or worse programs.
https://sports.vice.com/en_us/article/graduate-transfers-arent-ruining-ncaa-basketball-no-matter-what-coaches-say/?utm_source=vicesportstwitter
Jay Bilas @JayBilas
Interesting article by Kevin Trahan on graduate transfers: http://bit.ly/27JeXJy These college graduates are hardly "ruining the game."
One of the biggest claims by the anti-graduate-transfer crowd is that the rule is simply way for talented athletes from mid-major schools to jump to bigger programs. Here's Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski suggesting just that:
"The one-and-done with the fifth-year graduate player is what is the main story for college basketball," he said. "There are many, many more of those. And that's hurt a lot of our mid-major programs when these kids leave and go. Many, many more."
As mentioned above, there's absolutely nothing wrong with someone wanting a better opportunity. That's what America is supposedly all about—life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. You should be able to pursue a life, in college and in your basketball career, that makes you happiest. Nobody complained when Krzyzewski for left Army for Duke, and he was arguably hurting the competitive chances of the United States military. Sad!
Even if graduate transfers moving from mid-majors to power schools was some sort of immoral act, the truth is that it doesn't happen a whole lot. Of the 89 graduate transfers in 2015, only 27 percent of them actually took a jump up. Most went to equal or worse programs.
https://sports.vice.com/en_us/article/graduate-transfers-arent-ruining-ncaa-basketball-no-matter-what-coaches-say/?utm_source=vicesportstwitter
