Its not often that

[denguegopher]

I agree with what this guy writes, but this time he's on the money IMHO. http://www.reviewjournal.com/columns-blogs/ed-graney/college-coaches-enable-each-others-hypocrisy

 

[BieberHole69]

Man. That Ed Graney fella is

a piece of work, amiright?

 

[Iceland12]

I agree with what this guy writes, but this time he's on the money IMHO. http://www.reviewjournal.com/columns-blogs/ed-graney/college-coaches-enable-each-others-hypocrisy

Yep.

All the while, coaches can jump from job to job while quietly smirking at the remembrance of sitting in homes of recruits promising parents they would be the ones looking after their sons for the next four or five years.

It’s an old problem, coaches limiting where a player can transfer and immediately receive financial aid, and yet no better today than ever. That coaches continue to hold such power over student-athletes is ludicrous.

Brian Kelly wielded a bit of his lately when the Notre Dame coach wouldn’t release freshman defensive lineman Eddie Vanderdoes from of his letter-of-intent, meaning the player can indeed enroll at his desired school (UCLA), but will lose a year of eligibility in doing so.

Kelly tweeted that his decision was to protect the integrity of the letter-of-intent program.

You know, sort of like the integrity Kelly showed by bolting as head coach of Cincinnati in December 2009 before its Sugar Bowl game.

None of this will change. Coaches will continue to hold hostage players who want to transfer, and the letter-of-intent program will continue to give all power to the university, creating a ridiculous imbalance of power between the school and athlete.

It’s a sad reality. An incredibly flawed one.

But, hey, as long as Bob Stoops gets that running back to think twice about transferring ..

 

[husker70]

Were is Mark Emmert? This is your call and you are silent.

 

[Ogee Ogilthorpe]

I agree with what this guy writes, but this time he's on the money IMHO. http://www.reviewjournal.com/columns-blogs/ed-graney/college-coaches-enable-each-others-hypocrisy

Graney's getting a big head now that they put him on ESPN radio locally. He should stick to talking about sport gambling.

That being said, I don't know if I agree with him or not. All transfers and transfer requests are not created equally. There's no one answer that fits all cases.