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<blockquote data-quote="Jim Prather" data-source="post: 601086" data-attributes="member: 431"><p>This is where the boosters and the "100 dollar handshakes" hurt the athletes. The NCAA recognized years ago, that if players were allowed to transfer with no penalties, it would lead to the big schools "poaching" the best players off the smaller schools.</p><p> As a direct example, my brother-in-law was a top ranked tennis player for Clemson several years ago when they were a perennial powerhouse. He got an anonymous call from an Arkansas booster offering to buy him any kind of car he wanted if he would transfer to Arkansas. THAT WAS TENNIS..</p><p> Now translate that to football... Would any of us find it hard to imagine Nick Saban casually saying to a booster "You know we are really weak at cornerback this year. We've got some good young players but they are still a year away from being ready." That booster then finds out that there is an rising senior at Colorado who is an all-American cornerback. He reaches out anonymously and says I will pay you X dollars and give you a new car if you transfer to Alabama. And by the way, there is a good chance you will win a national championship...</p><p> This is why you have to sit a year when you transfer...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jim Prather, post: 601086, member: 431"] This is where the boosters and the "100 dollar handshakes" hurt the athletes. The NCAA recognized years ago, that if players were allowed to transfer with no penalties, it would lead to the big schools "poaching" the best players off the smaller schools. As a direct example, my brother-in-law was a top ranked tennis player for Clemson several years ago when they were a perennial powerhouse. He got an anonymous call from an Arkansas booster offering to buy him any kind of car he wanted if he would transfer to Arkansas. THAT WAS TENNIS.. Now translate that to football... Would any of us find it hard to imagine Nick Saban casually saying to a booster "You know we are really weak at cornerback this year. We've got some good young players but they are still a year away from being ready." That booster then finds out that there is an rising senior at Colorado who is an all-American cornerback. He reaches out anonymously and says I will pay you X dollars and give you a new car if you transfer to Alabama. And by the way, there is a good chance you will win a national championship... This is why you have to sit a year when you transfer... [/QUOTE]
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