Big Ten Intraconference Transfers?
I've searched the site. (probably not deep enough) I found numerous examples of posts stating the fact that any intraconference Big Ten transfers will not receive athletic scholarships.
http://compliance.pac-12.org/ccacaitems/surveys/ictransfers.pdf
I found this old compliance site, not sure if its still applicable. I'm sure some of this is status quo, but it simply shows that this rule is not the same in all conferences.
So, the question is, why? Why is this not so in all leagues? I know they all have autonomy!
Why can't a player in the Big Ten transfer to another Big Ten school and receive a scholarship?
Thanks!
December 8th, 2011 at 3:23 PM ^
Because Justin Boren sucks.
December 8th, 2011 at 3:25 PM ^
I'm sure the Big Ten just doesn't want it to happen. I like it that way; I don't want a Justin Boren every decade, and this helps discourage moving.
Also, it's most likely in place so that, say, Kevin Wilson doesn't get all pissed that Hoke and Meyer take his only viable Big Ten players every year (not that Hoke would actually try to pull that). That wouldn't exactly make for the friendliest conference.
December 8th, 2011 at 3:27 PM ^
but I was told that the B10 rule has been repealed.
December 8th, 2011 at 4:06 PM ^
December 8th, 2011 at 5:38 PM ^
Right, but Boren had to pay his own way. You can't stop a kid from going to a particular school, but you can keep him from getting a scholarship there. Most kids aren't in a position where they can pay their own way for college when they can get a scholarship to almost any other school.
December 8th, 2011 at 11:32 PM ^
if they are in-state like Boren it is a lot easier...otherwise agreed it is almost always prohibitive
December 8th, 2011 at 4:42 PM ^
Think about it, despite the rare case of Boren what student athlete would want to transfer to his former schools biggest rival? Kids would essentially police themselves in this way.
The rule should be repealed so that a kid, like a Bolden at PSU type, is able to transfer closer to home.
December 8th, 2011 at 5:41 PM ^
It doesn't have to be "biggest rival' but a school that the team plays every year. I'm sure Hoke wouldn't want one of our stars tranferring to Iowa, for example, even though the kid might want to.
I don't think the rule should be repealed. Bolden chose PSU, so he can live with it. Or he can transfer to any not-Big Ten school that wants him.
December 8th, 2011 at 6:48 PM ^
as I understand it, a coach must sign off on a transfer before a player can get a scholarship from any school. Paterno refused to allow Bolden to do so. Also, remember the bit in "Three and Out" about LC calling players together and telling them that he would sign a release for any of them while he was still coach.
December 8th, 2011 at 4:22 PM ^
don't schools just grant conditional releases on transfers? wasn't that the whole reason Cam Netwon went to a JC, so he could transfer back in to the SEC on scholarship?
December 8th, 2011 at 4:38 PM ^
In fact, it should be called "The Plow Rule". I wouldn't want to be the coach who had to decide whether or not to grant a transfer to someone whom I knew was going to a school I played every year, or worse, a long-hated rival.
December 8th, 2011 at 5:55 PM ^
A friend of mine in Ann Arbor back in the day was on the golf team at Michigan, but was paying his way. He left MSU (where he had a scholly) to come to Michigan. It was worth it to him to go to a better school and pay his way. Plus the golf coach at Spartyville was an ass, according to him.
December 8th, 2011 at 10:08 PM ^
We're the Big 10, fergodsakes!