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Message: [QUOTE="RF2044, post: 1778719, member: 40"] C'mon what? You said that there weren't restrictions: [INDENT][INDENT][SIZE=3]Again, there is no other "profession" or situation, not even within the NCAA (ie, only basketball and football have this arrangement), that has this rule. Any employer spends tens of thousands of dollars per employee in recruiting, training, etc. I am an investment to my company, you are, as well. Yet, there is nothing stopping either of us, no law or employer rule, from leaving at a whim and to work elsewhere. There is no one year penalty.[/SIZE][/INDENT][/INDENT] I suppose that you are TECHNICALLY correct--there is no professional penalty that makes working people sit out for a year of college. ; ) But in the main, that point is incorrect. There ARE protections that companies can employ that restrict movement at the professional level. Non-compete clauses are a great example of a professional in a sales / consulting / etc. profession not being able to peddle their wares in a certain space for a year or longer. Isn't that a basic equivalent to what you are suggesting doesn't exist? One more reason why the free agency comparison doesn't work for me: once you sign scholarship papers, you are obligated. In high school--which is much more like free agency, if you ask me--players can often transfer indiscriminately between schools without penalty. Some districts DO have rules that require players from out of region to sit out a year--and while you could certainly make the argument that this is unnecessarily "restrictive" or somehow "penalizes" the player, the intent of such rules is to prevent things from turning into free agency. The road to hell is paved with good intentions. Even the best-meaning laws / rules generally end up being exploited. Think about the family emergency rule that eliminates having to sit out a year, and then consider examples of players who've utilized that rule. What percentage of them do you think actually met the spirit and intent of those rules [extremely low, I'd say]? [/QUOTE]

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