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Message: [QUOTE="jncuse, post: 2454330, member: 1969"] I am certainly in favour of loosening transfer rules for players. Although not crazy about this one. I think there are other ways to make this fair to the players and to teams and fans. (As an aside those that are concerned that players will abuse the rules, just remember the NCAA has abused the framework and rules to really screw them for years and fans apparently don't care) Here are a few frameworks I would work with: [B]Framework #1 "Free" is defined as not sitting out.[/B] a) Free Transfer Window for every sophomore after the sophomore season. The elect to transfer window is one week, and is right near the end of the prior season. b) Junior can transfer for free only if they play less than 20 minutes a game as a junior. They have the same election rule. c) Grad transfer rule stays. c) Freshman can only transfer for free if the head coach has been dismissed or left the program. (this provision is only available to freshman) d) One Free Transfer is also granted annually in situations where both player and coach mutually agree that the player should leave. (This protects the player who is forced out by coaches and is not captured by a, b or c e) Any player who does not qualify as a-d) or elects to transfer outside of the "free" period, must sit out a year. ) To protect against superteams, teams are only allowed to bring in the same number of free transfers that they lost. Except every two years they get the ability to go 1 over their loss. For example, if Syracuse lost 1 free transfer they can bring in 2 free transfers this year. But if next year they had 0 free transfers, they can bring in none, as they used the "1 extra" the year before. The number of free transfers is capped at 3 in any given year. Advantages: - Ensures you get players for at least 2 years. I don't think you will see a mass willingness of players to leave after this season either. - Freshman with unrealistic expectations are not protected. They have to stick it out 2 years unless the coach leaves. And perhaps by year 2 they become happier with the situation. - Superteams based on free transfers is hard due to caps on # of transfers, which are based on how many you lost. - Teams have the ability to manage sudden or unexpected transfers because they happen in April. - It's fairer to the players [/QUOTE]

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