Originally Posted by xubrew
Okay. If this is implemented and in a couple years the transfer rate is five times higher than what it is now with everyone flooding out of non P5 programs, then you and everyone else who are wringing their hands hands reserve any and all rights to say "I told you so."
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No one can make an educated decision, in any aspect, and just throw it out there and say "I told you so" when it doesn't work out.
By that time the damage is done. And the P5 schools benefit the most. When the non P-5 schools are cannibalized, to benefit the P-5, the folks driving the ship (P-5) will end up with the ultimate say. Guys like Pitino, while advocating for Miami of Ohio, isn't telling the whole story. He doesn't want it because he doesn't want to have to compete to keep a kid from transferring to another competing school in their conference. Sure, you mention that kids still have to request a release, but in the scheme of things, it will be bad business not to grant a release for future recruiting.
As other's mentioned, it benefits a player to have a 5th year. Academically they can get grad school paid for, they mature as a player, etc. The only people it hurts are those where a year not on the floor delays their ability to play professionally.
There is a reason the rules are applied to certain sports and certain sports only...and that is because they are the big business sports that drive revenue.