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[quote author=ThePassionOfTheChryst link=topic=12118.msg118101#msg118101 date=1431376586]
The rule states that these players must graduate before transferring, correct?  Then I don't see how it runs counter to the "core values of intercollegiate athletics."  If anything, perhaps it will motivate more young men to actually get their degrees, and in a timely fashion.

Nicely put.  Players already have so, so little power in the system.  If a player has spent four years at an institution and played three of those four years and he has graduated, he has completed his obligation to the school in my mind.  If a coach has a four year contract and it runs out, he's free to go anywhere.  So I think a fifth year graduate transfer rule makes sense, and as you say, it may motivate young men to get a degree.

And so what if it's for more playing time?  If the player is a backup at a loaded position, why wouldn't a coach want to assist them?
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It runs counter to the core values of the self-righteous morons in many ADs who think they are entitled to four years from the ATHLETE, regardless of whether the STUDENT has met his educational goals or not...

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[quote author=ThePassionOfTheChryst link=topic=12118.msg118101#msg118101 date=1431376586]
The rule states that these players must graduate before transferring, correct?  Then I don't see how it runs counter to the "core values of intercollegiate athletics."  If anything, perhaps it will motivate more young men to actually get their degrees, and in a timely fashion.

Nicely put.  Players already have so, so little power in the system.  If a player has spent four years at an institution and played three of those four years and he has graduated, he has completed his obligation to the school in my mind.  If a coach has a four year contract and it runs out, he's free to go anywhere.  So I think a fifth year graduate transfer rule makes sense, and as you say, it may motivate young men to get a degree.

And so what if it's for more playing time?  If the player is a backup at a loaded position, why wouldn't a coach want to assist them?
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It runs counter to the core values of the self-righteous morons in many ADs who think they are entitled to four years from the ATHLETE, regardless of whether the STUDENT has met his educational goals or not...