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Message: [QUOTE="oldhusky, post: 3973187, member: 9844"] Obviously the extra year creates a great deal of havoc, but at least it's impact is short term. Being able to transfer and play without sitting out a year has brought "rent a player" to the NCAA. By lessening the downside to transferring, players with minimal gripes may look to move on. Coaches will turn recruiting into more of an arms race, just bring in as much talent as possible, use up close to all your roster spots because you know many of them will leave. Who cares if they leave because you can't find playing time for them, and if someone in the rotation leaves, use rent a player in the portal to fill that need at the position you need for the number of years you need. On balance it might be good for the players, but I think as a fan I prefer more loyalty of team to player and visa versa. I sometimes miss that scenario in professional sports as well. Remember when quite a few star players played their entire career for one team? With salary caps and free agency that doesn't happen much anymore. Those changes were very lucrative for the players, but from a fan's perspective I think something was lost as well. [/QUOTE]