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[QUOTE="intlzncster, post: 2681812, member: 56"]
At some point, you have to try and protect the competitive balance of the game.  A lot rides on that, including the public's continued support (read money).   Where that line exactly is, I'm not saying.

Lots of jobs are on the line as well, people's livelihoods affected by (what can be) the whims of teenagers.   And I'm not talking about the wealthiest head coach, but lots of lower level people involved.

I don't think it's harming students egregiously, if at all (it doesn't scholastically in the least).  In fact, it's helping them on a number of fronts.   You can get an extra year of schooling if you wish, to simply focus on your grades, bank classes to  spread the workload, or use towards a graduate degree.  And from an athletic perspective, many transfers have commented on the benefits of the developmental year off.

If you transfer, it essentially gives you another $50,000 and more opportunity.  Really depends on how you look at it.

In the end though, it depends how the rule will be exploited.  And make no mistake it will be.   There are obvious places where exceptions comes into play.
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