Kids transfer for a variety of reasons.
Absolutly true. Some are happy to leave. Some feel pushed out. And for the most part, we don't get the full story as kids try to handle it maturely.
UNC just landed a monster class for 2013. Most everyone on the roster has been "recruited over", especially the kids in 2012.
Kids get recruited over all the time. But I can't remember a time that a team as accepted as many verbals as this that most put them over the 15 player limit at the time of the verbal.
MJ left UCONN because she wanted more PT. it's pretty clear that at least Lauren and probably Heather will get very limited PT at the end of games or during blowouts. Some kids are willing to stay to be part of a program only with limited PT. Other kids want more.
But again, none of these kids left under the circumstance that the roster was over the limit.
I get that people are down on UNC but if i were one of their fans, i'd be thrilled.
I agree. Fans only want their teams to win. Although some might not be comfortable with this.
These kids are getting a free ride. they go to another school to get a free ride there. It's college sports.
There is so much more to it than "a free ride". Leaving a school can turn a players life upside down. New friends, new teammates, new environment. It's just not that simple.
On the men's side it's big business. What is happening on the women's side happens all the time on the men's side in hoops and football at least.
I can't remember a men's team that had a full roster and added players that would mean that players would have to leave to meet the limit like this. Football has so many more players and it's the money maker at these schools. So it truely is a business and an ugly one at that. Do you want Women's baksetball to go in that direction?
We can sit here in judgment and say "shame on them", but has there been any article saying these kids were forced out and told to leave?Are the kids who are leaving bitter and angry? Were they mistreated? Were they promised 4 years only to be "fired" partway through? Is anyone promised 4 years or are scholarships renewed every year?
Not yet. And maybe there won't be. Maybe the kids want to take the high road. But it doesn't mean it didn't happen. And they were brought in with good faith that they would be there for 4 years. If you think differently, I think you are wrong.
Don't kids have the option of leaving any time they want to? I'm sure i'm in the minority, but even if their scholarships weren't "renewed", so what? Some people seem to feel college sports is a non profit institution that is always there for the good of the children. Unfortunately, that's not the case...
Wow....talk about harsh. So what? They had no clue this was coming. I know that if I was a player that saw the 15 player roster was filled, I would not be looking for new players to come in and force or suggest that other players leave. I would ask you how much money does the women's program at UNC actually make? I can't imagine much and I can't even imagine much more with the better players coming in.
Perhaps the way UNC has handled this will come back to haunt them. Perhaps in the future, parents will say "I don't want my daughter going there since there's a history of them recruiting over players and not renewing scholarships.". But then again, perhaps not.
