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Perils of the Portal - Kentucky player asked to transfer

Forego said:
So, what kind of recruit or portal entrant would not have second, third, or fourth thoughts about committing to Kentucky?
Asking for a friend.
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This question gets asked every year. This time it's Kentucky who is in the spotlight, at the moment.

This type of situation isn't new to anyone here on this board. I'm not saying it's right or wrong. However, I'm confused as to why this would be any different than other years when players hit the portal.
 
Forego said:
So, what kind of recruit or portal entrant would not have second, third, or fourth thoughts about committing to Kentucky?
Asking for a friend.
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Nah. Not really a concern. Maybe a little more scrutiny from parents but that’s it. Kids who have confidence in themselves, which all elite HS players do, don’t worry about stuff like this IMO.
 
Wildcatfan3 said:
If that's your logic then coaches would never get fired for poor performance since they have a contract in place. Come on now, Rowe committed 8 years ago to Matthew Mitchell. She's graduating early and getting married soon. She's going to be just fine.
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Ah, she’s getting married so it’s ok to treat her like crap. Misogyny at its finest.

Also, she was offered by Mitchell in 2020, but her commitment was to Elzy.

“In 2020, she received an offer from the University of Kentucky by Coach Matthew Mitchell, while she was patiently waiting for surgery to repair a torn ACL. Shortly after the offer, Mitchell stepped away from the program, leaving assistant Kyra Elzy in his place.

“Once she hung up the phone,” Lonnie said of Elzy offering Cassidy a scholarship to UK, “there were a lot of tears throughout our family. That was a special moment, because our family, especially my father, was such a huge UK fan. We immediately called him, and he cried also.”

www.on3.com

On the Rowe to Victory: Cassidy Rowe's journey to becoming a Kentucky Wildcat

Cassidy Rowe finds motivation to fulfill her lifelong dream of being a Wildcat from her family, specifically her father and grandfather.
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Vowelguy said:
Let’s be clear players are asked to leave all time. Look at what happened to LSU when Kim came in. Almost their entire roster turned over. And while yes, they could’ve decided on their own to leave. It seems pretty obvious that most of them were told there wasn’t a place for them anymore.

Geno sits down with the players after the season and talks about what their goals and aspirations are . you could be sure if the players goals don’t match what he sees, He tells them that this probably is not the place for them going forward.

I’m not as judgmental as others on this thread as we don’t know the full story there could be good reasons that he doesn’t want her around anymore.
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I agree that it is best to withhold judgment until all the facts are known. However as a general matter players are processed out of programs after every season for a variety of reasons. No program can promise all four years.
 
CalWBBfan said:
Sorry, but this is lousy. What about an institution's commitment to a player? This young woman wanted to graduate from Kentucky apparently. This is ridiculous.
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You know all the details?
 
More than 1000 players per year have hit the portal for at least the previous 2 seasons and this year will no doubt get there as well. Don't even try to talk about loyalty. Players collectively don't have it.
 
TheFarmFan said:
Respectfully disagree. Students sign their offer letters with the university, not with the coach, and the offer is for four years of tuition and expenses in exchange for being willing to suit up. Rowe kept her end of the deal and Kentucky should do the same. And come on - does Brooks really think he needs to recruit 15 starter-worthy positions such that he can't honor his university's commitment to Rowe one more year?

I think I've just found a new favorite team to root against next season.
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No. National Letters of Intent guarantee one year of academic aid only.

About the NLI

www.nationalletter.org www.nationalletter.org

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Bigboote said:
Totally agree. The program made a promise to this kid, and it looks like Kenny broke this promise. Maybe he should have counted how many players he had before making so many offers. Rowe was a starter half of last season, but Brooks obviously doesn’t like something about her, as she hardly played this year.
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The SEC actually guarantees scholarships for 4 years unless they are a detriment to the program. This has been in effect for about 5 years. Maybe she is on her 5th year?
 
HuskyNan said:
Georgia, as long as Coach “Rough ‘em Up” Abe is there
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Right. Thanks for the apt correction. There's a place for her.

WWE.

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Bigboote said:
Totally agree. The program made a promise to this kid, and it looks like Kenny broke this promise. Maybe he should have counted how many players he had before making so many offers. Rowe was a starter half of last season, but Brooks obviously doesn’t like something about her, as she hardly played this year.
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She probably had option to leave basketball team and stay at Kentucky on scholarship for her last year. Transfer, is of course so she can still play hoops.

This happened to 15-20 players last year at Colorado football when Coach Prime arrived.

It's also happening a lot now in Olympic sports as the House settlement imposes new smaller roster limits on these sports. These sports used to have only a small number of scholarships, but unlimited roster size for walk ons.
 
packwrap said:
She probably had option to leave basketball team and stay at Kentucky on scholarship for her last year. Transfer, is of course so she can still play hoops.

This happened to 15-20 players last year at Colorado football when Coach Prime arrived.

It's also happening a lot now in Olympic sports as the House settlement imposes new smaller roster limits on these sports. These sports used to have only a small number of scholarships, but unlimited roster size for walk ons.
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And signed a lucrative 5-year extension this weekend. It obviously hasn't affected how he's perceived publicly.
 
Crazy how much this has blown up. This is happening all over college athletics this day and age when coaches come and go. It just got an angrier reaction cause she's a homegrown Kentucky kid who fans liked seeing on the roster. He could've done this last year as well, but decided to give her a chance. I think folks just honestly dislike Kenny that much and are looking for any reason to hate on the guy. Also, last I heard his daughter wasn't on scholly last season but I'm not completely sure on that.
 
Apparently Ms Rowe graduates this Spring with bs in Kinesiology and has been provisionally accepted in Kentucky's Physical Therapy Doctoral Program.

So she has this option, if she chooses ultimately not to transfer.

So in exchange for basketball at UK, she got a free undergraduate degree, and would be a grad transfer. Not so turrible.
 
packwrap said:
Apparently Ms Rowe graduates this Spring with bs in Kinesiology and has been provisionally accepted in Kentucky's Physical Therapy Doctoral Program.

So she has this option, if she chooses ultimately not to transfer.

So in exchange for basketball at UK, she got a free undergraduate degree, and would be a grad transfer. Not so turrible.
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The grad transfer isn’t an easy option. DPT is different than say a masters in business. Most programs are highly competitive and a lot of them have highly specific undergrad requirements. The one our son completed was a six and a half year program that started his freshman year. He got provisional acceptance into the grad program as a junior. Assuming she also wants to play basketball, finding a grad program that works with her already completed undergrad and needs her in basketball is a needle in a haystack. I’m not saying it couldn’t be done, but I can see where it wouldn’t be easy. I can see why transferring isn’t really an option.
 
By the standards of almost the entire previous history of college athletics, a move like this can't seen as anything other than cutthroat and unethical.

But here's the thing. This new era changes all the rules, doesn't it? Every college player is essentially a free agent, free to leave whenever they want so long as someone else will take them. Even professional league contracts don't afford that level of freedom to their free agents. As a result, players are no longer expected to have loyalty to their programs. They must see to themselves to make the money they can.

The flip side of players having that sort of freedom is that coaching staffs are also less obligated to show loyalty to players they no longer feel they need. They still have a balancing act to perform (a coach might not want to get a reputation for being ruthless to their own players), but when you boil away all of the pretty words, it's a much more cutthroat era, both ways.
 
Puppy Love said:
The grad transfer isn’t an easy option. DPT is different than say a masters in business. Most programs are highly competitive and a lot of them have highly specific undergrad requirements. see why transferring isn’t really an option.
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If she chooses to transfer and play, what many grad transfers ( like K Chen) do is just take an interesting 1 yr masters that strengthens their resume. Then move on to serious grad school after playing days are over.

Exactly for reason you site, DPT a 3yr program not really geared to travel of a varsity sport, plus very hard to break a DPT into two schools. Also too late in the game now to apply for a DPT next year at a new school.
 
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