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Message: [QUOTE="JoePgh, post: 5245108, member: 1131"] Given that (as Nan notes) NCAA scholarships are for one year and are subject to annual renewal, I don't see any ethical problem with a coach deciding that a particular player simply isn't good enough to make the cut next year, even though she made the cut this year. Coaches, after all, are assembling a roster to win games and championships. And players should know that the coach has made no contractual or moral commitment to maintain their athletic scholarship for more than one year. It's true that rather than just non-renewing, a coach may tell a player that they are down on the anticipated depth chart for the upcoming year, and (barring injuries) are unlikely to see much playing time. Most players will find it unappetizing to stay after they hear that message, and will leave on their own. But some may choose to stay anyway, because of academic pursuits or simply because they enjoy the company and friendship of their teammates. If a better incoming player needs to take the scholarship slot of one of those players, then it is within the coach's proper purview to non-renew that player's scholarship. Especially in the world of NIL, WCBB is a business, and players should expect teams to be run that way. Without naming names, I don't think that all of the UConn players who left for the transfer portal in recent years were acting entirely on their own volition. They may have received some level of encouragement from the coaches to look for opportunities to play elsewhere. [/QUOTE]

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