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Message: [QUOTE="Dokey, post: 3957462, member: 9636"] The problem with the new transfer policy, as well as with free agency, is that it benefits the players but short changes the fans. While I will always support the players, I admit that it lessens my enthusiasm for my favorite teams. Free agents in baseball who leave to join a contender say to their former fans you are rooting for a loser. That was my feeling when the Rockies best player headed out of town. Within a few years of winning the Super Bowl, only five players from that squad remained on the Broncos roster. One and done in men’s college basketball simply meant I stopped watching or caring while continuing to be a major fan of the women’s game. If transfers benefit your school, you’re happy. Three players who probably never would have seen more than a couple of minutes on the floor transferred out of Colorado but two strong players from Washington, a conference foe, transferred in. Colorado fans are overjoyed but Washington fans are probably asking why should I care about this team anymore. In other words, it is great for the kids but if you are trying to grow the overall fan base, it’s a problem. In the end, it is what it is. [/QUOTE]