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Message: [QUOTE="DefenseBB, post: 2692578, member: 7492"] Well, yes and no! I know you are basically dramatizing your frustration but the major issue with the NCAA is it's lack of consistency in the transfer rules mostly regarding the two revenue sports-Football and Men's Basketball. The big money, booster money, agent money and sponsor money are all potential disasters for the "amateurism" that is supposed to occur but is already running rampant in these two sports. I think the NCAA sanctions 40 sports and the vast majority do not have any or very limited regulations on transfers. The effort this working group is trying to do is ensure integrity on the financial aid obligations for both the school and the athlete to avoid "non-student" athletes from "gaming/scamming" the system and making a mockery of higher education. Hence the 3.0 GPA to be allowed to play at a new school without missing/sitting out a season. There has to be consistency to the rules and to the general student population (students regularly transfer freely and significantly more often than athletes do). Virtually all of these student-athletes will NOT be going professional so the education component and participation aspect are two of the main factors the committee is trying to address before a lawsuit dictates its ruling on them. [/QUOTE]