UConn 2025 Outbound Transfers (Dec. 9th > 28th 2024 & April 16th > 25th 2025 Cycle) *No Speculation*

[uconnfan68]

Just athlete. I’ve a relative at a P4 school playing a sport, not fb. Trust me, most of the kids playing fb have not cracked a book or opened their school provided laptop.

They can’t all be at North Carolina.

 

[CL82]

The hate for Yates is silly. The only people who should be bashing him are people who've turned down opportunities for jobs they've really wanted, paying them materially more, because they had just given a verbal commitment to their prior employer that they weren't going anywhere.

Unless you've done that because you thought morality required you to turn the better offer down, you really should keep your mouth shut here. I'm not bashing the kid because I doubt I would do differently in his shoes. Heck, I tell people who work for me when they take new jobs that what they owe me is two weeks notice and working their butts off every hour during that period.

On the other hand, if you've ever expressed an opinion on something without having lived that experience, your condemning, anyone else who's doing the same thing in this thread is, well, equally hypocritical.

Love you though Biz.

 

[CL82]

The portal is the wild west. I heard of a kid (friend of a friend) who put his name in the portal in December and had $100k+ offers thrown out quickly from a couple big schools (he was a backup at a P4 school) and ultimately he committed to a low level FBS school. What happened? I don't know for sure, but my guess is that there are offers and then there are committable offers. Schools will throw out an offer and evaluate all of their choices and then decide who they want. I just hope if Yates was thrown an offer with money involved that it was a committable offer.

This.

I think many on this board are holding onto this notion of loyalty, team, student athlete, etc., which simply doesn't exist anymore. The new model is a mercenary free agency approach which most often is optimized by adhering to self interest only.

Now, sometimes, players may appear to have loyalty to their coaches or to their institutions and, God bless them if that's true, but you will forgive me if I think that an unpublicized NIL deal may often be behind those decisions.

That's the new normal. The sooner you embrace that, the sooner you spare yourself a whole lot of heartache and indignation.

 

[ZOOCONN]

Man, he has transferred every single year since 2021

 

[Jewels]

What’s lost here is are these kids getting a Degree. I mean short term money is nice, but you can’t live the rest of your life on it.

I’d be curious to know how this is affecting graduation rates and looking at a kid 3 years down the road after he got a potful of money.

Is this really helping?

The opportunity to get a degree will be available down the road after the boatload of money comes their way. The other way around may never come again.

 

[BigTenFan]

Will be interesting 10 years from now analyzing how many athletes actually earn college degrees after all the movement.

Seems like most of the student athletes in women's sports graduate with a degree.

 

[ShakyTheMohel]

Will be interesting 10 years from now analyzing how many athletes actually earn college degrees after all the movement.

Seems like most of the student athletes in women's sports graduate with a degree.

Moving credits from school to school has to be a nightmare.

 

[Jetskies]

seems that way from what is on Storrs Central. The Mora story wound up on ESPN with Yates mentioned in the article as well. Wonder if "the suitor" drops the offer with that bit since with a commitment from Yates, it would be glaringly obvious whodunnit.

even if the suitor drops the offer, I feel like Yates is gone, now. that relationship has to be seriously strained. if I were JM, i'd be seeing this system for what it is, and everyone's true colors being shown. I see him as a guy who still wants men of character. Pryce messed up.

 

[noeynox]

Will be interesting 10 years from now analyzing how many athletes actually earn college degrees after all the movement.

Seems like most of the student athletes in women's sports graduate with a degree.

What happened to APR talk?

 

[Patman]

What happened to APR talk?

no kidding

 

[AllHusky]

What happened to APR talk?

At most of the factories, APR was a manufactured stat, except for the S-A's that were serious about their degrees, and there were plenty of those. The kids that were there to play FB/BB had counselors that made sure they were in classes that would pass them along with a minimum of attendance and work. In some cases, students were hired to attend class for the Athletes. Out of the system for a few years so have no knowledge of how it works now. Credits transferring for a guy who attended 3 schools in 3 years, impossible to meet the old satisfactory progress requirements requiring a percentage of degree applicable credits each year of eligibility. They must have admissions folks who evaluate transferable credits with a mandate to make sure the kid meets whatever requirements there are for Satisfactory Progress today.

 

[maple]

The hate for Yates is silly. The only people who should be bashing him are people who've turned down opportunities for jobs they've really wanted, paying them materially more, because they had just given a verbal commitment to their prior employer that they weren't going anywhere.

Unless you've done that because you thought morality required you to turn the better offer down, you really should keep your mouth shut here. I'm not bashing the kid because I doubt I would do differently in his shoes. Heck, I tell people who work for me when they take new jobs that what they owe me is two weeks notice and working their butts off every hour during that period.

Speaking for myself, I wasn’t hating. I have no hate for the young man and wish him well. I was expressing my sentiments that I didn’t like the flip-flopping specifically. And I feel the same way about coaches who act the same way, frankly.

 

[Hamms30]

even if the suitor drops the offer, I feel like Yates is gone, now. that relationship has to be seriously strained. if I were JM, i'd be seeing this system for what it is, and everyone's true colors being shown. I see him as a guy who still wants men of character. Pryce messed up.

He's definitely done here. I was just wondering once the ESPN article popped up and Mora made his comment if the other team would say.. ya know what, this guy isn't worth sticking our neck out for and then Yates ends up flapping in the breeze and is the one that loses because of another team tampering. I would be fascinated to read all about the ensuing lawsuit coming out of that one.

 

[businesslawyer]

On the other hand, if you've ever expressed an opinion on something without having lived that experience, your condemning, anyone else who's doing the same thing in this thread is, well, equally hypocritical.

Love you though Biz.

For what it’s worth, I think reasonable minds can differ on this.

 

[formerlurker]

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Man, he has transferred every single year since 2021

No matter the odds, I'll never knock someone for chasing a positive dream.

 

[Chin Diesel]

UConn Football Transfer Portal (December 9th-28th 2024 & April 16th - 25th 2025 Cycle)

1. WR/KR/PR Bryan Domino*
2. RB Frank Daniley*
3. QB/TE James Larson*
4. RB Danny Shaban*
5. DB Jarvarius Sims
6. DB Reggie Akles
7. RB Maik Thomas Jr*
8. RB Durell Robinson > Auburn
9. P/K Nathaniel Wallace-Dilling*
10. WR Brock Montgomery
11. LS Logan Frederic
12. DB Malcolm Bell > Michigan State
13. DB Zakhari Spears (DNP 2024)
14. DL Pryce Yates (Withdrew > ReEntered)
15. WR Skyler Bell
16. LB Julien Simon
17. DB Lee Molette III
18. DB Isiah Davis
19. DL/LB Langston Hardy
20. LB Kalen Villanueva

*PWO

20 players and Hardy is still the only I think will be tough to replace.

 

[UCTitleTown]

No matter the odds, I'll never knock someone for chasing a positive dream.

Every coach must've been wrong about him. What are the odds?

 

[Jetskies]

He's definitely done here. I was just wondering once the ESPN article popped up and Mora made his comment if the other team would say.. ya know what, this guy isn't worth sticking our neck out for and then Yates ends up flapping in the breeze and is the one that loses because of another team tampering. I would be fascinated to read all about the ensuing lawsuit coming out of that one.

this just in:

netflix has purchased the documentary rights to "everything has a pryce".

 

[noeynox]

Every coach must've been wrong about him. What are the odds?

Players like that are valuable special teams pieces. He's obviously got physical gifts. May not be good enough to start here, but you need depth pieces like him.

 

[huskymedic]

No matter the odds, I'll never knock someone for chasing a positive dream.

 

[RSTuthill]

For what it’s worth, I think reasonable minds can differ on this.

I am just wondering if a tortious interference case could be made in the tampering affair.

 

[businesslawyer]

I am just wondering if a tortious interference case could be made in the tampering affair.

First, to be clear, what Muntz was talking about was criminal acts. Civilly, one can sue another for anything he wants, but I’d be really surprised if you could get anywhere on that for a number of reasons. But might one try? Sure.

 

[Windham4th]

First, to be clear, what Muntz was talking about was criminal acts. Civilly, one can sue another for anything he wants, but I’d be really surprised if you could get anywhere on that for a number of reasons. But might one try? Sure.

Frivolous lawsuits are not advisable though, right? or was I misinformed?

 

[CCSUblue]

If I am not mistaken, this being the 5th day after our bowl victory, today is the last day for a UConn player to enter the portal until the April window.

 

[huskymedic]