UConn Outbound Transfers for 8/1/23>7/31/24 Cycle

[uconnfan68]

Laughed out loud when I read Joly's quote "I am looking for a loyal coaching staff that is going to be there a while"

Oh the irony.

 

[Duncan Idaho]

Joly P3 rep talk. If only we had rivalry games with either Buffalo, Western Kentucky or Temple. Sigh! It would have made all the difference. Too bad he felt it necessary to trash the only FBS program that offered after high school, made him a focus of its offense and helped to develop him to the point where he has become attractive to P3 programs with bigger bank rolls. Just say thanks and move on.

 

[KryHavok]

After making negative comments about the program that just helped you get the spotlight, he can stay away imo. He's never going to come back anyway but I wouldn't want him even he magically forgot everything he said. Yes they had truth in them but it's a bad look when UConn and Mora have done nothing to wrong him.

I'm with you 100%!!!

Somehow, my original post was deleted, so I'll temper my words a bit. This school gave him opportunities to grow and thrive. He wouldn't have gotten interest from Tennessee were it not for the type of schedule UConn has! His ironic statement is a major diss to UConn. He's old enough to know better and should have tried to verbally support UConn the way it supported him.

 

[businesslawyer]

Could we stop acting like five year olds. Joly didn’t “trash” us. He said publicly a bunch of things that we say on the Boneyard on a weekly basis, and in large part that we’ve heard our head coach say publicly. You want to wish he didn’t say anything, fine, but there is a huge difference between publicly stating negatives that everyone knows and trashing your former employer.

 

[Skiblets]

Could we stop acting like five year olds. Joly didn’t “trash” us. He said publicly a bunch of things that we say on the Boneyard on a weekly basis, and in large part that we’ve heard our head coach say publicly. You want to wish he didn’t say anything, fine, but there is a huge difference between publicly stating negatives that everyone knows and trashing your former employer.

They’re not employees Wink wink

 

[mikedog10]

Everyone here is all butthurt about Joly’s comments, but if anyone should feel bad about Joly’s comments it’s definitely UMass

 

[ktuck911]

Could we stop acting like five year olds. Joly didn’t “trash” us. He said publicly a bunch of things that we say on the Boneyard on a weekly basis, and in large part that we’ve heard our head coach say publicly. You want to wish he didn’t say anything, fine, but there is a huge difference between publicly stating negatives that everyone knows and trashing your former employer.

Thank you

 

[ZooCougar]

Could we stop acting like five year olds. Joly didn’t “trash” us. He said publicly a bunch of things that we say on the Boneyard on a weekly basis, and in large part that we’ve heard our head coach say publicly. You want to wish he didn’t say anything, fine, but there is a huge difference between publicly stating negatives that everyone knows and trashing your former employer.

Exactly. Stop being so sensitive. If it stings then you know he is right.

He’s not coming back too. So you don’t need to worry about turning him away.

 

[cohenzone]

Exactly. Remember when a lot of transfers used to mean something wrong with coach, culture, or lost locker room. Nope. You have to assume everyone is gonna leave every year.

Maybe the system needs to be reversed. All players are placed in the portal when they sign and then we have a withdrawal deadline, renewed annually. Somewhat kidding. There are ways to fix this and sort of return to the idea that college football is still amateur and schools have actual programs instead of just handing out uniforms with the school name on it to whomever shows up from one year to the next. Get rid of the one free transfer except when the coach who recruited a player is gone for whatever reason.

 

[Blades]

I also think however though that by winning, even against lower tier teams, attendance across the board may increase. Also the games with the higher attendance were earlier in the year when expectations were higher, playing NC State when you’re 1-8 will have far less butts in the seats. I’ve had season tickets since Rentschler opened and won’t be giving them up anytime soon

Us Uconn diehards will always be there, but I think the myth that fickle CT fans will show out for Uconn FB games vs just any opponent, for a W, doesn't carry water. Most Uconn fans are CT sports fans in general, not Uconn Alum and a "major part" of those in attendance, At least in what I've seen in the 30 years plus as a season tix holder/ donor/ attending tailgates and hosting lots of friends. Not to mention the Uconn students no shows after the NC St and Duke games. ( Charlton it's the offense !)

So agree to disagree on lower level W's but only time will tell. CT sports fans have always shown that they will support what they view as big time. Just ask the Wolfpack and the 4,000 per game mourge like att @ the XL....and if winning in the AHL is a formula to increase attendance or if it'll ever prove that CT is any closer to getting back into the NHL. ( despite Bettman).

Keep relegating down and you just guarantee you'll never see big time again, IMHO...So winning as is an Indy (vs the P-5's) and a promotion up should be the only plan. Anything else just shows that the AD gave up to the Uconn FB haters in CFB, as a team that used to be a BCS member and they've finally put us just where they want us. PS sorry to moderators as this goes way OT...

 

[RedStickHusky]

He's got an opportunity to collect some NIL money and a better shot to maybe play his way into the NFL. Good for him and thanks for the two seasons he gave us. I'm not going to act hurt because some interviewer wrung a mildly negative comment out of him...

 

[RSTuthill]

Eh...I think he is just saying they don't have fixed conference opponents every year.

Yeah, and that is weak. Just come out and say he did not like the no conference schedule and leave it at that.

 

[husky429]

Get rid of the one free transfer except when the coach who recruited a player is gone for whatever reason.

I might take the ire of the 'yard for this, but I agree. You could even limit it to certain sports. You can transfer whenever you want, but you'll be a student only--not an athlete.

I think this would get a lot of the transfer drama under control. Is a P4 donor willing to pay a kid 300k to sit on the bench for a year?

 

[How Sway?!]

Considering the NCAA just got a class action lawsuit against them for not allowing unlimited transfers, I don't see how they reinstate sitting out transfers

 

[RSTuthill]

I might take the ire of the 'yard for this, but I agree. You could even limit it to certain sports. You can transfer whenever you want, but you'll be a student only--not an athlete.

I think this would get a lot of the transfer drama under control. Is a P4 donor willing to pay a kid 300k to sit on the bench for a year?

Transfers are highly regulated in the pros, so the idea that the NCAA cannot do the same is false.

 

[How Sway?!]

Transfers are highly regulated in the pros, so the idea that the NCAA cannot do the same is false.

The pro game has an antitrust exception, the NCAA doesn't. The pro game has contract and revenue share, the NCAA doesn't.

 

[RSTuthill]

The pro game has an antitrust exception, the NCAA doesn't. The pro game has contract and revenue share, the NCAA doesn't.

The contract and revenue share is coming, like it or not. A bill was just introduced today to allow athlete unionization. And the pro exemption is anti-trust related.

On that topic a quick Google search yields:
The NFL has an antitrust exemption that allows it to sell TV rights for the entire league as a single entity12. This exemption was granted by Congress in 1961 through the Sports Broadcasting Act, which also covered other professional sports leagues34. However, the exemption does not apply to other branded items like jerseys and caps, and the Supreme Court ruled in 2010 that the NFL must be considered 32 separate teams when selling such products5.

 

[husky429]

The contract and revenue share is coming, like it or not. A bill was just introduced today to allow athlete unionization. And the pro exemption is anti-trust related.

On that topic a quick Google search yields:
The NFL has an antitrust exemption that allows it to sell TV rights for the entire league as a single entity12. This exemption was granted by Congress in 1961 through the Sports Broadcasting Act, which also covered other professional sports leagues34. However, the exemption does not apply to other branded items like jerseys and caps, and the Supreme Court ruled in 2010 that the NFL must be considered 32 separate teams when selling such products5.

I am all for athletes unionizing. I think it would be better for everyone involved. I'm not a lawyer... but if they're unionized, you've gotta think that opens the door to more regulation. And IMO more security for those in olympic/d2/d3 sports.

 

[DoctorWho85]

Open season…

I figured there would be some loss there because of Holgerson getting fired.

 

[businesslawyer]

Transfers are highly regulated in the pros, so the idea that the NCAA cannot do the same is false.

Not necessarily. NFL athletes are unionized. Unions can bargain away all sorts of rights, including the right to be protected by antitrust laws, on behalf of their members.

 

[noeynox]

Eh...I think he is just saying they don't have fixed conference opponents every year.

He basically reiterated what Mora said. The Big12 snub was a nutkick.

 

[cohenzone]

I might take the ire of the 'yard for this, but I agree.

There is hope for world peace. The BY, might be a stretch.

 

[DoctorWho85]

He basically reiterated what Mora said. The Big12 snub was a nutkick.

It hurt more this time just because UConn was almost guaranteed to get in until the Big 10 came and took Washington and Oregon leaving Arizona, ASU and Utah prime for picking by the Big 12.

 

[ConnMan74]

As far as I know they can't just pull a scholarship but they can tell you that you won't be getting any playing time. If you stay on you have to keep performing at practice or else you get the boot. When faced with that players transfer.

Each year I'd say probably 5-6 players leave before the portal era. It's that portal makes those numbers appear even more outsized

Technically they cannot but coaches can make it very difficult for you to keep it. For example, team meetings are mandatory and if you are 1 minute late a coach can close the door and claim you missed the meeting. They then cite you for violating team rules. Multiple violations no matter how minor are then used as justification for removal from the team. Players know when they are being pushed out even without it being said. If they survive all of that, at their end of the year meeting they are told, “no matter what you ever do, you will never play here so maybe you should hop in the portal and we will help you find another spot”. The coaches rarely help but the kid is better off leaving rather than risking being kicked off the team with a “violation of team rules” stigma. If the team kicks the kid off of the team for poor performance they have to honor the academic portion of the scholarship and they do not want to spend money on a kid not playing football.

Or so I’ve heard.

 

[UCFBfan]

The pro game has an antitrust exception, the NCAA doesn't. The pro game has contract and revenue share, the NCAA doesn't.

Baker is pushing and feels like Congress will grant the NCAA an exemption as well. Don't have the link to the Yahoo article but I just read it last night. He thinks it will end all these lawsuits. Aka, allows them to block out whoever they want

'How will we pay for this?' — College leaders react to NCAA's new subdivision proposal

It's a new day in college sports, and some college administrators are dealing with it differently than others.

sports.yahoo.com

Baker is asking for a “little” antitrust exemption, as well as protection from college athletes being deemed employees. Why drop his proposal now without congressional legislation needed to codify such?

Maybe it’s a way to show Congress how serious the NCAA is about change. Or maybe Congress is well on its way to passing that legislation.

“Does he know something we don’t?” one athletic director asked. “If not, we are going to get sued again.”