MBB: College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin

[Gregory Sager]

Jake Willems is going up the river -- literally -- from Augustana to Loras.

[north central]

Do you guys think there's anything that can be done ( besides money ) to prevent the top 3-5 non seniors in the league from transferring every year? Seriously because any first or second team all conference player is certainly good enough to play d2 at least?

[Gregory Sager]

No.

There's never been any rule or policy in college sports that prevented a player from transferring. Mandatory sit-out-a-year rules (whether within a league or interdivisional) did provide obstacles, but they couldn't prevent what has always been every student's right. College isn't the Army; you don't sign up for a binding four-year commitment from which there is no escape.

Transfers have been a part of college sports forever. The portal simply added convenience -- and, thus, acceleration to a trend towards increased transferring that was already growing -- to a truth of academic life that has always existed. And NIL added incentive.