Caitlin Clark, a WNBA star, criticizes the current college sports transfer system and advocates for a one-year sit-out period for student-athletes transferring schools.
WNBA star Caitlin Clark is advising college sports to require student-athlete transfers to sit out a year before playing for a new school because she feels there are far too many ‘egregious’ recruiting tactics in use today. Clark said the current recruiting climate in college sports is “insane,” particularly in football. She added that the NCAA needs to return to previous rules requiring a transfer to sit out until the next season before beginning to play for any college.
Clark said she liked the idea of requiring transfers to sit out a year unless their coach leaves. She stated, “Or you get a free pass if your coach leaves. … But now we have people on their fourth school in their seventh year. It’s just getting egregious.” Since the transfer portal was created in 2018, transfers have become a vexing concern for coaches in a number of college sports. Before that, a student had to get the permission of a coach to leave a school midseason. Usually, that request was denied, and students had to wait until the season was over to change schools. Clark criticized the situation, saying, “It’s crazy. … Adam Schefter is reporting like, ‘Yes, they’ve negotiated a new deal for him to stay at the university,’ and I’m like, ‘Yeah, where else is he going to go?’” Clark also bemoaned that college football is now more like pro football and said, “It’s kind of sad. You lost a little bit of that amateurism of college sports, and that’s why it’s so fun. It’s basically minor league football now.” Jason Kelce agreed and insisted, “I don’t think that people should be leaving before the playoffs. I think they should figure that out. I kind of think there should be a commitment level from the player of the university that there isn’t right now.” The NCAA has struggled to control the transfer system currently in place
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