I know that non-UK fans think its annoying when UK fans are always like "they are out to get us" but it must just be a massive coincidence that the graduate transfer rule is being evaluated after Coach Calipari utilized it and picks up one that had a big impact on his 2018-2019 team. Then he picks up another that will probably have another large impact on the 2019-2020 team.

 

I'm sure it can be said that they've been looking to reevaluate this rule long before Reid Travis came to Kentucky, but I just find it funny.

 

Here is a link to an article by the New York Times about it: N.C.A.A. Clock May Be Running Out on Graduate Transfers - The New York Times

 

What do you think? Should they change the rule? The proposal sounds like if the graduate transfer doesn't get their degree in one year (which most programs take two) then the team loses a scholarship for the next year. Might still be worth it, if it passes.

Sounds from the article that Cal agrees with the rule, or atleast he did a few years ago. Hard for UK fans to say the NCAA is out to get them if that’s the case.

 

The rule itself seems to have come straight from the mouth of Kentucky Coach John Calipari, who suggested to ESPN in 2016 — long before the committee began its work — that “if the kid gets his grad degree in one year, fine; if he doesn’t, you’ve got to use the scholarship for two years.”

Sounds from the article that Cal agrees with the rule, or atleast he did a few years ago. Hard for UK fans to say the NCAA is out to get them if that’s the case.

 

I just find it ironic that Calipari makes these suggestions several years ago, no one cares what he thinks and everything remains the same. A few years later he starts doing it too, which helped his team quite a bit, and now the NCAA wants to reevaluate the rules on graduate transfers.

Yeah, they're picking on UK because Reid Travis was such a factor. :lol2:

Yeah, they're picking on UK because Reid Travis was such a factor. :lol2:

 

I don't think they are picking on Kentucky and trying to make it harder for Calipari. I just find the timing of them reevaluating the rule to be somewhat ironic.

 

You don't find it ironic that Kentucky, or let's say one of the blue blood programs, benefit from it and now they are reviewing the rule?

 

I don't follow Kansas, Duke, or UNC's program close enough, but have they ever had a graduate transfer that benefited their program as much as Reid Travis did for Kentucky this year?

I don't think they are picking on Kentucky and trying to make it harder for Calipari. I just find the timing of them reevaluating the rule to be somewhat ironic.

 

You don't find it ironic that Kentucky, or let's say one of the blue blood programs, benefit from it and now they are reviewing the rule?

 

I don't follow Kansas, Duke, or UNC's program close enough, but have they ever had a graduate transfer that benefited their program as much as Reid Travis did for Kentucky this year?

 

I think it has absolutely nothing to do with Cal/UK/Reid Travis. Grad transfers aren't a new thing. Reid is a good player, but he wasn't some transcendent player that guided UK to the promise land.

I think it has absolutely nothing to do with Cal/UK/Reid Travis. Grad transfers aren't a new thing. Reid is a good player, but he wasn't some transcendent player that guided UK to the promise land.

 

I know they aren't a new thing, so why reevaluate it now? Too many student athletes are now taking advantage of it compared to 2-3 years ago?

 

No one cared in the past when Calipari expressed his issues with it. People didn't care what Cal said because it was "just Cal being Cal". Now all of a sudden Cal is benefiting from it and at the same time it needs to be reevaluated? Timing seems ironic to me. Probably just a coincidence but still seems ironic how it's playing out.

Grad Transfers in Men’s NCAA basketball:

 

2011- 15

2012- 25

2013- 39

2014- 55

2015- 68

2016- 87

2017- 94

2018- 124

Grad Transfers in Men’s NCAA basketball:

 

2011- 15

2012- 25

2013- 39

2014- 55

2015- 68

2016- 87

2017- 94

2018- 124

 

And we have our answer as to why now.

Grad Transfers in Men’s NCAA basketball:

 

2011- 15

2012- 25

2013- 39

2014- 55

2015- 68

2016- 87

2017- 94

2018- 124

 

Thanks for the numbers. Quite a spike this year.

 

What's the downside of that many players taking advantage of being a grad transfer?

Thanks for the numbers. Quite a spike this year.

 

What's the downside of that many players taking advantage of being a grad transfer?

 

I don’t have the numbers (and don’t know where to find them) but I’m guessing many don’t actually get their grad degree. They are just using the system for another year of eligibility. The new proposal will hopefully push them towards getting the grad degree.

My thoughts.

 

You have a college athlete that has worked their butt off on the court and in school. They have made themselves a good enough player that other schools want them. They have worked hard enough in school to get a degree in 4 years or less and qualify for the grad transfer rule. Because of all that hard work and basically accomplishing what everyone wants for a student athlete, they EARN the right to go to another school as a grad transfer and not have to sit out a year. Congratulations! That is a great accomplishment. Go play where you want and best of luck.

 

I think most of the NCAA rules are made in favor of the colleges and not in favor of the student athletes. This grad transfer rule empowers the successful student athlete and the NCAA doesn't like it. Stuff it NCAA! Leave the rule alone and let these accomplished student athletes enjoy what they have accomplished.