SEC transfer rule

[pseudonym]

SEC transfer rules: Why Nico Iamaleava, others can't move in conference in spring window

Here's everything to know of the SEC's transfer portal rules, which bars immediate eligibility for in-conference transfers during the spring window:

www.tennessean.com

I think this is a really good rule for the SEC. I've always said eliminating immediate eligibility is the single best thing that could be done to fix college sports.

I've been told that can never be walked back because of lawsuits, court decisions, etc.

How can the SEC get away with it? I'm sure there is an answer, but if the SEC can do it, why can't the NCAA do it?

 

[Called3rdstrikedawg]

SEC transfer rules: Why Nico Iamaleava, others can't move in conference in spring window

Here's everything to know of the SEC's transfer portal rules, which bars immediate eligibility for in-conference transfers during the spring window:

www.tennessean.com

I think this is a really good rule for the SEC. I've always said eliminating immediate eligibility is the single best thing that could be done to fix college sports.

I've been told that can never be walked back because of lawsuits, court decisions, etc.

How can the SEC get away with it? I'm sure there is an answer, but if the SEC can do it, why can't the NCAA do it?

The NCAA can do it! They just don't want to fight the battles any more because they are battered and Bruised from all their losses!

 

[GloryDawg]

That will be a kick to the nuts of GA and LSU.

 

[pseudonym]

The NCAA can do it! They just don't want to fight the battles any more because they are battered and Bruised from all their losses!

This is my feeling. That is why I think we should loudly demand this of the leaders of college sports (ADs, university presidents, etc.).

 

[pseudonym]

The SEC rule only applies to spring transfer window. The conference should expand it to both windows. It would bring sanity to the portal within the conference and show the whole country that it can be done.

 

[patdog]

The SEC rule only applies to spring transfer window. The conference should expand it to both windows. It would bring sanity to the portal within the conference and show the whole country that it can be done.

That would be a bad move for the conference. You're limiting your pool of potential incoming transfers while doing nothing to stop the flow of outgoing transfers. Big 10 would love that SEC rule.

 

[pseudonym]

That would be a bad move for the conference. You're limiting your pool of potential incoming transfers while doing nothing to stop the flow of outgoing transfers. Big 10 would love that SEC rule.

The rule only applies to SEC-to-SEC transfers. For example, Nico can't transfer from Tennessee to another SEC school (without sitting out), but Tennessee can replace him with a transfer from a Big Ten school who plays immediately.

 

[Perd Hapley]

The rule only applies to SEC-to-SEC transfers. For example, Nico can't transfer from Tennessee to another SEC school (without sitting out), but Tennessee can replace him with a transfer from a Big Ten school who plays immediately.

Which means that some other non-SEC school is upgrading, while Tennessee is downgrading.

The SEC still has the best talent, bar none. Nico was a Top 2-3 QB in the best league in the country. Him exiting the SEC in exchange for some bloke from the ACC, Big 12, or B1G (if Tennessee can even pull someone of that caliber) is not what is best for the SEC.

 

[pseudonym]

Which means that some other non-SEC school is upgrading, while Tennessee is downgrading.

The SEC still has the best talent, bar none. Nico was a Top 2-3 QB in the best league in the country. Him exiting the SEC in exchange for some bloke from the ACC, Big 12, or B1G (if Tennessee can even pull someone of that caliber) is not what is best for the SEC.

You're not seeing what it is preventing.

This Nico situation would be a lot more common if the SEC allowed it within the conference.

 

[patdog]

The rule only applies to SEC-to-SEC transfers. For example, Nico can't transfer from Tennessee to another SEC school (without sitting out), but Tennessee can replace him with a transfer from a Big Ten school who plays immediately.

I understand that. But you're limiting every SEC school on the pool of players they can bring in. A Big 10 school can pull from ALL transfers, SEC, Big 10 or other. But SEC schools can only pull from Big 10 or other. That's a disadvantage for the SEC.

 

[patdog]

You're not seeing what it is preventing.

This Nico situation would be a lot more common if the SEC allowed it within the conference.

It's obviously not preventing anything. All it's doing it taking a quality player out of the SEC, likely to the Big 10. Assuming this guy is really as good as he's hyped up to be, which I think is questionable.

 

[patdog]

Which means that some other non-SEC school is upgrading, while Tennessee is downgrading.

The SEC still has the best talent, bar none. Nico was a Top 2-3 QB in the best league in the country. Him exiting the SEC in exchange for some bloke from the ACC, Big 12, or B1G (if Tennessee can even pull someone of that caliber) is not what is best for the SEC.

Exactly.

 

[ETK99]

Meh, he's always chasing money and making demands, sometimes it's addition by subtraction. These guys usually go off the rails.

Which means that some other non-SEC school is upgrading, while Tennessee is downgrading.

The SEC still has the best talent, bar none. Nico was a Top 2-3 QB in the best league in the country. Him exiting the SEC in exchange for some bloke from the ACC, Big 12, or B1G (if Tennessee can even pull someone of that caliber) is not what is best for the SEC.

 

[TheBannerM]

I understand that. But you're limiting every SEC school on the pool of players they can bring in. A Big 10 school can pull from ALL transfers, SEC, Big 10 or other. But SEC schools can only pull from Big 10 or other. That's a disadvantage for the SEC.

I only care about what's best for Mississippi State. Not having SEC teams poaching our best players after the Spring is a good thing.

 

[PBRME]

I only care about what's best for Mississippi State. Not having SEC teams poaching our best players after the Spring is a good thing.

Exactly. That rule is in place to protect schools like us from having what little talent we have from being picked clean by the haves due to injuries or glaring holes in their lineup.

 

[patdog]

I only care about what's best for Mississippi State. Not having SEC teams poaching our best players after the Spring is a good thing.

I can kind of agree with that. And not sure the current rule which allows winter transfers within the conference is really putting the SEC at a huge disadvantage, since most schools want to get their team lined up in time for spring practice. But a rule completely eliminating in-conference transfers would definitely put the SEC at a big disadvantage, although it might be good for Mississippi State. I do know one thing. If I'm a Big 10 school, I'm probably staying away from this I'm-a-Leava guy anyway unless I'm just desperate for a QB. What are you going to do if he gets you to the playoffs and decides to hold out for $10M this time?