(01-18-2018 02:29 PM)JackieTreehorn Wrote:  Watched a Mick interview and he makes the important point that this will really hurt graduation rates in the two college sports, MBB and football, that need help the most. It's basically screwing players out of an extra year of college to get their degrees. He made the argument that sitting out a year isn't a penalty for transferring for most players, because the vast majority aren't gonna hit it big playing post college so they need their degree, and many run into the issue of non transferable credit which really puts them behind the 8 ball.

Mick reiterated this last night on the radio show when asked by a fan of his thoughts. The lower graduation rate angle is one I had not considered, but makes sense as the 5-yr. graduation rate is much higher than the 4-yr. one. He also posed a rhetorical question to the audience of who there would view an extra year of free school as a bad thing, for them or their kids.