John Calipari Proposes Smart Solution To NCAA Basketball’s Transfer Mess

Key Highlights

• One of Calipari’s main points was that the ability to transfer all of the time prevents a ton of players from ever forming a connection and lasting relationship with a specific institution, which can leave them exposed and unprepared for the financial realities of the real world after their playing days are over. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementIn Calipari’s mind, the transfer rule should be changed once again, this time to allow one transfer without penalty (of sitting out), but that after that, the player must sit out a year for every successive transfer.“If a kid transfers four times, is he gonna graduate from that school?” Calipari said during a recent interview.
• “There’s no way.
• You can’t graduate.
• So now you’re gonna be done playing without a college degree.
• You have no ties to the last school you went to … I’m worried about mental health (of the players).”“So my (solution) is … you can transfer once without penalty, because you picked the wrong school … and after that, you got to sit,” Calipari continued.